Originally posted by FabianFnas
So Jesus was born 6 years before he was born?
Not even at his own birthday the 25th of december?
Jeeez...
Then I'm not even sure that he died at his day of death either?
Especially that easter is of different day every year.
Couldn't anyone bring order to this mess?
I bet that Jesus wasn't even Christian, himself...
Mate,
I hate to p;ss on your strawberries, but... there are some facts (Herod's census, Roman military records, Registry of Birth, Marriages and Deaths, etc.) that show he was born on 18th August in a year which is now accepted to be 6BC. And the reason why Easter changes every year is because it's based on the Spring Equinox and the full moon following it, not when Jesus Christ died.
Don't believe me? OK, do this simple check:
Choose a year. Find out the exact time (YES!!!) and date of the Spring Equinox. Then look for the date of the next full moon. The Sunday after that will be Easter Sunday in that year.
Then check out the Hebrew calendar, and you'll see that it isn't the same as the Gregorian calendar that most countries use today. If we used the Hebrew calendar, Christmas would fall about 3 weeks earlier every year.