2007-05-09 02:27:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
its called the Gregorian calender (about 425 years old) and you had better watch out or the religious zealots will condemn you for saying the world is older than the bible says (only about 4000 years). You realize the Mayan calender is about 10,000 years,so it depends on what calender you are looking at (Chinese calender it is now the year 4704.) Take your pick
2007-05-09 02:39:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we only count the years from what is supposed to be the year Jesus Christ was born (although i believe that we have the date wrong). So everything BC (Before Christ) would include the billions of years since the earth was formed (i.e. 200 000 000 BC) and 0 - 2007 is AD (after Christ´s birth). AD stands for Anno Domini which means ´year of the Lord´. With year 0 being the year of Jesus´ birth.
Hope this clarifies things!
2007-05-10 02:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by amnesty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we cannot be sure 100% accurate of how old the earth is. A lot of the ways to calculate the age of the earth is quite accurate if counting a few hundred to thousands of years but when it comes to millions of years, it is based on theoretical calculations.
We also are counting from the time Jesus was born, hence the letters AD which stands for Anno Domini. So we are in the year 2007AD, or 2007 in the Year of Our Lord.
2007-05-09 02:43:11 · answer #3 · answered by ~Kitana~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we started counted at or birth of Jesus then we should start around 7 BC. This was the start of Great New Year. The first sign, or month, was Capricorn, as the Great Year is in reverse order. This is the reason why Jesus is called The Lamb Of God. Hence we should now be in year 2014.
2007-05-10 03:28:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The year is not just 2007 it is the year 2007 A.D.The year 0000 is widely believed to be the year of the berth of Christ.Any years referred to before this is referred to as B.C (Before Christ).
2007-05-12 03:28:03 · answer #5 · answered by turbo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible to tell exactly how many days before 2007, the earth was born ?
2007-05-09 03:22:29 · answer #6 · answered by mfi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becasue it counts from the date that Jesus was born.
In some Asian countries, they count from the date that the Buhhda died - this year is 2550 ( you can see it in some Asian calendar)
Also, some countries count from a country era such as Japan - for example, Showa 15
It depends on each country....it doesn't mean the age of the earth!
2007-05-09 02:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by Sugar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The current western system for numbering the year started with the supposed date of the birth of Jesus. The letters AD standing for anno dommini (latin for Year of Our Lord) and BC standing for Before Christ. Different religions and cultures have different systems but I think you will find that they all have an important event as their reference point.
2007-05-09 02:36:54 · answer #8 · answered by andy muso 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Either way you look at it the calender we use is based off of Jesus' death, which was about 2007 years ago.
2007-05-09 05:29:10 · answer #9 · answered by manw/thegoldengun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 2007 AD, anno Domini or the year of our lord. Before Christ was BC, so dinosaurs became extinct 65,000,000 BC etc...
2007-05-09 02:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by Nickynackynoo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋