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Speaking of brainwashing?

Going back to your posts related to how the English version of the Bible is inadequate, why don’t we go back to the original names for “Jesus” and “God”? Why are we using the ‘westernized’ versions of their names?

Because we’re in the west?

Why do we currently use and recognize the year 2008 all over the globe?

Because we’re in the west?

Interesting. You believe that the western corruption of the use of the word "Jesus" is ok since we are in the west. However, when western translations are in conflict, you insist that the western translations are inadequate and we must go back to the original.

Why do we currently use and recognize the year 2008 all over the globe?

(Except where they don't.)

There is some healthy debate about this; some say "Year of our Lord" referred to the head of Rome being the Lord, rather than Jesus Christ. And BC meant "before Caesar" because at that time, Christianity was hardly in position to make such important decisions.

However, I believe that to be poppycock. The AD/BC designations were created out of whole cloth in the 6th century for arbitrary reasons. Of course, the true date of Jesus' birth is not really Year 1 AD at all. But since Christianity made the rules back then, it stuck - after another 900 years of floundering!

As for why it's 2008 around the world today, its preeminence is a consequence of the European colonisation of the other continents, pure and simple.

I'm sure Dionysius can weigh in on this, as I believe his namesake was rather important in its derivation.