| That's one of the main problems with your whole argument. "How many folk tales do you know...". Just because you only know one, doesn't mean there is only one. You believe the one you are told, as do the other people else where in the world and in time. The Gregorian calendar does attempt to count the number of years since Jesus. The Bahá'í calendar counts since Báb had his first religious experience [0] The Bengali calendar counts (possibly) since the reign of King of Gour, Shashanka [1] The Buddhist calendar counts since Buddha attained parinibbāna [2] The Hindu calendar Kali Yuga counts since Krishna left Earth to return to his abode [3] I'm sure there are more, I only looked at a few. Look how many calendars there are that are in use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_calendars Also, I don't think explaining anything can make a belief system collapse. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_timeline
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_calendar
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_calendar
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga |