Gospel of Matthew and Luke contradiction

Originally posted by pudg
it is a good question, and i"m not a historian. But my understanding of the terms bc and ad are that even the historians argue the actual point of when one starts and when one ends. Kind of like the barking of a dog, scientists just plainly do not know.

The person that came up with the A.D. and B.C. system was trying to start
the calandar at the time of Christ's birth, but he did not know when it was and
there was no 'zero" date. Look at what wikipedia has on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini

It is now known that Christ was born 20 April 5 B.C. Julian Calendar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar

Originally posted by RJHinds
It is now known that Christ was born 20 April 5 B.C. Julian Calendar

Known by you maybe, but when you state it like that you imply it accepted by a reasonably large number of people and there isn't much opposition to it - which is not true. As far as I know you are the only person who believes that date to be Christs birthday.

Originally posted by twhitehead
Known by you maybe, but when you state it like that you imply it accepted by a reasonably large number of people and there isn't much opposition to it - which is not true. As far as I know you are the only person who believes that date to be Christs birthday.

I am not the only person. But you are right that there are differences of opinion.
However, opinion is not fact. This is fact. HalleluYah !!!

Originally posted by RJHinds
I am not the only person. But you are right that there are differences of opinion.
However, opinion is not fact. This is fact. HalleluYah !!!

it's a fact that chirst was born 5 years before christ? hehe.

Originally posted by VoidSpirit
it's a fact that chirst was born 5 years before christ? hehe.

It doesn't really matter to me when Christ was born or what His name was, I
see no alternative for my salvation. There is no other Savior.

Originally posted by RJHinds
It doesn't really matter to me when Christ was born or what His name was, I
see no alternative for my salvation. There is no other Savior.

your problem is that you think you need salvation at all. that's a ridiculous concept to begin with.

Originally posted by VoidSpirit
your problem is that you think you need salvation at all. that's a ridiculous concept to begin with.

You don't know how bad a sinner I've been. Believe me, I definitely need a Savior.