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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The originally calculated timeframe was incorrect, so rather than change what year it is, religious scholars just say Jesus, if he existed at all, was born in 6-4 B.C.E.

The Bible puts Jesus's birth before the death of Herod the Great, which happened shortly after a Lunar eclipse - we now know that happened in March, 4 B.C.E.

However, it's also possible Jesus was born as far back as 6 B.C.E., what with Herod ordering the killing of all male babies under 2 years of age, and it is written that effort was made to hide Jesus from this.

Of course, it's all likely bs anyway, but there is a somewhat logical reason for the whole Jesus's birth not lining up with year 0 thing.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, the calendar was made by monks many centuries later that were doing the best they could to estimate when Jesus was born.

This is disputed by exactly no one.

Also, the monks were shooting for 1 AD to be the year of the birth of Jesus.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can we please just switch to “Human Era” dating?

https://youtu.be/czgOWmtGVGs

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Christians changed the calendar because that's what religious people do. There's a Buddhist calendar too, ya know?

So atheists want to change the Calendar because... ?

Yeah atheism is a religion. Y'all are just in denial about it.

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus the fact that Jesus wasn’t a real person, but a complete fabrication.

[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll post this twice to address different replies.

https://youtu.be/LTllC7TbM8M?si=BOMT6GovxV_1ImkF

Very interesting lecture and the guy says no one has provided any proof that there was in fact a real person called Jesus at the time. All the ‘proof’ relies on other people claiming that there’s proof / and or pointing to the Bible.

Yes I’ve just read the Wikipedia link you’ve posted but it doesn’t actually point to non-religious sources. All these things are like the Spider-Man meme.

AFAIK there are no Roman administration records of Pontius Pilate executing sone dude called Jesus.

It’s all made up later on.