Question about jewish religion?

Question

If the Jewish do not believe in Jesus Christ, how can they believe and use our current calender? The new year is 2007 years after Jesus died

Answer 1

If they use a current calendar, they change B.C. to B.C.E., and A.D. to C.E.
B.C. before Christ
A.D. Anno Domino
B.C.E. before the common era
C.E. common era.

But, the Jews have their own calendar. I believe it is the year 5768.

Answer 2

There is a Jewish calender, it is the Hebrew calender, so currently it is the 18th of Tevet, 5767 . The following of the Christian calender is just to be synchronized with the time of the majority society around them, in Europe and the US, that is.It is not that they follow the calender actually, but that they use it at the same time as their own calender, to stay aware of the world outside of their religious community.

Answer 3

The entire world uses the Western calendar as a matter of convention.

Jews also use the Hebrew calendar, which is more accurate than the Western calendar. The Jews understood the exact length of a month, from a tradition dating back to Moses.

Answer 4

99% of Jews are clueless as to the actual laws of their religion and practice hardly any religion at all if any. They practice the SOCIAL and PRACTICAL such as being self-centered, cheap, and over the top materialistic. In fact most of them are atheist or agnostic but still call themselves Jews as if Jew is a race and not a religion. And they despise the other religions and want to make sure they are not identified with them.

So the calender is accepted practice and convenient.

Answer 5

We believe that jesus existed, yes, but we have our own calender, still.

Answer 6

the jews have their own calenders. but standard calandars are actually recorded in C.E. now for common era. its more politically correct. also, they believe that jesus existed they just don't believe he was the messiah.

Answer 7

The Jews believe Jesus existed...and im pretty sure they think they killed him...so, why wouldnt they follow the calender?

according to them they killed the anti-christ that day...

Answer 8

check it out

Jesus never was a christian

it was the Sadducees that conspired to kill him, who were a minority represented by the High Priest, who the Romans put in charge

Paul also worked for High Priest and killed many Jews

Jesus was a Jew and never advocated the circumventing of gentiles or non Jews who did not convert and perform same rites they did to enter into thier society

Answer 9

we have our own calendar that we would prefer to use for all purposes, but unfortunately in a world that uses the christian calendar we have no choice but to use their calendar as well for secular purposes. if i was to say to a non-jew, lets go see a movie on, say, the 12th of shevat, they wouldn't know what i was talking about, wouldn't show up, and therefore i'd be watching the movie alone.

Answer 10

jews have their own calendar, now year is 6000-something. it is just easier to use same calendar as the west in daily matters.

plus, most jews are not religious at all. Those dudes in black suits and hats are like 10% of population.

Answer 11

i will assume you recommend Roman Catholic religious practices, as against "Roman" in keeping with se - which could be pagan gods corresponding to the Greek mythological gods. The Roman Catholic custom imitates Orthodox Judaism in many approaches in ceremony and gown, at the same time as additionally incorporating some pagan factors and practices from historical Rome.