28 Jun 14
My question is once again why did man and we still do through millennia of time use a 7 day cycle ? Where did that come from ?? hummmmm ?? I know people want to say it comes from the Lunation cycle or something but it seems odd that the whole world uses this same 7 day cycle for weeks.
Manny
Originally posted by menace71The ancient Chinese were obviously just relating their traditional knowledge passed down after the flood as many other cultures did as they were spread out over the earth. I don't believe they were inspired by God in the same way that the Hebrew writers were as some mythologists conjecture, but the stories are obviously from the same tradition of a flood in which 8 people were saved on a big boat.
I've heard about this also that the ancient Chinese characters had depictions of Noah and the flood and some other items. The characters are more like pictographs I would say regardless of if this is true or not and apparently it is just a theory interesting no doubt
Manny
28 Jun 14
Originally posted by RJHindsYou seem to have an odd perception of things as if this is true I think it has more significance than the shroud of Turin but that is just my take on it and of course the Hebrew writers were inspired
The ancient Chinese were obviously just relating their traditional knowledge passed down after the flood as many other cultures did as they were spread out over the earth. I don't believe they were inspired by God in the same way that the Hebrew writers were as some mythologists conjecture, but the stories are obviously from the same tradition of a flood in which 8 people were saved on a big boat.
Manny
29 Jun 14
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Originally posted by menace71According to the Jewish photographer that was with the scientific team that investigated the Shroud of Turin, the image on the Shroud would not be a graven image forbidden by the ten commandments because it is an image not made by human hands. The scientists determined that there is no way known to science to produce this image.
You seem to have an odd perception of things as if this is true I think it has more significance than the shroud of Turin but that is just my take on it and of course the Hebrew writers were inspired
Manny
Barrie Schwortz - Shroud of Turin - 2013-11-6
29 Jun 14
Originally posted by menace71Most ancient peoples knew about the lunar cycle and had months of about 28 days. The Chinese had two different cycles, one to match the lunar months and one to match the solar year. I am not sure when they started using 7 day weeks, but it highly likely they got it from the West which got it from Judaism.
My question is once again why did man and we still do through millennia of time use a 7 day cycle ? Where did that come from ?? hummmmm ?? I know people want to say it comes from the Lunation cycle or something but it seems odd that the whole world uses this same 7 day cycle for weeks.
Manny
It is not particularly odd, given that Islaam and Christianity inherited that calendar and then spread it across the world. But it must also be noted that the Jews too inherited the calendar and did not invent it themselves, and their neighbors already had it by the time Christianity started spreading. I believe the Romans had an 8 day cycle originally then adopted a 7 day week prior to Christianity. They probably spread that around too.
What may be of interest to you is that the names of the days and months are distinctly pagan in origin.
The main reason for uniformity today is because of colonization and the global economy.
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29 Jun 14
Originally posted by menace71http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/the-origin-of-the-7-day-week-and-the-names-of-the-days-of-the-week/
My question is once again why did man and we still do through millennia of time use a 7 day cycle ? Where did that come from ?? hummmmm ??
29 Jun 14
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Originally posted by twhiteheadNames of the Days of the Week
Most ancient peoples knew about the lunar cycle and had months of about 28 days. The Chinese had two different cycles, one to match the lunar months and one to match the solar year. I am not sure when they started using 7 day weeks, but it highly likely they got it from the West which got it from Judaism.
It is not particularly odd, given that Islaam and ...[text shortened]... igin.
The main reason for uniformity today is because of colonization and the global economy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_days_of_the_week
What is so pagan about using the names of heavenly bodies for the days of the week?
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
(Genesis 1:14 NASB)