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To: -=Wing_0_Walker=-

CE is short for "Christian Era" and BCE is short for "Before Christian Era". Imagine for a moment that you're someone who is bothered by AD and BC, but not by BCE and CE... no, I can't imagine that either. :')

As someone around here pointed out recently, either way the starting point is Christ, so I fail to see who's getting fooled. :') I will use AD and BC for the duration. (':


6 posted on 12/16/2004 5:04:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: SunkenCiv

CE is Common Era (not Christian Era), which is a meaningless term. It still dates time to the birth of Christ, which is what those scholars want to avoid.


7 posted on 12/16/2004 10:32:26 PM PST by Moonmad27
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To: SunkenCiv

I thank you for the enlightenment, but I still feel the "No Under God" folks think it is Common Era. If we continue to call it Christian Era, they will go back to the usual delineation, BC & AD, it save ink and keystrokes.


9 posted on 12/18/2004 5:40:19 PM PST by -=Wing_0_Walker=-
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