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Game_boy on 31 December 2007
Sqrl said:
Well since the world seems to go with the "count how long its been since that one guy died" calendar wouldn't it technically be 2008 as soon as it strikes midnight in Jerusalem since that is where he supposedly died? I mean thats where the timer would be valid from right?

It's actually meant to be Jesus' birth. However, even theologists agree it would not have been the exact date, even if Jesus did exist which is scientifically improbable.

 

I prefer BCE and CE dating.



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DMeisterJ on 31 December 2007

Still fourteen hours and forty five minutes in the U.S. (Eastern Time) But happy new year to you!



Punisher on 31 December 2007

Still 7½ hours left here :p



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hunter_alien on 31 December 2007

Same here 7 and a half hours left untill next year :)



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NeoRatt on 31 December 2007

Still 16.5 hours here in but happy new year anyhow...



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KillerMan on 31 December 2007

Still about 7h to new year. =/



--OkeyDokey-- on 31 December 2007

WOOOOOOOO 2008!!!!
i didn't end up doing anything new years eve, just a quiet night at home with my gf watching movies (charlies angels and scream 2 lol) watching the fireworks and doing......other stuff....with her.



smbu2000 on 31 December 2007

Happy New Year!!!!

Just turned midnight here in Japan. Too bad I couldn't do anything, because I've been sick the last 2 days :( Oh, well at least I get to go to Kyoto w/my gf in a few days :D




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thetonestarr on 31 December 2007
Sqrl said:
Well since the world seems to go with the "count how long its been since that one guy died" calendar wouldn't it technically be 2008 as soon as it strikes midnight in Jerusalem since that is where he supposedly died? I mean thats where the timer would be valid from right?

 actually, it's more "count how long it's been since that One Guy was born."

 

And it turns out that the man that set up the calendar that way did it wrong. If he had his calculations right, it'd actually be approximately the year 2011 or 2012 now. 



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tarheel91 on 31 December 2007
Game_boy said:
Sqrl said:
Well since the world seems to go with the "count how long its been since that one guy died" calendar wouldn't it technically be 2008 as soon as it strikes midnight in Jerusalem since that is where he supposedly died? I mean thats where the timer would be valid from right?

It's actually meant to be Jesus' birth. However, even theologists agree it would not have been the exact date, even if Jesus did exist which is scientifically improbable.

 

I prefer BCE and CE dating.


 That was unnecessary and totally irrelevant to the topic.  Seems a tad trollish to me.

@Sqrl: Yeah, Jesus death was on Nisan 14th which generally puts it in the March/April time frame.  There's no way Jesus birth would have been in the winter.  Bethlehem was noted for its harsh winters, and the Scriptures indicate that the sheperds were out in the fields with their sheep around the time Jesus was born.  Doesn't make much sense, does it?