Everything starts with zero, not 1. I understand that they made a mistake in the first century and made year one the first year AD. But all that really means is that the first century only had 99 years. A 2000-year-old mistake doesn’t mean that we can start counting from the number 1.
Are you saying that a new born is 1 immediately and doesn’t have to wait until it has lived a year?
Except for the years. There was no 0 year AD, nor was there a 0 BC.
Thanks for your reply. It is not a “mistake” it is an artifact of the Latin language and Roman culture. There is no Roman numeral for zero. They didn’t use it.
It is important for Bible students to understand the Biblical detail of the resurrection. Jesus being crucified on Friday, entombed before sunset, rose again at dawn on Sunday and that was the third day. Any part of a day was a day in their language.
We picked up the Arabic numerals after the crusades and adopted that system because of the number zero. It really works a lot better.
The answer of the article and the survey by YouGov, is that language and culture decides the question, not math. I gather from your comment that you would agree.