Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: crowe@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Daniel Crowe) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Calendars (was Re: Christmas) Message-ID: Date: 13 Sep 89 07:23:11 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: City College Of New York Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article rock@sun.com (Bill Petro) writes: >Herod the Great (who killed all the babies in Bethlehem younger than 2 >years of age) Actually, Herod ordered the death of all males least than one year old if you use today's exclusive reckoning (i.e., a person is age zero at birth). People used inclusive reckoning (i.e., a person was age one at birth) at the time of Jesus' birth. -- Daniel (God is my judge) | "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to physics graduate student | speak and slow to become angry, for man's City College of New York | anger does not bring about the righteous crowe@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | life that God desires." (James 1:19-20,NIV)