Ok, B.C. stands for Before Christ and A.D. is Anno Domini, which is latin for year of the lord. So, if you didn't believe in Christianity, would you still follow that calender system? Like what about Buddhism? Do the Jews technically follow it, they don't necessarily believe Jesus was God's son or something like that right (I'm not personally well versed in Jewish religion, this is just from what I heard)...so, does that mean they don't follow B.C./A.D. years system? And for people that don't follow the system, does anybody know what system they run on or how to explain it? What year would you suppose someone who didn't follow our calander system would be on?
I'm already aware of the Chinese New Years, which obviously signifies that the Chinese have a different calander system. (Which also brings me to ask, how exactly does that work, does anyone know) I'm always up for partials, or even theories, this topic has just been puzzling me...
2006-12-03 07:28:35 · 6 answers · asked by Ashley A 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
All non-Christian faiths have their own calendar. There are about 40 different calendars in use in the world today. The Christian (or Western) calendar is the one most commonly followed in everyday life. It's just a matter of convenience, so that when we communicate, we all know what day we are talking about and don't have to go through constant computations to find out.
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2006-12-03 07:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by pessimoptimist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The short answer to your question is "Yes, it still applies."
The long answer is more complex.
Each civilization has its own year system. According to traditional Chinese, it is something like the year 5086. According to Jews, it is the a different year. According to the Western world, the year is 2006.
Currently, the Western World sets the standard. The Church, especially under Pope Saint Gregory the Great, standardized time and its keeping. He is responsible for giving the standard order to the days, weeks and years. He created the leap year and its rules. He even lept forward16 days one month to get us back on track to a repeatable timeframe. During that time, the Chruch ran the known world, and their rules were THE rules.
Today, the USA leads the western world. The USA used BC and AD. The rest of the world can use whatever they wish; however, if and when they interact with the USA and the West (such as in computer programming, international date standards, international banking, etc.), they use the Western standards for time.
Thus, so long as the West uses BC and AD, so will the world. And, as the West is largely Christian, these terms will not change any time soon.
2006-12-03 15:42:08 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Consider this: Somebody has to be right, not saying who, but somebody. And whenever the great Whoever shows up however, whenever, and wherever, will it make a difference if you tell Him that you don't believe in Him. Imagine it, " I know you just revealed yourself to be God and all, but I just don't think any of this applies to me because I kinda wanted something different. Can you just disolve away from my own reality so I can go back to thinking of important issues like how zoroastrians feel about the whole chrisitan dominated timeline thing?"
Just my own random thought.
2006-12-03 15:55:50 · answer #3 · answered by Singe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,people use to think of God more highly than they do now.
2006-12-03 18:10:51 · answer #4 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up B.C.E It means befor common era . Its what alot of people are changing too . But I haven't done alot of research on it .
2006-12-03 15:32:50 · answer #5 · answered by Ajax Spade 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Most people use CE and BCE these days.
2006-12-03 15:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by thaliax 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋