Returning to the topic of calendars, I was searching around looking for the world's oldest calendar. The calendar that we all know and use everyday, and computers have accepted widely is based on the Christian calendar – or the calendar of business and commerce. Of course, over 70% of the world does not identify with this Christian only thinking – including myself. In China, the next year February 18, 2007 will be January 1, 4704. In Jewish places the year will be 5766 or
5767 (I am not sure of how exactly this is to be calculated – please correct me). In Islam the year is 1427, and in India 1928 for the Sakra Era. However, the new Mayan calendar year would be about 5000.

So what is the oldest calendar in the world? I guess between the Chinese, the Jews and the Mayans you can take your pick and use what you wish. The Christian calendar is probably the youngest and the most non-sense calendar in existence.
How can we be 2007 years after the birth of Christ? How can they have just skipped an entire lifetime, leaving all the peasants who were born at about the same time as Christ was to be completely forgotten about? Among all the religions of the world the Christian is got to be the craziest one. I came across an article in the BBCfs news files http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/975360.stm about the oldest know lunar calendar dating back 15,000 years. What could be the oldest lunar calendar may have been discovered on the walls of the famous Lascaux caves in France. Whatever your preference in calendar maybe donft forget the other 10 to 20 other or more calendars in existence that are still used for religious ceremonies and special events.

What ever your calendar maybe, and letfs not use dates too much, it may well be the reason for so many Jihad wars.

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I had over 2000 pages surfed and all of a sudden today all I have is 75? I thought these were cumulative.

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I just returned from a three week visit to southwest China. After returning I have noticed some interesting differences between Japan and China. In China people will go around wearing their traditional clothing in everyday life, shopping, work, home etc. In Japan this is un-seen very very few people go around wearing their traditional clothing but rather prefer western clothing. Upon seeing this I realized that not only Chinese in China but Chinese in other countries do not wear their traditional clothing and go more for the western clothing. Except interestingly people from India or Indian desent wear their traditional clothing in the street wherever they are. If you have ever tried Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian clothing then you have to admit that they are far more comfortable than western clothing. Loose fitting and I have to say more fashionable for both work, home, shopping or just a walk in the street. Tight fitting clothing, those with buttons etc are are not just ugly but are unhealthy. The west is destroying cultures one by one to make a single mega culture. Who wants to look like a single mega culture? American or whatever. I have decided to wear as much as possible my own traditional clothing.

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It maybe quite amazing to some but to travel alone can be like passing through time without even realizing that you were there. Suppose you just returned from India or whatever country who is to believe that you were really there? Photographs don't really prove much they could have been bought, downloaded etc etc. Unless you physically were with someone; who, other than yourself can really say what you did? Travelling alone is all just a blur in time.

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