Fringe Views II How do you not understand that you re confirming that the Babylonian empire ended in 539 when its king was called to account Strawman Try again talk Read Jeremiah 25 12 It gives an order of events 1 70 years ends 2 Babylon s king is called to account Babylon s king was called to account in 539 Ergo 70 years ended in 539 Ergo 70 years of nations serving Babylon began in 609 Babylon replaced the Assyrian world power in 609 As I keep telling you your exegesis is fatuous for it obviates the context of 2 Chronicles 36 20 21 Jeremiah 25 12 Zechariah 1 12 Daniel 9 2 Zechariah 7 5 and Jeremiah 29 10 among others Try again talk Fringe Views Please desist from changing articles to match the fringe views of Jehovah s Witnesses You might like to start a section at articles Talk pages however it is unlikely that you will be able to indicate any widespread support for the alternative views taught by your religion Thanks How is it fringe when they re based on accurate and reliable sources Wikipedia is a place for truth not your noetical bigotry Reliable sources indicate the widely accepted chronology of the period They do not support the JW chronology And you didn t even provide any sources You will need to discuss at the article s Talk pages to reach a concensus however there are no mainstream sources in support of your views Agreed I ve reverted you again You are both misinformed According to the Cyrus Cylinder Cyrus conquered Babylon in October 539 B C E Cyrus first regal year began in the spring of 538 B C E This means that the Jews would be back in their homeland by October 537 B C E or the seventh month Tishri as Ezra 3 1 says It is a simple matter of counting back 70 years which brings us to 607 BCE for Jerusalem s destruction Dates other than 607 BCE ignore the statements in Scripture that the land would be desolate for 70 years Daniel 9 1 2 Looking at your other edits I m concerned that you don t have any grasp yet of WP NPOV I ve raised them at Wikipedia talk WikiProject Bible Editor changes biblical dates etc where I hope you will explain your edits You are also failing to use WP Edit summaries which is sufficient reason for many people to revert you Thank you for the reminder concerning the edit summaries field You said This means that the Jews would be back in their homeland by October 537 B C E That is wrong The JW conclusion that the Jews must have returned the following year is entirely speculative Josephus explicitly states that the temple foundations were laid in Cyrus second year which means the Jews were back in his first year which means Cyrus decree was made at the beginning of hist first year and the Jews then had 6 months to make the 4 month journey back to Jerusalem Argumentum assertio does not a valid substitute for actual evidence make Try again