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Re:Posical, the Positivist Calendar for Python by saraid216 on Friday April 18, 2014 @09:39PM (#7612205)
It's actually unclear to me why we particularly care about how long it takes to orbit the Sun. Axial rotation, sure, the length of a day is important. But outside of that... why do we need particular units like weeks, months, and years at all?
Re:Posical, the Positivist Calendar for Python by toyg on Friday April 18, 2014 @10:29PM (#7612355)
Religion and seasonality. 7-days as a unit of measurement is written into unamendable documents hold as holy by all Judaist monotheisms (Jewish, Christian and Islamic). The ciclical experience of seasonal-weather and daylight-lenght changes are also too powerful to deny.
Re:Posical, the Positivist Calendar for Python by notdonspaulding on Saturday April 19, 2014 @12:11AM (#7612573)
Unrelated, why do you call Islam "judaist"?

AFAIK, Islam traces its roots back to Abraham, who was Judah's great-grandfather. So it would seem more appropriate to call it an Abrahamic religion, no?

Re:Posical, the Positivist Calendar for Python by toyg on Saturday April 19, 2014 @01:50AM (#7612711)
I'm not a religious scholar by any means (and certainly less versed in Islamic tradition than any Muslim), so you're probably correct.
Re:Posical, the Positivist Calendar for Python by Yorrrick on Saturday April 19, 2014 @09:35AM (#7613381)
Many people live in places where summer and winter are different, and they happen at the period of a year.