{"id":13,"date":"2013-11-19T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evol-forum.ch\/dei-en\/turning-points-year-0-2000-2012\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:34:03","slug":"turning-points-year-0-2000-2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evol-forum.ch\/dei-en\/turning-points-year-0-2000-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Points Year 0, 2000, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The turning points <\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Year 0<\/span><\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n

These annual calendars only give us an approximate indication and <\/span><\/p>\n

method for comparison for determining our actual year, with differences <\/span><\/p>\n

of up to 16 years in relation to the year zero. For the Christian churches <\/span><\/p>\n

that established our calendar, two dates were and are important fixed <\/span><\/p>\n

points for their calculation of the year, the creation of the world and <\/span><\/p>\n

the birth of Christ. Crucial for any further comparison is the best possible <\/span><\/p>\n

estimate for the year 0, because only then can we isolate where the years <\/span><\/p>\n

2000 and 2012 really fit into our present calendar. Therefore, it is <\/span><\/p>\n

important to establish which calendar to use as a basis of calculation, <\/span><\/p>\n

which is where the controversies start. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The creation of the World Years <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Although the Church\u2019s calculations of the origin of the world do not <\/span><\/p>\n

a hold up in the scientific community (which has dated the earliest <\/span><\/p>\n

stage of the world to the Hadean, approximately 4.7 to 3.8 billion <\/span><\/p>\n

years BC) and they are not relevant for determining the year 0, it <\/span><\/p>\n

is interesting and amusing nonetheless to examine them in brief.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Birth of Jesus Christ <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

The details already vary greatly in the gospels of the apostles of <\/span><\/p>\n

the New Testament \u2013 those who would have known best: <\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew (Matthew 2:1) says that Jesus was born before the death <\/span><\/p>\n

of Herod the Great (who died 4 BC) and Luke (Luke 2.2) says that <\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus was born during the first Roman census under Publius <\/span><\/p>\n

Sulpicius Quirinius (governor of Judea starting in 6 AD) \u2013 already <\/span><\/p>\n

a difference of 10 years. Because Quirinius deposed the subsequent <\/span><\/p>\n

and incapable governor, Herod Archelaus, this is more likely and <\/span><\/p>\n

almost completely agrees with the New Testament (census under <\/span><\/p>\n

Quirinius, and later Herod Archelaus\u2019 command to kill the newborns, <\/span><\/p>\n

which, after a series of events led to his dismissal \u2013 because he had <\/span><\/p>\n

not acted on a Roman command but rather out of his own <\/span><\/p>\n

fear and greed). <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other sources <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

Interesting at this juncture is an interview with Peter Habison, <\/span><\/p>\n

Director of Vienna Observatory (on December 24, 2008 with <\/span><\/p>\n

Radio DRS 1, Switzerland), with the title \u201cStar of Bethlehem\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

His conclusion from the Gospels, calendars and chronologies is: <\/span><\/p>\n