It is widely accepted that the year 2006 is base on the birth of Christ.?

Question

First the julian calendar,46-43 BC,then the Gregorian,which is being used today,why then is Jesus birth at the end of the year,25th,rather than the 1st,since the calendar started with his birth.

BECAUSE BEING OF THE JEWISH FAITH, 8 DAYS AFTER BIRTH,HE WAS CIRCUMCISE,NOW BEING OF THE WORLD.

Answer 1

The calendar is based on the year of Jesus' birth, while the day itself is a fabrication that happened years later.

In other words, about 300 years after Jesus, monks decided to calculate back when Jesus was born (year). They could only use documentation about the kings, and the years they served, - but they missed a few and calculated it incorrectly. Therefore Jesus was really born about 4-6 years earlier (4-6 BC)

On another note, Christians only celebrated the relevant calendar date of Jesus' Resurrection. When other heathen groups were celebrating the winter solstice, Christians came along and said "oh, we'll make that Jesus' birth". And that's why it's Dec. 25th.

Answer 2

Check the bible for some basic problems with celebrating the birth of Christ in December-the weather would be wrong for one. The celebrations of the Christian religion aren't set up by the bible. They were set up by the church to coinside with the already existing pagan celebrations. Remember, during the time of the political rise of Christianity, the church needed to gain the favor of the populace. Take a look at a calendar that shows solistaces and equinoxes and you will see a corralation. No, nobody get bent-i'm saying Christianity "stole" anything. The church simply needed the favor of the populace and by making the holidays mesh with those that existed the avoided a lot of conflict. The celebrations are of a religious nature. The dates are,. for the most part, not.

Answer 3

There is a complicated answer to this question to answer it properly see my links below.

Before the calendar was reformed, England celebrated Christmas on the equivalent of the 6th of January by our modern, Gregorian reckoning. Some people still call the 6th of January, Old Christmas Day.

In the 4th century CE, Christianity adopted the pagan Saturnalia festival hoping to take the pagan masses in with it. Christian leaders succeeded in converting to Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising them that they could continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians. The problem was that there was nothing intrinsically Christian about Saturnalia. To remedy this, these Christian leaders named Saturnalia’s concluding day, December 25th, to be Jesus’ birthday.

Answer 4

Good question....but no one knows the exact time of Christ's birth (no matter what they say). The celebration of December 25th as a 'holy'day actually started long before the establishment of Christendom....go figure.

Answer 5

No it is not, all religion including xians are based on make belief. To get a better understanding about religion go here; http://www.godisimaginary.com/index.htm