Jesus was 100% Jewish circa year zero. Observed Torah, went to and taught at synagogues, celebrated Hannukkah, ate a kosher diet, etc. But Christians don’t follow Jesus’s own religious practices.
Jesus was 100% Jewish circa year zero. Observed Torah, went to and taught at synagogues, celebrated Hannukkah, ate a kosher diet, etc. But Christians don’t follow Jesus’s own religious practices.
No year “exists”, we made up the entire concept of keeping track of “years” in the first place.
we made up all abstract concepts, but some abstract concepts are more real than othe6
So, we made it, thus it exists? Or did we somehow manage to create a year system but it still doesn’t exist?
That’s really a philosophical question. Whichever you prefer.
My point is consistency. Either you believe years exists, in which case the year 0 also exists. Or you can believe that no years exist at all.
The obvious meaning of someone saying “year 0 doesn’t exist” is that the Gregorian calendar does not have a year 0; the year before 1 AD is 1 BC. It’s not a math thing, it’s a protocol thing.
Your point on consistency is just wrong. There is no reason that “believing years exist” would necessarily imply “believing all numbered years exist”
Then the comment should have mentioned the Gregorian calendar. It’s not the only calendar there is.
The Gregorian calendar is by far the most commonly used calendar in the world, certainly in the English speaking world, and while I don’t particularly care to defend or attack your comment or the original comment, my point stands that the most obvious interpretation of what they said is in the context of the Gregorian calendar and to pretend they meant it outside of that context is silly.
Neither do nations or borders. Yet I still have to pay taxes and show my passport at the airport.
At some point, something just exists.
Sure, if you want it look at it that way. But if years exist than so does the year 0.
If you want to look at it that way, then year 0 is when earth started orbiting the sun.
But that’s a bit silly. Afterall, we don’t usw Kelvin inszead of Celsius despite Celsius being “made up” and Kelvin measuring the actual null point.
Or, just like with temperature scales, you can just make up a new one and put zero anywhere you want.