The Duck Dynasty star, Phil Robertson, attended the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Colorado this past weekend. He brought his “wisdom” along to talk about Jesus.
Are you wondering what amazing proof he has? I’ll give you a hint… It’s a calendar. Robertson said:
“If your calendar is dated of all the human beings who have ever walked on the Earth, and your calendar is dedicated and predicated to just one of ’em, evidently something rather large went down.”
People used to tell time with natural cycles. They knew that there was a day and night, and they could measure the time between two nights. They also used moon cycles to tell when a month has passed.
Various civilizations had their own calendars. The ancient Egyptians were the first ones to record a twelve-month year. They had months of thirty days, and then they tried to sync it with the solar year.
The year system with B.C. and A.D. came from a monk, Dionysius Exiguus, in the 6th Century. The calendar was widely adopted by the 9th Century. Exiguus picked the year of Christ’s incarnation based on the historical texts that he had access to. Before that, Christianity counted the years by the reign of each emperor.
These days, CE and BCE are used in place of BC and AD in an attempt to make take religion out of the calendar.
Mr. Robertson may be right in that the calendar is based off Jesus’ existence, but that date wasn’t picked until centuries later. The exact date could be different; we don’t know.
Phil’s brother, Si Robertson, also spewed idiocy over Jesus and the calendar:
“There’s no such thing as an atheist. I’m serious, because there’s too much documentation. Our calendars are based on Jesus Christ. Whether you believe in him or not, every time you sign your calendar, you add down the day’s date, you’re saying he’s here, OK? That’s documented.”
Yes, he actually said atheists don’t exist because of the calendar.
Here is a video about Si Robertson’s comment:
Featured Image: Screenshot Via YouTube Video by Secular Talk.
