Duck Dynasty Star Points to Calendars To Prove Atheists Don't Exist-

By Caitlin MacNeal

PublishedJuly 7, 2015, 11:50 AM EDT

Si Robertson, one of the stars of reality television show "Duck Dynasty," said last week that he doesn't believe there are any atheists.

"I don’t believe — there's no such thing as an atheist," he told the Christian Post in an interview published on Friday. "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 write down the day's date, you're saying He's here," Robertson continued.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/si-robertson-duck-dynasty-atheists

Not sure how the Germanic/Norse gods Woden, Tiw, Thor and Frigg feel about that?

Seriously, if Democratic-leaning voters are VERY lucky....folks like Si and his family will be a strong voice in the Republican Presidential Primaries.

 

hmm, I did not know the days and months were Christian..... thought it was more Pagan if anything?

 

this is where the Months and days come from.....

http://www.therefinersfire.org/days_months2.htm

The First Day: Sunday was named after the Sun god.
The second Day: Monday was named after the moon goddess.
The Third Day: Tuesday was named after the god Tyr.
The Fourth Day: Wednesday was named after the god Odin.
The Fifth Day: Thursday was named after the god Thor.
The Sixth Day: Friday was named after the goddess Frigga.
The Seventh Day: Saturday was named after the god Saturn.

JANUARY: Named for Janus, the Roman mighty one of portals and patron of beginnings and endings, to whom this month was sacred. He is shown as having two faces, one in front, the other at the back of his head, supposedly to symbolize his powers.
FEBRUARY: This name is derived from Februa, a Roman festival of purification. It was originally the month of expiation.
MARCH: It is named for Mars, the Roman mighty one of war.
APRIL: This name comes from the Latin APRILIS, indicating a time of Fertility. It was believed that this month is the month when the earth was supposed to open up for the plants to grow.
MAY: This month was named for Maia, the Roman female deity of growth or increase.
JUNE: This name is sometimes attributed to June, the female mighty one of the marriage, the wife of Jupiter in Roman mythology. She was also called the "Queen of heaven" and " Queen of mighty ones." The name of this month is also attributed to Junius Brutus, but originally it most probably referred to the month in which crops grow to ripeness.
JULY: Named for the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, this is the seventh month of the Gregorian year.
AUGUST: Named for Octavius Augustus Caesar, emperor of Rome; the name was originally from augure, which means, "to increase."
SEPTEMBER: This name is derived from the Latin septem, meaning "seven."
OCTOBER This name comes from the Latin root octo, meaning "eight."
NOVEMBER: This name is derived from Latin novem, meaning "ninth."
DECEMBER: This name comes from the Latin decem, meaning 'ten'.

 

I didn't even get to the ROMAN gods or Caesars used for the months.


Si is par for the course out there among the Religious Right though. Pretty much par for the course for "intellectual conservatism"....which apparently died with William F. Buckley Jr.

 

Thor's Day

Moon Day

Frige's Day

Saturn's Day




looks Christian to me.

 

The Gregorian calendar, also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar, is internationally the most widely used civil calendar.[1][2][3] It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582.

The calendar was a refinement in 1582 to the Julian calendar[4] amounting to a 0.002% correction in the length of the year.

Julian calendar:
a calendar introduced by the authority of Julius Caesar in 46 BC, in which the year consisted of 365 days, every fourth year having 366 days. It was superseded by the Gregorian calendar though it is still used by some Orthodox Churches. Dates in the Julian calendar are sometimes designated “Old Style.”

Yes, what ever would be do without the 0.002% of change to our modern calendar in 1582 which had nothing to do with Christian dogma. . .


Come December it will be: Atheists don't exist because of Christmas tree.

 

Probably a good bet Si Robertson thinks Jesus was ACTUALLY born on December 25th, Year Zero.

 

Take notes, those are smart men.

 

Pagan calender named after a Pope (Pope Gregory XIII)?
That seems odd.

Months adapted from Roman, Latin And Etruscan.

Days from Hellenistic astrology.

Interesting stuff actually.

........
Si Robertson says lots of wild and funny stuff.
His own family often refer to him as the crazy uncle.
He is not a political representative and has very little if any influence beyond his iced tea jug.

 

So in essence, the Hebrew calendar renders Jews non-existent?

Stunning that people can make such stupid remarks. Just goes to show...money cannot buy common sense.

 

welcome to the south.

 

Indeed money cannot buy common sense.

Much like this thread just goes to show (once again) that partisanship erodes reason.

 

Another solid, well thought out right wing argument.

 

the Vatican was once a Pagan site too, Christians have often tried to build on top of other religions sites and claim them as their own, same with holidays and calendars....

 

Absolutely today's most widely used calender was adapted from previous calenders and Si Robertson is not where I would start my studies on such history.

Great for building a bash 'em thread though I guess.

 

Buffoons. The whole lot of them. Calendars, 'gregorian' based or NOT, BC/AD whatever have been around for centuries. Calendars are manmade contrivances to measure time. Pre-chrisitan, post Christian, atheists, Muslims, agnostics, and everyone in between used and use calendars. The Duck fool has a tiny bit of knowledge and like so many of his ILK, bastardizes it.

 

Somehow all you Liberals missed his point? Is that a modern public education thing?

Anyways, let me give you a hint. He was saying today's date is July 7, 2015 <--- the "2015" signifies what exactly?

 

Well, at least you are admitting he lived. It's a start, but that's not what the "2015" means with B.C / A.D.

 

Nothing really considering nothing important happened at year zero.

 

you would think Christians bakers would be against a Calendar that idolized Pagan God's

 

MEDICINE, as in 'science' started as religious based study not the least was MUMMIFICATION used to preserve one for the afterlife until some
ancient 'med-student' types went in and carved the bodies up for understanding anatomy. (Or maybe they were just drunken med-students who
were macabre). Medicine and it's practices are riddled with religious ritual and history. I don't ask my doctor WHAT RELIGION he practices, I do
ask what MED school he graduated from!

Sometimes a calendar is just a calendar.

 

And the deflection begins...

Do you know what year is is? Its a simple question.. Do you know why it is the year that it is? Again a simple question.

 

He shoots.... and misses.... oh it was a nice try, but clearly a fail. Perhaps with more practice this guy will come back and hit the mark some day.

What year is it again?

Thanks for playing.

 

2015 A.D. Anno Domini, the year of our lord. Using a common term to describe the date doesn't mean I believe in God any more than dressing up as a pirate on Halloween means I believe in ghosts. Those traditions have been secularized to the point of meaninglessness.

 

The point is perfectly clear; because some aspects of the modern calendar are based on Christian concepts there is no such thing as atheists. Are you agreeing with it?

It's a ridiculous point in itself (even if Christianity were entirely true, there would still be atheists) but the fact that other elements of the same calendar are based on non-Christian faiths (not to mention other calendars based on other faiths) makes his using it to support Christianity specifically is even more flawed.