Posted on 07/16/2006 10:14:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
You are welcome.
It's truly fascinating, isn't it?.....:)
My apologies. I have seen people on FR post similar things who absolutely serious in their mocking.
No problems, then.
[don't fret; few people "get me" until they've known me for *years*]....;D
I'm a huge advocate of the cyclical nature of this planet.
I do not subscribe to any "man made massive impending natural disaster" theories.
The earth will do what it does in the same rhythm that has existed for practically an eternity....and always will.
The arrogance displayed by some people never ceases to amaze me when they assume that we puny humans can have any real or major impact on such a wonderfully made 'machine'.
"Impending doom" threads inspired that graphic and never fail to crack me up.....:)
p.s...read my tagline.
It is, by coincidence, cryptically relevant to this discussion of terrestrial cycles.
[I just knew that bit of esoterica would come in handy *someday*]....LOL!
Same here--it only takes a little research to realize that everything is part of a cycle, from day/night to yearly seasons to warming and cooling. This planet--and really, all there is.
So glad to make your acquaintance. (And your humor makes perfect sense NOW.)
Seven years fat followed by seven years of lean doesn't necessarily equal 14 years as measured on the Gregorian calendar.
There's no reason to think they meant that the fat and lean periods were exactly seven years, following each other with metronomic precision.
Further, the ancient Iraelis used a 13 month lunar calender.
If the good professor is correct about his lunar cycles, it would make sense that civilizations which depended on lunar calendars would have observed this, as well.
The Jewish year is usually twelve months' long. A leap year is 13 months. Because the Jewish calendar is lunar, the days fall shorter than in the solar calendar. The agricultural year, which begins with Nissan (March-April), must always fall in the spring. For that reason, an extra month (Adar II) is added to the calendar every few years, in order to keep it in sync with the seasons. This year (5766) is a regular year (12 months). Last year was a leap year.
Include some transitional time and yeah, it might work out.
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