(January 16, 2015 at 7:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:This is why the year is "2015". We count the years from the birth of Christ.
Not quite. The Gregorian Calendar counts years from the year 1 (there is no year 0). Trouble is, we don't know exactly when Jesus was born, assuming historicity. If there was an historic Jesus, cases can be made for his birth being anywhere from 4 BCE to 8 CE.
Boru
Didn't King Herod die 4 BCE?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition