You've got B.C. and then A.D. If there is no Jesus Christ, why does time end and then restart for him?

Answer 1

lol... i lot of people ask this question. They dont understand that each nation has their own calendar. The reason most of the world uses A.D. and B.C. is because it began in europe and spread across the world. Still countires in Africa and the Middle east have their own calendars and dont use B.C. and A.D.

Answer 2

its official changed to B.C.E (before common era) and C.E. (common era).

B.C (before christ) and A.D (Anno Domini - Latin:"In the year of (Our) Lord") were the previously used terms. but because some people are not christians or believe in christ they had to change it.

The designation is used to number years in the Christian Era, conventionally used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars. More fully, years may be also specified as Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ"). 'Anno Domini' dating was first calculated in 525 and began to be adopted in Western Europe during the eighth century.

The numbering of years per the Christian era is currently dominant in many places around the world, in both commercial and scientific use. For decades, it has been the global standard, recognized by international institutions such as the United Nations and the Universal Postal Union. This is due to the prevalence of Christianity in the Western world, the great influence of the Western world on science, technology and commerce, as well as the fact that the solar Gregorian calendar has, for a long time, been considered to be astronomically correct.[2]


im not religious but i learned this is sociology! when briefly talking about religion.

Answer 3

BC is Before Christ, and AD is Anno Domini, Latin for "In the year of our Lord". Most Christian scholars will use CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era) rather than BC and AD because these terms are more neutral.

Record keeping en masse was really began by the Christians so I suppose that they thought that was a good marker. I know, Egypt and China have writings that date much farther back but these were secular and not widespread.

Answer 4

You want the history of the current western calendar?

Counting years is a very complicated issue, and even today, isn't really all that settled.

What is in common use today is the Gregorian calendar, implemented as a modification of Julian calendar in 1582. This was to adjust for leap years.

This wasn't universally adopted until the mid 1700's, and the Greeks didn't adopt it until 1923.

The Julian calendar was a modification by Julius Caesar of the Republican calendar.

Answer 5

Jesus Christ did exist. He was an actual human being. As we use a Christian calendar (the Gregorian) we classify the begining as when he was allegedly born.

Most neutral sources now say BCE and CE (Before Common Era, & Common Era respectively).

Answer 6

I'm confused as to why you think that "time ended"
When did time end?
It switched over from B.C. to A.D. (ano Domini) which means in the year of our lord...Or in other words, from the time of Jesus' birth through present time.

Answer 7

Even historians that do not admit to his being the Christ are certain that Jesus did, in fact, exist. His actual existence is not in question nor is his impact on human history.
There are other calendars by which certain cultures record time as well.

Answer 8

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B.C. is Before Christ sure. That's everything before year 0

A.D. is Anno Domini. That's "in the year of our Lord" year 0 and after. (common misconception to think A.D. is after death. That is WRONG).

Answer 9

It didn't.....research my answer for yourself, but theologists actually date Jesus' birth at around 3 A.D. Jesus himself was never a very good egotist, and put all of the attention that He got toward His Father, God. B.C. just ran out of numbers and they had to do something, right? ;-)

Answer 10

Scientists refer to Common Era and Before Common Era