[mountainlion]

What the **** does “common era” mean?

I think they using muslem dates.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Before Common Era, i.e. BC. This is terminology that seems to have been adopted in the last 25 years and it is used everywhere now.

[NYC GOP Chick]

It means the same thing, but in secular terms and it’s not a Muslim thing.

[wildbill]

“What the **** does “common era” mean?”

Before Christ.

If you accept the fact that the ‘Common Era” begins with the old date of .B.C. then BCE is just a way of saying it without saying it.