Carl Distefano wrote:The idea of overlapping eras is a very good way of cutting the gordian knot. And a binary logic test is fine. Unfortunately, not I nor (I should think) any other Christian could accept Dominus=False; the pre-existence of the Word is a defining element. And 0 A.D. Incarnatus=False is probably more than non-Christians, even if theists, could agree to. So we'd have to agree to differ on what exactly the terms of the logic test are.Great idea. To avoid the anomaly, 0 A.D. and 1 B.C. could be defined as one and the same year. Who says the two eras can't overlap? There is an ineluctable binary logic to it, to boot: 0 A.D.: Dominus=FALSE; 1 A.D.: Dominus=TRUE. Assuming, of course, that Dominus was born in 1 A.D., which, of course, he wasn't, butit's the thought that counts.-- Patricia M. Godfrey PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx