ManfredMumpitz@feddit.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTIL that Jesus Christ was probably born in 7–4 B.C.feddit.orgimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1269arrow-down1imageTIL that Jesus Christ was probably born in 7–4 B.C.feddit.orgManfredMumpitz@feddit.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square200fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoIt’s not really about “what should be year 0,” it’s that the gospels can’t both be right. The date ranges they give do not even come close to overlapping. Either one of them is wrong, or both of them are.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoAnd how do you know that, without referring to anything except the Bible itself, and pure reason? I fully agree with your point, but there’s a difference between that and the kind of logic a literalist uses.
It’s not really about “what should be year 0,” it’s that the gospels can’t both be right. The date ranges they give do not even come close to overlapping. Either one of them is wrong, or both of them are.
And how do you know that, without referring to anything except the Bible itself, and pure reason?
I fully agree with your point, but there’s a difference between that and the kind of logic a literalist uses.