like year 2005-2006-2007??
but isn't year 2005 like 2005 years after Jesus was born???
note that I'm not Christian.
2007-01-21 20:17:14 · 21 answers · asked by Dirty 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Athiests are like the guy you see in films who sees a big truck coming towards hims blocks his eyes and says the truck isnt there.
Truth isnt relative.
2007-01-21 20:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 9⤋
just because we don't believe in god/jesus/the easter bunny doesn't mean we don't use conventional terms in order to be better understood. These terms have been in use for some 2000 years so it has become a convention that everyone understands. After all, a date is just a convenient marker in the stream of time. No special significance.
Heh, I remember when I was in Thailand to do some computer work and every computer would show that it was the year 2549 BE. I was really confused until I remembered that they use a different calendar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar
2007-01-22 04:19:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
no, Jesus christ was not born in the year 0, nor in the year 1. Check again.
Would you rather use a 10 digit year to mark the beginning of the earth (which we cannot pin on an exact year, just an approximate couple of million years), or perhaps an 8 digit number to mark the extinction of the dinosaurs? But there is nothing convenient about coming up with a new date of reckoning just because you do not believe, so why bother?
2007-01-22 04:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by Odin M 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
so what is your point I'm not a christian either but I can use an accepted point of reference just as anyone the point doesn't require fine print and capitulation to a false doctrine of belief .
I may Even be Christ like and a Jew of less than believable
tenet but that does not make me a Christian either . As it turns out I'm more of a naturalist cynic with good dept of judgment when the knowledge of judgment in question is available or already assimilated.Do you prefer julian or gregorian or chinese calendars?
keep trying and peace out
2007-01-22 04:38:20 · answer #4 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In some parts of the world AD has been replaced by CE for Common Era. and BC has been replaced by BCE for Before Common Era. The thing is. Time was still split in two by Jesus Christ.
2007-01-22 04:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
No. We count backwards from the imaginary date in the future where all religious people are either gone or intelligent. Currently, we seem to be still standing at the dawn of time...
2007-01-22 04:28:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. NoneofYourbusiness 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who says Jesus wasn't there. It's just that the atheist do not take him as a god but sees him as a compassionate and right human being.
2007-01-22 04:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by Tashi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
Jesus was born between 6 AD and 6 BC
Some idoit scientist got their math wrong or maybe it was poltical, you know those lawyers never get things right.
2007-01-22 04:28:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Do Christians refer to the months and days of the week, most of which are named after Pagan gods? Note that I'm not Pagan.
January = Janus (Roman god of beginnings and endings)
February = Februus (Roman god of the dead and purification)
March = Mars (Roman god of war)
May = Maiesta (Roman goddess of honor and reverence)
June = Juno (Roman queen of the gods)
Sunday = Sun (very important in Pagan celebrations)
Monday = Moon (very important in Pagan celebrations)
Tuesday = Tiu (English/Germanic god of war and the sky)
Wednesday = Woden (chief Anglo-Saxon/Teutonic god)
Thursday = Thor (Norse god of thunder)
Friday = Freya (Teutonic goddess of love, beauty, and procreation)
Saturday = Saturn (Roman and Italic god of agriculture)
2007-01-22 04:38:29 · answer #9 · answered by gelfling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is supposed to be but they got it wrong, he wasn't born in the year zero.
Anyway, we need a standard so that one is as good as any
2007-01-22 04:22:20 · answer #10 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't use date & nothing co relate with the birth date of Jesus.
2007-01-22 04:20:51 · answer #11 · answered by saumitra s 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋