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Now Natural Calendar Supports Secular History

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So, why do we need a new calendar, you ask. I'm glad you did, and hope it's because you're interested, and not just being cynical. I hope your interest gives me a chance to show you how tightly your thoughts, your moods, your feelings and beliefs, and how much you can accomplish of your own desires in life, are being limited, controlled, manipulated, and injected into your mental system to make you think and do and be what you would never do without these omnipresent secret influences dominating your life. What does a calendar have to do with that?

Once more, I'm glad you asked.

Have you ever taken notice of how many holidays are displayed in those little squares that represent all the days? How many of those holidays celebrate the great accomplishments of science?– of atheists, secular people, or folks from other than Christianity, or whatever religion dominates your area, who did something that made your life a whole lot better than it might have otherwise been? The number can be counted on one hand, generally, if you'll stretch what you're willing to give that kind of consideration.

Beyond that, we need to celebrate and honor the men and women of science and other daring thinkers of the past, many of whom have faced hardship and danger to advance true knowledge by the use of reason via the well-tested scientific method, or just from simply asking questions about the things for which religion failed to provide satisfactory answers.

By their daring, sometimes at great peril, though sometimes they lost their lives and possessions, they pressed on like an army dedicated to the discovery of truth.  Hundreds of thousands of books already exist wherein the ancient dating system was used. I believe they should remain untampered with, but for the division of the solar cycle into nearly equal units. This has been done, as you have likely noted, by the simple addition of another month (Sol) and standardizing months to a uniform 28 days each. That's four equal weeks every month, and a holiday left over at the end of each year. It has been suggested we should do away with names for the weeks, days and months, and use a simple numbering system, as in month/day/year. Don't a bunch of us already do that?

What we need to make note of on our calendar is secular dates to celebrate: When an important person was born; when an important historical event took place; when a secular-supportive law got passed (such as Roe vs Wade). To that end, your help would be greatly appreciated. I will make a list of the names and events I already have, and the relevant dates. My information is very incomplete, and I sometimes cannot find anything at all about something you might know by heart and have references to back your knowledge up. All dates in this form will be according to the Gregorian Calendar in common use in North American households, so you won't be required to do any converting (which is an almost automatic process at this point. In the list may be things you might feel do not deserve a "secular" attribution. Let me know. If it becomes necessary, we can put it to a vote.

You will see it is mostly undeveloped. That's due to nobody expressing their interest, while I work on those things that seem to effectively pique people's minds. Want to see where it might go? Then, talk to me (see how at the bottom of any page).

List of possible secular attributions and Gregorian dates, for not all of which were joyful events.

Day Identifier Date Attributed to Accomplishment Source
Darwin Day (Feb 12) Charles Darwin Developed basic concept of Evolution A. F. S.
International Rationalists Day (Mar 1)      
Spring Equinox (Mar 19)   Growing season begins, time to plant seeds, Day and night are equal length  
National Day of Reason,
May Day, Beltane
(May 1)
Summer Solstice (June 21)
Winter Solstice (Dec. 21)
World Humanist Day (not given)
Rational Day of Thought (not given)
Church/State Separation Week (not given)      
M L K Jr Day  (Jan 17) Martin L. King Jr.
Groundhog Day (?) (Feb 2)
Abe Lincoln's Birthday (Feb 12)
President's Day  (Feb 21)
Washington's Birthday (Feb 22)
DST begins (Apr 3 ) (same every year?)
April Fool's Day (Apr. 1)
Cinco de Mayo (?) May 5
Mother's Day (May 8) Former sex objects everywhere
Memorial Day (May 30)
Flag Day (Jun 14)
First Day of Spring (Mar 20)
Father's Day (June 19)
Independence day (July 4)
Labor Day (Sept 5)
Autumn Begins (Sept 22)
Columbus Day (Oct 12) (observed Oct 10)
DLST ends (Oct 30)
Hallowe'en (?) (Oct 31)
Election Day (Nov 1)
Veteran's Day (Nov 11)
New Year's Eve (Dec 31)
Armed Forces Day (May 21)
Dec of Ind was signed
  USA constitution was signed or ratified
(womens' rights supported by court)
Benjamin Frankin
Thomas Jefferson
Einstein
Mark Twain (Clementine!)
Robert Ingersoll
Thomas Paine
Ayn Rand
Robert Heinlein
Bertrand Russell
Isaac Asimov
Carl Sagan
Douglas Adams
John Adams
Hume
Hoffer
Nietzsche
Dawkins
Mills