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Posted Sep 20, '08 at 10:24pm
PequenoRey
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yeah, so it turns out that a long time ago when people started documenting dates of history and making a timeline, they messed up. Jesus Christ was supposedly living during a time when this one king(dont know the name) was ruling. Well, it turns out that this king died somewhere between 6 BC- 4 BC. How could he die before christ if christ was alive? yeah so its actually somewhere between 2002-2004. Weird, huh? I asked my theology professor about it and he confirmed. i just find this crazy
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Posted Sep 20, '08 at 10:37pm
Moegreche
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There were actual several times throughout history that authorities have just decided to change the date because calendars weren't "meshing up" properly. This happened on several occasions when it would be like Monday, June 14 and the next day was like Tuesday, June 30. Ridiculous stuff like that has happened throughout time as calendars developed from a state of extreme imperfection.
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Posted Sep 20, '08 at 10:58pm
Aaroniscool
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Posted Sep 20, '08 at 11:16pm
eyetwitch
710 posts
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Thats why you hear people say "circa ___" because even if the date is down to a certain day, the calendars are screwed up and they're really not sure how accurate it is.
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Posted Sep 20, '08 at 11:16pm
Roadripper
924 posts
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Wha...
you know, it is this stuff I never understand... =D
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Posted Sep 21, '08 at 3:33am
thelistman
677 posts
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Uh... it's been known forever that Christ was born around 6 BC.
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Posted Sep 21, '08 at 4:53pm
Agent_86
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Well, as Moe said, 2000 years ago, the calendars weren't perfect, and getting exact dates from back then would be almost impossible...
That explains the discrepensy.
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Posted Sep 21, '08 at 5:02pm
craker
192 posts
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ok sweet so the world isnt ending for another 8 years or so!!!!
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Posted Sep 21, '08 at 5:07pm
iceburn
123 posts
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wow, that's weird, but it's not like we can do anything about it
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Posted Sep 21, '08 at 5:16pm
theone99
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well since they messed up the dates we could be living in 2013 or so..you never know though because as moe exlpained back then a day could skip 20.
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Posted Sep 21, '08 at 5:17pm
Agent_86
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It would be more of a hassle to figure out the exact date it really is and change it all over the world...
It'd be like saying that Jan. 1, 2009 would be changed to Jan. 1, 2004...
It wouldn't work.
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