Since no one can agree on Jesus birth, why base our calendar on an event that can't be verified?

Question

I propose March 15th, 44 BCE (Before Common Era)

We all know what happened then, and it changed the Western World forever.

And Julius Caesar gave us the calendar to begin with, so it seems fitting. Jesus couldn't even write and I doubt that anyone wants to switch to Jewish Months.

Answer 1

Our calendar ISN'T based on the alleged date of the, allegedly divine, Jesus

If it was the year would run from Xmas to Xmas not New Year to New Year.

Dates for these supposed religious events have been chosed to subvert already established PAGAN festivals, and it is those that the calendar is based on, not any Christian influence

Answer 2

Yes but its all about acceptance. Muslims have different calendar which starts at somewhere AD 622 when Mohammad moves from one city to another. Logic?

Also western calendar has many flaws like months that are carrying the name of old Roman kings have additional days. Why July (Julius) and August (Augustus) has 31st but not February and April? It's all acceptance. No logic. Muslim months for example follows exact moon cycles and months are moving year by year... Logical but uneasy to use. Terrible for farmers!

Answer 3

at the start, there's a lot of knowledge Jesus existed. 2nd (and this verifies my first factor), Jesus is the only maximum influential man or woman in historic previous. His beginning marked the beginning up of what we evaluate the admired era. countries have risen and fallen because of the fact of Him. A fictitious individual ought to by no ability have that style of impression. i'm nevertheless somewhat at a loss for words as to how the relationship of Christ's beginning ended up 2 to 3 years off (Jesus became into likely born in 3 BC, no longer 4 BC or till now because of the fact the typo-weighted down placed up-fifteenth century copies of Josephus' writings infer).

Answer 4

Christmas was celebrated in winter to overlay Saturnalia, the celebration of the sun. The reason for this was Christians were very discriminated against and it gave them the freedom to celebrate (Son, Sun) A lot of pagan traditions were taken on, like the ringing of the bells. There is something about making joyous sounds in the bible, so bells count.
Yes Christian "stole" from the Pagans and I don't know why they get so insulted. It was necessary for their faith to survive in a time when people threw them to the lions. Its not bad or anything.

Answer 5

It's based on the event of Jesus' birth, though the exact date is debated, because it was the hugest event to ever happen, and thousands of years and numerous societies were shaped by it, not to mention the fact that the entire world was offered salvation. Honestly, it's a huge part of our culture. If someone told me something was twenty years before the common era, I'd be lost, but if they told me it was approximately 20 years before Christ, I'd have the general idea of the time.

Answer 6

December 25th was chosen mostly to blend in with the Yule (winter solstice) celebrations of the pagans. If you put your holidays close enough to the pagan ones, you don't have to notice that many of the people are continuing to celebrate much as they did before the coming of Christianity. This was valuable, because if you came down too hard on pagans too soon, you'd have depopulated the region. So you set up institutionalized hypocrisy.

So what else is new?

Answer 7

I propose September 30th 44BCE instead.

The calendar based on a fictional person's birth just shows you the power of the Roman Catholic Empire.

Answer 8

Christmas is the symbolic birth of the Lord Savior.

Answer 9

Paul used the story of Mithra as the base for his story of Jesus. So Christians have been celebrating the birth of Mithra all along.

Answer 10

Now you Athees want to change the calendar?? Get a life.