Were did these time elements come from if people didn't believe in Christ ? And what started them,and when ? Are they recognized around the world buy other religions ?
2006-12-03 10:18:21 · 11 answers · asked by don_steele54 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Kinda strange that there isn't a B-buddah or B-Mahammod,looks like this is one big point for the true God.
2006-12-03 10:33:06 · update #1
A MONK invented the current year numbering system we have now. He's the one who locked it to the supposed birth date of Jesus (which is probably off by 4 years).
It's got nothing to do with pagans.
Many people now use CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era) because those are non-religious, and because the business WORLD all uses the same calendar notation as the US and England, regardless of their religion.
Most religions do have their own religious calendars with their own count of years. There are Jewish calendars, Mayan calendars, Aztec calendars, Chinese calendars, Islamic calendars...that's all I can think of off-hand but I'm sure there are many more. The Catholic church has its own calendar of feast days as well.
2006-12-03 23:53:18 · answer #1 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is simple. No, the pagans did not think these systems up. There was a need to keep records, so not only the believers but also scientists of those eras came up with these dating systems. You are very correct when you say that all religions do not follow the same dating system and also some other person have answered it correctly here, ie, they start with the begining of the earth's time etc. What ever it is believe one thing you are doing fine not getting engrossed in these man made dating systems, because these do not have a direct effect on your life style, living or knowledge.
2006-12-03 18:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by S&D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a Buddha-referenced calendar - it's 2549 this year (it rolls over the same as the Gregorian Calendar). Of course it's 5000 something in the jewish calendar. Chinese used to number things with respect to the current emperor's reign. Last I saw Taiwan was still numbering from 1911 (and mainland China who knows - they probably just go with western numbering now). And nowadays you'll see CE and BCE (Common Era and Before Common Era) a lot. AD pretty much presupposes the whole existence of a god which just isn't necessary to number the days ("what's today's date" is really a simpler question than "does god exist" - no sense muddying the thing up).
Ah, and I see that for Muslims the year is 1427 AH (number of years since Mohamed went from Mecca to Medina). So there is a Buddhist numbering AND Muslim numbering.
I suspect Christian numbering only won because of the military and economic might of Europe.
2006-12-03 18:41:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those terms come from the Anno Domini dating method which was first proposed by a Scythian monk named Dionysius Exiguus around 525. The old calendar, the Julian calendar, was adopted over forty years before Christ and dated back to the founding of Rome, but the anno domini dating method dated back to Christ. Originally Exiguus proposed Ante Christum Natum, or "before the nativity of Christ" but the English translation is simply BC, or before Christ. AD means "anno domini" or "in the year of our Lord". Many different religions trace their calendar back to a different year. Some trace the calendar back to the "Creation" of the world according to their religion.
2006-12-03 18:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
One can only assume from your question and comments that you either are not old enough to have taken a World History class...or you were not paying attention to some of the important bits.
Amazing as it may be to you to learn, different cultures have had different calendars from the Western calendar that adopted BC and AD - and didn't do THAT any time near the life of Jesua ben Joseph.
Those other cultures dated their year count from events other than that event, too.
Darn pesky facts.
2006-12-03 18:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD is even on the Moon.
Plaque left there by Apollo 11 crew.
2006-12-03 18:20:58 · answer #6 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B.C. means 'before Christ' A.D. is the letters of a Latin phrase which means 'Year of our Lord' non-Christians as well as Jehovas Witnesses use C.E. 'common era' instead of B.C.
2006-12-03 18:40:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC and AD aren't Pagan, they are Christian. Before Christ and After Death. So please stop blaming all your personal problems on the Pagans.
2006-12-03 18:23:57 · answer #8 · answered by lavos1412 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The birth, death, and ressurection of Jesus is the focal point of History.
I Cr 13;8a
12-3-6
2006-12-03 18:24:08 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Some believe that B.C. might actually mean "Before Caesar"
2006-12-03 18:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by jedi1josh 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋