I understand what each one means. As well as BCE and CE. But I’m wondering why did we feel the need the number the years according to Jesus’ supposed birthday. And if it was so flawed (nobody even knows if Jesus was real, let alone when his birthday was) why did we keep it going? Could you imagine what year we could be in right now if we counted them normally?
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> why did we feel the need the number the years according to Jesus’ supposed birthday
Because the birth of Jesus is important to Christians? It’s the same reason Muslims count the years from Mohammed’s migration to Medina, or Jews count the years from the beginning of the Book of Genesis.
> nobody even knows if Jesus was real
You’d be very hard pressed to find a modern historian who does not believe that Jesus was a real historical person.
> let alone when his birthday was
When the estimate was first made way back in the 6th century it was accurate given the available sources. With the benefit of a more complete historical record we now know that the estimate was a few years off, but by then the calendar was in such common usage that it couldn’t practically be changed.
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