Using His Word. To be that Measurement for All of Life. Do I not first Study. To be sure to Pass the Test? Of course I would as any good student would know to do. Well, How Much More Important. To Know the Word. Best to know what IS going to be on the Test. I agree with everything you said, except for regarding our free will. Just something to put on the table here to add to the discussion, for scripture study, mostly my own.

God bless! Also there were more than 1 god! When life began on the earth. In other words what is beginning date of mankind on the earth or when man came on earth. Why did the Common Era begin at that particular time? He never was and he never will be. All of this flim flam around this ridiculous is crazy talk and sets to divide us regarding the truth of who Christ was and who he IS.

Oh my, another christian idiot! Forcing your view onto others for centuries, yet refuse to accept anything else. Hypocritical much? Did I say anywhere in my statement that I was a Christian?

Judge not, lest ye be judged. Again, trying to force your beliefs on others while refusing to accept their beliefs is what makes you the sociopath. Do some of your own research and post one single passage that says the earth is only 6, years old.

Here you go 2 Peter infact most people believed the earth was only 6 thousand years or a little older or younger, comlpletley ignoring years. All untill quite recently did the view the earth was much older then that take root in the 18th century.

Saying the earth doesnt spin is flat which the church held as officaly doctrine in the 6th century. But contray to popular belief not in the middle ages. This is why I beleive one church shouldnt try to decied doctrine and why its bad to read into the bible what you understand.

Nothing better than making believers out of people like you! Why such needless insults dear child? Whether you choose to believe the anthropomorphic stories in The Bible or not, it does not redact from the pure fact that these events actually happened.

Not sure if people refuse to accept facts, or just mindlessly babble straight from their ignorance. I was a zealot atheist 6 years before coming to Jesus Christ. For he who seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened….. The first group can be engaged in intelligent discussion. The second group are hostile and combative. An atheist is someone who does not believe in any god as there is insufficient evidence to prove that any exist, no more, no less.

No more, no less. Perfect intricacies never arise from chaos. Where there is no history, there is fantasy. The exact opposite of the Bible. Why live life that way? There is only God Smiling jack his name is Jesus rest are all mythology gods. Muslims on the other hand They have a great respect for Christ but for them Jesus was only the Prophet. He told not to follow any religion but have a relationship with him. Well thats cannibalism[vampirism …does that sound like a proper way to live…is that a god you want to be like?

Not way to heaven but a way to keep you trapped Also see Psalms82[? Treat others the way you would want to be treated…LoVe is the answer, the act and the truth!

You are your own provider…You. So when they move out and hear it in a history book or artical their gonna be confused just tell them that its the same dates as bc and ad and that non christans perfer to use it. I had a experience during a coma that I went to heaven and saw the beauty of heaven and got to meet god.

He was standing in front of a crystal cathedral in a white robe. I wanted to tell him that I knew where I was and I wanted to stay there. I walked up the walk way to his side and he instantly reached out to me and I put my hand in his. I was thinking I wanted to tell him I wanted to stay there due to the beauty of the place and it was so clean there and the earth was so filthy and nasty.

In a split second I woke up and a couple doctors were slapping me telling me if I did not breath I was going to die. I knew what god told me so I struggled to breath. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. That was 12 years ago and I have told hundreds of people since then. It was so beautiful in heaven its hard to explain. In short there were all the things it says in the bible. Streets of gold with gems embedded in them.

Every rock there was polished like a gem. The ocean was a beautiful color of blue I have never seen before on earth. There was beauty beyond explanation. God and heaven are real my friend! Keep God in your heart. God Bless. The recent shift in just the last years in the United States culture is, in general: To be tolerant of differing views, beliefs, and opinions as all are correct and equally valid; that everyone is entitled simply on the basis of being human, regardless of their actions, behavior, and attitudes towards others; and that truth is what you believe in, rather than what is actually correct.

Citizens from the cities of Ninevah, Sodom, Gomorrah, and Corinth would all find comfort and familiarity in our modern culture as it is not a far cry from the day-to-day idolism, paganism, and immorality they were accustomed. Oddly secularism is tolerant of all views, beliefs, and values, except Christianity.

If we were to live in a different country where we saw, for example Allah referenced in a book, should we be offended?

If we pick up a book from a country where Islam is the major religion, should we be offended if we see references to the beliefs, values, views, and opinions of that religion? The whole idea behind secularism in separating religion from state is completely backwards. As has been stated by many before this post, the truth of the Bible will remain when all else falls. If one who authors printed material is a Christian, the freedom of religion coupled with the freedom of the press should prevail in allowing the use of BC Before Christ and AD Anno Domini in their printed material, never to be removed or altered in any way without the consent of the author.

To suggest otherwise is as inappropriate as taking the pledge of allegiance out of schools that enjoy the benefits, support, and protection by these United States.

Curiously they dare not show intolerance for Islam. They are only intolerant of Christians, pro-life baby lovers, and those who are conservative in nature. They are tolerant of homosexuals, pedophiles, black killers of policemen, Islamic terrorists, gang murderers, looting rioters, communists, thieves at high levels of government office, etc. Jesus certainly a jew. But those hooked nosed Edomites squatting on Palestinian lands are about as jewish as a slab of camel shit.

Please go to your Bible. Or, did Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt? Were the Jews assembled at Mt. It was the dirty jew that decided that BCE should be used. As Christ was wise to those dirty, hook nosed [email protected]. There sure are. Someone has misunderstood and people have unfortunately spread the incorrect information around the internet without first checking sources.

It is or should be merely a starting point for measuring time. This is what most academic, historical, non-secular texts use. I respect all religions in their pure form but lets be realistic… more evil and death has come from religion and the conflict, extremism and full blown wars created on its back than any epidemic, disease or natural disaster.

There is no proof of god, that is why it is referred to as faith… those that believe have faith in something larger than themselves and if it works for them and they are good people then great. It merely attempts to cover up the Christian roots of western civilization, all in an attempt to not offend people who are not historically part of western civilizarion.

Insightful article! But I am surprised by the comments posted here. Why are you getting offended then? And it happened to stick on for quite some time. I sorry but irrespective of religion the time here being referred to is before and after the historical figure referred to by many names that led to the founding of Christianity.

Whether you are Christian or not does not change the historical facts nor the fact that our dating system is built around this event. Nice reading. Only Jesus Christ is only truth, only way n only life. History is divide on this great personality who came from heaven for us humans n carried away all our sins, so tat we can get all things, for which we r created.

Lets see what these dark powers can do. Only Jesus Christ is way.. Thankyou… Vivekananda Swamy-The Hindh. What everyone seems to be ignoring is that both of these are based on the birth of the person known as Jesus Christ. Invoking the year is a punchy, concise way to advocate for improvement, but despite its frequent use, it is sometimes criticized for promoting a nonuniversal belief that progress is inevitable and for being a lazy substitute for more rigorous argumentation.

So, is it time to move on from it? What words were used before this time to talk about large numbers? Antidote 11 Antidote Web Antidote Mobile. Antidote Web Client Portal. Language Matters - December 1, - 3 min. There are also some typographical conventions to consider: BC should appear after the numerical year, while AD should appear before it. This article was concocted by. It was on one such table that, in A. Dionysius devised his system to replace the Diocletian system, named after the 51st emperor of Rome, who ruled from A.

Dionysius never said how he determined the date of Jesus' birth, but some authors theorize that he used current beliefs about cosmology, planetary conjunctions and the precession of equinoxes to calculate the date. Dionysius attempted to set A. Also see: Archaeology Vs. Basically, AD and BC are ways to denote time, specifically when a year took place. Their purpose is to divide all of the time into two segments.

However, today most of the world uses the Gregorian calendar; hence the terms AD and BC have become common parlance. The other calendars, which are commonly lunar based, are not only used in religious or cultural contexts to figure out the dates of religious and cultural festivals. In this context, there is no Year Zero 0.

We are currently in the 21 st century AD, which means that we are more than years after the birth of Christ.