Why do we count down the years Before christ and count up AD?

Answer 1

That is easy- History points to the coming of Christ, the crucifixion of Christ and the Resurrection of Christ. Look at it this way- All these years BC and AD are His story- leading up to His coming and after He came and until He comes again= History- is His Story!!

Answer 2

Because that is the Gregorian, Christian calendar. The years before Christ are BC and the years after Christ are Anno Domini (Year of the Lord).

Answer 3

Because until recently the birth of christ was thought to be the most important event in human history.

Answer 4

Because the year of the birth of Jesus was year zero. You count up both ways from it, just like a number line.

Answer 5

Because Jesus Christ shed His own blood for our redemption. He died on the cross and paid for our sins. He raised from the dead because He was without sin.

That was a great moment in History so it even changed our calendars.

Answer 6

AD stand for anno domini.

Latin for "In the year of our Lord." Aka, the year Jesus was born in.

Answer 7

Convention. Just like we use norse gods for weekdays and greek/roman gods for month names.

Or are you asking about positing vs negative numbers?

Answer 8

Because in any infinite line if you choose a point behind the point it stretches BACK infiinitely and after the point it stretches FORWARD infinitely.

Answer 9

The real question is what did they use when jesus was alive Im sure they didn't use after death even when hes alive

Answer 10

Christians think the world revolves around their nonsense.