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I just realized this the other day. On the Gregorian calender (is it the Gregorian clander that markes BC and AD? Or is it some other calender) If 1 BC is a year before Christ's birth, and 1 AD is a year after Christ's death, then who's tallying the years he was alive? He lived to around 25 I think, so would it be appropriate to have a period time between BC and AD, like DC? (During Christ) Consequently, is it not actually 2009 currently?

I'm not sure if this is exactly a paradox, but the subject title is some damn catchy!

There is so much very wrong with this post, that I'm going to give you the cliff notes:

1) You made two identical topics. Probably double clicked when you should have not clicked at all.
2) Jesus wasn't born on 0. 7-2 BC.
3)Jesus lived to be 33-38.
4) How is this a debate?
5) The year system is based on somebody's best guess back in 525.

EDIT: And in case I wasn't -perfectly- clear, get the fuck out. How would it not be 2009? How does that even make sense?

There is a very simple answer: AD means "Anno Domini", or "in the year of our Lord". That means the year he was born, not the year he died.

Jesus died a little inside shortly after Reagan said, "Mr. Gorbechev, tear down that wall."

I thought you were going to make a post about the inner workings of the Christian faith and how it affects the young children in our society through adulthood, commenting heavily on people who lose their faith as they grow older as well as the impact that Christianity has had on society; specifically how it has shaped the morals of people who have never practiced the faith.

oh well... moving on.

maestro wrote:There is a very simple answer: AD means "Anno Domini", or "in the year of our Lord". That means the year he was born, not the year he died.

I was about to point this out, too.
By the way, it's now been 'officially' changed to "CE" (common era) and "BCE" (before common era), so as to not have other religions following a Christian yearly calendar.

Also, Jesus wasn't actually born right on 0 AD - that's ridiculous. As far as I remember from what my teacher said, it actually ends up being about 2-6 BCE, because of when the bible says he was baptised or something like that.

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Jesus lived to be Thirty-three and a half years of age.

By the way, it's now been 'officially' changed to "CE" (common era) and "BCE" (before common era), so as to not have other religions following a Christian yearly calendar.

...yet they're all still reckoning time from Christ's birth? that seems perhaps a bit ridiculous.

yungerkid wrote:

By the way, it's now been 'officially' changed to "CE" (common era) and "BCE" (before common era), so as to not have other religions following a Christian yearly calendar.

...yet they're all still reckoning time from Christ's birth? that seems perhaps a bit ridiculous.

What? No! We've already covered that Jesus wasn't born at 1 CE. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era#Rationale

rennaT wrote:

yungerkid wrote:

By the way, it's now been 'officially' changed to "CE" (common era) and "BCE" (before common era), so as to not have other religions following a Christian yearly calendar.

...yet they're all still reckoning time from Christ's birth? that seems perhaps a bit ridiculous.

What? No! We've already covered that Jesus wasn't born at 1 CE. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era#Rationale

Still, it is based on Christ's birth. It would perhaps be foolish to change it (as was done in Brave New World with "In the year of our Ford" from Henry Ford's birthday) since people are so used to the current system, but to deny that would be rather dishonest. CE/BCE is a good system, but it would be almost newspeakish to deny the origin of the numbers (We've always had a secular calendar system!).

SPOILER: Jesus never existed to begin with.

yeah sorry about double-topic-posting, that was an accident. I didn't know that AD apparently meant "Anno Domini", and I was always told BC was Before Christ and BCE was Before Christ Existed. If topic is really that disappointing and pisses you off for me asking about this, cuz I was really confused over this, then just ignore this topic.

Tsukatu wrote:SPOILER: Jesus never existed to begin with.

Suki, you should have actually spoilered that--there are children (and Christians) on this forum.

Kablizzy wrote:Jesus died a little inside shortly after Reagan said, "Mr. Gorbechev, tear down that wall."

But it was Reagan's finest moment!

bobaga_fett wrote:yeah sorry about double-topic-posting, that was an accident. I didn't know that AD apparently meant "Anno Domini", and I was always told BC was Before Christ and BCE was Before Christ Existed. If topic is really that disappointing and pisses you off for me asking about this, cuz I was really confused over this, then just ignore this topic.

No. Next time you want to know ANYTHING, before you make a debate forum topic, do a little fucking research. I found all of the information in my post in five minutes on the wikipedia page for BC AND AD and for Jesus. It isn't fair to make a shitty topic and then accuse the reader of being at fault for being pissed off by it.