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by Roberta Randall on July 4th, 2005

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If B.C. refers to" before Christ", how was Jesus born approximately 6-4B.C.?

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  • by jalex137 on July 19th, 2005

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    Because of errors made in the calculation of the calendar. The BC/AD year numbering system was developed hundreds of years after the birth of Jesus, and then had to be synchronized with other calendar systems of the time. Research since that time has indicated the error, and it's simpler to adjust our understanding of the relation of Christ's birth to our calendar, than it is to correct every historical record since. There are no issues of the faith here, since the Bible gives us no real instructions on calendar making, unless you count the Jewish calendar. And even it has lost its precision, due to disruptions in their record keeping over the years.

    Here's a good discussion of calendar making in general, including this question:

    http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/Calendar.html

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  • by Theophilous on January 4th, 2010

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    Dionysus Exiguious, (which translates to Dennis the Short) was commissioned in the sixth century to calculate the date of chists birth. Unfortunately he got the dates wrong. He also placed Jesus' birth in year one. There was no year zero. So we go from one BC to one AD. It has been easier to say that Jesus was born in 4BC than to correct every date in the historical record since the sixth century.

    Thanks a heap Dennis.

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