if atheists dont believe in jesus, should we believe in the date/year.
what i mean is that the date is based upon the birth of jesus christ superstar, so therefore there is no AD or BC, so surely the year is more like 2,000,000,000.
what do you think?
2007-12-03 01:37:52 · 8 answers · asked by Kruger, Freddy Kruger 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Before christians get carried away and say something like this is proof of jesus, lets not forget that time is a human invention used for measurement.
2007-12-03 01:39:21 · update #1
I'm perfectly happy to stick with what we have.It's almost set in concrete now and we ain't gonna change it.
Yes it is inaccurate, since no-one knows when the alleged JC was born.
What we have is far better than the Islamic version!!!
2007-12-03 01:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember the first time I did some IT work in Thailand and I wondered why all the computers thought it was somewhere in (I think) 2525. But that is the date system they use.
Before Christianity burned its way across Europe, there were several other competing date systems. Counting the reign of one king to the next, for instance.
However, Christianity did its thing and now we're stuck with this one. It has its flaws, but it sure helps when you want to make appointments.
2007-12-03 01:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Consistency has nothing to do with faith.
Its just easier to have an agreed upon date (and time) to do anything. Saying that year 1 was when JFK was shot would be just fine - as long as it was applied world wide (it would play hell with computer systems and I'm sure people would miss a few appointments...)
2007-12-03 01:41:27 · answer #3 · answered by Mickey P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think of the year as common number used for reference that we all agree on to make life easier. Last thing we need is for the year to be treated like time zones.
2007-12-03 01:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by x2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The western calender or Gregorian which states the year as 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
There are other calenders which give a different year, with at least 40 in use today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_calendars
2007-12-03 01:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by steven m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's one situation in existence i'm no longer able to stand. My mum says I might desire to be greater in cohesion with all of it. yet to be honesty, i'm no longer able to get in "cohesion" with a load of bollocks... i'm a fairly cynical person i'm going to admit. yet after doing a school philosophy paper which coated lots of pseudo-technology aspects, it purely made me greater severe of the entire technique.
2016-10-18 23:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that's why it was changed to BCE and CE, standing for, Before Common Era, and Common Era.
2007-12-03 01:40:38 · answer #7 · answered by ҡʏʟɛ - ❄ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm I don't think I wanna write 12/3/2000000000 on my checks...
2007-12-03 01:40:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋