2007-02-01 04:48:52 · 14 answers · asked by beverly4boys 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your premise is a bit backwards. Time was given a fixed starting point, Jesus was made up 40 to 60 years later.
2007-02-01 04:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
"Dionysius named the years relating to his cycle, BC for Before Christ which starts with year 1 and AD for Anno Domini, the year of Our Lord referring to the year of Christ’s birth. This is also a year 1. There is no year 0. That’s the reason purists insists the 21st century actually begins January 1, 2001. (for example the first year began in 1 AD and ended the beginning of 2 AD so the first year of the 21st century begins in 2001 AD and ends with the beginning of 2002 AD)"
2007-02-01 12:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
BC and AD are outdated terms...the correct anagram is BCE...Before Common Era...AD is simply an accronym for Anno Domini...in the year of our Lord (latin)...which was created by the Catholic Church to create a timeline of events between the Old and New Testaments...
2007-02-01 13:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by techteach03 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dionysius Exiguus proposed the system of Anno Domini in 525.
2007-02-01 12:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Time did not start after Christ. History goes back thousands of years before Christ was ever heard of.
2007-02-01 12:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
God did b4 there was even time. He knew the event would start the beginning of time, as it is written . And today it is 2006. Not to mark Mohammad,Buddha,or any other false god. It is God who is the author the Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end.
Jesus is the one who alone is God.
2007-02-01 12:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by Mijoecha 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
his name was Wibur the Watchmaker.
he had a liitle shop in Jerusalem back then
and thought it would be a good sales promotion.
he made a ton of shekels and retired to
a little place on the Isle of Patmos.
who woulda thunk it?
2007-02-01 12:56:20 · answer #7 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the whole world uses that time system, and most others just use it for ease, to be on time with others. Not sure who originally came up with the system though.
2007-02-01 12:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
After that :Party time, and extreme sinner BBQ. (Revelation 20:10-15)
2007-02-01 12:53:53 · answer #9 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's probably just when people started keeping track. So it made sense to start from there.
2007-02-01 12:53:36 · answer #10 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋