If Jesus doesnt exist, why many scientists use B.C. as a standard measure of time?

before Christ?

If Jesus doesnt exist, why many scientists use B.C. as a standard measure of time?
The usual term now is BCE and CE.





(Before Current Era %26amp; Current Era)
Reply:Because it IS the standard measure of time. Many now refer to BCE - before common era, and CE - Common era.





The Julian calendar was the very first time-keeper and it was from this calendar that the Gregorian calendar was formed. The Julian calendar has nothing to do with Jesus and was developed by an astronomer. the Catholic church adapted it to become the Gregorian calendar in 1582 and modified it somewhat by missing 10 days to bring it in line with the seasons. they also added the leap year.
Reply:Many religions have their own calenders starting with the era of the birth of their prophets.


So B.C. calender should be considered as a proof for the existence of Jesus.


For most of the scientific progress took place in west by the scientists who were christians by birth and under the influence of christian rulers, use of B.C. as a measure of time became widely accepted.
Reply:So that everyone will understand what they are talking about. Just because the calendars are based on a mass-delusion doesn't make it any more valid. You could also ask "If the Norse gods don't exist, why do we still use the same names of days of the week?" (Wednesday = Woden's Day, Thursday = Thor's Day, etc.)
Reply:we dont use b.c. genius.





b.c.e.





c.e.





open a book other than the bible please.
Reply:Are you trolling or do you really think this is credible evidence for Jesus? This dating system wasn't adopted until hundreds of years post the origin of Christianity and only shows that the belief had become widespread. It doesn't prove the existence of the individual. In fact, there are controversies that the start year doesn't jibe with calculations of when Jesus might have been born trying to derive it from written sources. No one can pinpoint it since there is no proof. Many think dating it from events in the Bible and trying to match them with real events recorded elsewhere indicate it could have been 4 B.C.. but no one really knows or if there is any real birthdate to begin with.
Reply:actually we use BCE (before common era)


ore BP (Before Present) - in this case 'present' is considered to be nineteen fifty something....like 1953-4....i forget exact year.
Reply:they should switch to B.C.E. (before common era)
Reply:because it is a widely known and used standard, also christians have a hate thing about the use of bce and ace
Reply:Because Christianity exists. Why do we call the fifth day of the week "Thursday" (Thorsdaeg) if Thor doesn't exist? What about Wednesday if Woden (Odin) doesn't exist?





I'll admit to the existence of Jesus if you admit to the existence of Thor and Odin. Sound fair?
Reply:Ever notice for an atheist , Half Ape Half god wastes a lot of time of his apparent precious life on this site?
Reply:Because it's a societal convention. And early Christianity spread religion by blood and fire (crusades, inquisition, witch trials, etc.) so they took over Western society, and the dating methods used became standardised worldwide, although these days more and more people are using BCE and CE (Before Common Era and Common Era) as a less religious way of dating.





If Christians don't believe in Norse mythology, why do they keep referring to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday? (Woden's day, Thor's day and Freya's day) Same deal really.
Reply:it can also stand for Before computers
Reply:because its an accepted measure of time and they also use bce (but i cant remember what it stands for) and also just because we say its winter doesnt mean its snowing
Reply:Because if they didn't, our whole system of time and records of events etc would have to be altered. Re-writing two thousand years of history being recorded in this manner would be a collossal task, for very little benefit.
Reply:Tell you a little secret








BCE = Before Christian era





CE = Christian Era





God of Providence confounded them eh??








HalleluYAH!