Jebus.

[Gregorius Vecchius]

Hmmm, aside from the fact that Jesus was born in 1 A.D. and that 0 A.D. is not a date I have to say it's no less improbable of an event than any historical event they decided to put into the game. One has to remember that the probability of any individual being born at all is very slim, since it hinges on the exact right gametes being there at the exact right time, and any inventor, philosopher, politician, or general might have taken a different course in life anyhow.

Actually I hear it was something like 5 or 6 BC, which makes the term BC in itself kinda ... wrong.

[The Stranger]

Actually I hear it was something like 5 or 6 BC, which makes the term BC in itself kinda ... wrong.

yes yes. i think 1 year before christ was born is still 1 BC no matter if the actual year was 2900000000

[Uriel]

Actually, if you take the gospels as historically accurate, Jesus could have been born no later than 4BC. Why? Herod the Great (Mr baby killer himself) died around Spring 4BC. Some historians and biblical commentators think that he could have been born as early as 12BC but the genral consensus is around 5 or 6 BC.

This is why we now tend to use CE (Current Era) rather than BC. It's not just people being PC.

Oh - and the years went 2BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2AD etc (but I'm pretty sure they didn't call them that at the time.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Actually, if you take the gospels as historically accurate, Jesus could have been born no later than 4BC. Why? Herod the Great (Mr baby killer himself) died around Spring 4BC. Some historians and biblical commentators think that he could have been born as early as 12BC but the genral consensus is around 5 or 6 BC.

This is why we now tend to use CE (Current Era) rather than BC. It's not just people being PC.

Oh - and the years went 2BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2AD etc (but I'm pretty sure they didn't call them that at the time.

I think 2 BC is the most popular one. Based on astronomy they've also found evens that could be the big star. One took place during midsummer and another one around the 25th of December that same year.

[The Stranger]

but there is no 2bc, the day' he's born is 0, the year after is 1 AD the year before is 1BC. even if the year is the 689 moon year or 131414313413441314321 dec or sumthing like that

[Rodion Romanovich]

but there is no 2bc, the day' he's born is 0, the year after is 1 AD the year before is 1BC. even if the year is the 689 moon year or 131414313413441314321 dec or sumthing like that

Yeah, it should really be called 2 BOYIBTBYOBOC , meaning 1 Before Old Year Incorrectly Believed To Be Year Of Birth Of Christ, but that's a little unpractical...

[The Stranger]

hmm

[Uriel]

I think 2 BC is the most popular one. Based on astronomy they've also found evens that could be the big star. One took place during midsummer and another one around the 25th of December that same year.

Actually, to take 2BC as the date, you have to ignore to accounts of Jesus' birth and early life in Matthew and Luke. Dates for Herod the Great are pretty much confirmed. He died 2 years before that. The fact of the matter is nobody really knows the year Jesus was born. That's why we've got so many dates flying around!

[IliaDN]

In my opinion it is a bit Monastery stuff ...

[bubbanator]

I am not positive, but I saw in some timeline thing in social studies that he was born in 4bc and that when he was four, he started talking about God for the first time and that is when AD started.

AD is the abbriviation for some latin phrase that means "In The Year of Our Lord"

He didn't talk about God until that point so it wouldn't have actualy been "In the Year of Our Lord" until he started talking about God

[IliaDN]

If this is correct things became clearer ... thanks !!!!!