I am usually suspicious of writings that use BCE instead of BC. It immediately shows an attempt to remove Christ from historical dating. OK, so what does BCE mean and how is it gauged? Well, the birth of Christ, of course. Changing something’s name doesn’t change what it is.
Me too. BCE is the politically correct version if BC.
And then they use CE to replace AD.
AD and BC if used to refer to Jesus are bad history - because nobody thinks Jesus was born in the year 1. It is a mistaken dating system created by a sixth century Byzantine named Dionysius Exiguus. The Common Era thing was created by a deeply religious Christian, the great scientist Johannes Kepler in 1615.
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I agree. It’s a big PC turnoff and detracts from the writing.