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To: SunkenCiv
BCE, as in Before CHRISTIAN Era?
14 posted on 05/04/2019 8:02:25 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Chode

They’re referring to the ‘beginning’ as the same point in time as the Christian era; they just don’t want to call it ‘Christian’.

Always seemed kind of silly to me.


16 posted on 05/04/2019 8:07:50 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Chode

Good one. The change to “Common Era” was ridiculous.

I never stopped using B.C. and A.D., even when I was a nonbeliever.


18 posted on 05/04/2019 8:10:37 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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To: Chode

Nope, BCE as in Before Common Era.


19 posted on 05/04/2019 8:14:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Chode

Before Common Era BCE


56 posted on 05/05/2019 5:12:34 AM PDT by richardtavor
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