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Re: Merry Christmas

Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 20:26:36 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail,alt.christnet.nudism
References: <3861B57B.C9B8D99B@melbpc.org.au> <842isn$kbm$1@news1.mpx.com.au>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Rod wrote:

> but John, if the baby Jesus was born at the year 0 [zero] You know BC and AD
> and all that guff
> would you not start your count on his birthday [0000 AD]  not his first
> birthday?? which was of course 0001 AD

BC stands for Before Christ
AD translates to In The Year Of Our Lord.

There was no 0 BC or 0 AD.

Unfortunately, the people who worked it all out could have been up to 7 years
out anyway.

--
David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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- Merry Christmas
  - From: John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>
- Re: Merry Christmas
  - From: "Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au>

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