[muawiyah]

You can ~ there are other's who simply agree on the time-frame if not the meaning or relevance of the actors.

I don't have a problem with it, and the Jews, Buddhists and Hindus don't either, nor do the Moslems.

No one is going to criticize you for spelling it out however you wish. They know what you mean anyway.

[SampleMan]

You can ~ there are other's who simply agree on the time-frame if not the meaning or relevance of the actors. I don't have a problem with it, and the Jews, Buddhists and Hindus don't either, nor do the Moslems. No one is going to criticize you for spelling it out however you wish. They know what you mean anyway.

To me B.C.E. is the equivalent of renaming the days of the week and the months in order to avoid Roman references. Its a bit of silliness.