BC/AD or BCE/CE?
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I use BC/AD out of habit, but I suppose BCE/CE would be better to use, both since it's in English and because there are many non-christians. I think BCE/CE is a relatively recent creation. I didn't even hear about it until sometime in high school.
Zarn
Le Républicain Catholique
The Catholic Republican says BC/AD
edit: Use it or go to the core of the Earth. j/k
edit: Use it or go to the core of the Earth. j/k
I always use Common Era. I don't have a lord (Domini) to measure my years (Anno) by, and neither do the two thirds of the world's population who are not Christian.
Use CE and BCE. It's inclusive and it's the courteous thing to do.
Use CE and BCE. It's inclusive and it's the courteous thing to do.
Greadius
:yeah:
The athiest Democrats says BC/AD too. They started the calender we use, and did a pretty effective job. Since Jesus was a very important historical figure that does, in many ways, represent a split in Western history. Plus we've already started counting up to this point, why rename the reasons? Common Era is just renaming for the sake of... denying religion had any influence on the calender???
The former Catholic Republican says BC/AD as well. I think a nomenclature that is more inclusive is preferable, but it needs to be relevant. If you want to use BCE/CE, base it on dates that don't happen to correspond (approximately) to the birth of Christ. Perhaps the end of WWII could serve as an appropriate starting point for a "Common Era"...
EDIT: Damn you, Greadius. You beat me to it
EDIT: Damn you, Greadius. You beat me to it
Perfection
The Great Head.
I use YoM (Years of Me) and YIDCA (Years I don't care about)
Hitro
Feistus Raclettus
A flat world has a core?
I use BC/AD because I learned it from Civ!
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
This Christian Fascist fully endorses BC/AD, as he does not inclusive, nor ever-courteous. 
Perfection
The Great Head.
One of my stupid idoit classmate thinks CE is Christs Era and BCE is Before Christs Era when I told what it really was he yelled at me and called me a "God Hater." I just rolled my eyes and left!
HotDog Fish
Leftist Loyalist
I honestly don't care which is used, as long as I know when they're talking about, for all I care they could call it the 'Years before that wacky jew hung for everybody elses sins'
MadScot
Brandy's back!
Yes, we should not use AD because it is in a foreign i.e. non-English language. I would also suggest we remove other impure content from the English language, e.g. words derived from French, German, etc.
Perhaps we should stop using complex (or any) punctuation; many people don't understand that either!
If historians have nothing better to do than try to remake the calendar, how about sorting out all the Julian vs Gregorian calendar time-shifts. But I guess the Gregorian calendar isn't allowed anyway - he was a Pope, right?
Perhaps we should stop using complex (or any) punctuation; many people don't understand that either!
If historians have nothing better to do than try to remake the calendar, how about sorting out all the Julian vs Gregorian calendar time-shifts. But I guess the Gregorian calendar isn't allowed anyway - he was a Pope, right?
Perfection
The Great Head.
Calendar's are naturally Inaccuarate it tries to combine three cycles that have nothing to do with each other in some usable way.
BTW the three cycles are Earth Spinning (Day) Ears Circling Sun (Year) and Moon circling earth (month)
BTW the three cycles are Earth Spinning (Day) Ears Circling Sun (Year) and Moon circling earth (month)
Switch625
I don't care.
I'll ditto Greadius and Hoya.
I just hate being late to an argument...
Edit: Make that just Hoya. "Former Catholic Republican" describes me well, but "atheist Democrat" doesn't.
I just hate being late to an argument...
Edit: Make that just Hoya. "Former Catholic Republican" describes me well, but "atheist Democrat" doesn't.
Orioles3386
M. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Originally posted by Becka
The Protestant Republican says BC/AD too.
ditto
napoleon526
Emperor
This Presbyterian Democrat also belives in keeping BC/AD. Simply changing the names of periods of time does not change them or reduce their impact on the present. Plus it's too confusing. During a wave of anti-clericalism in the French Revolution, the government got rid of the whole system and invented new months: Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire, Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, and Fructidor. (The humorous translations of the month's names are, respectively: vintage, mist, frost, snow, rain, wind, seed, blossom, meadow, harvest, heat, and fruits.) They also started a new year system, with 1792 (the year the republic had been declared) being Year I, 1793 being Year II, and so on. The calendar was unpopular and Napoleon got rid of it in the Year XII (1804).
Just in case you were wondering, today's date accoding to the Revolutionary Calendar is 12 Thermidor, Year CCX.
Just in case you were wondering, today's date accoding to the Revolutionary Calendar is 12 Thermidor, Year CCX.
Either way works for me, although I'd tend to go for CE/BCE since I'm a non-Westerner.
Much better than the traditional imperial Chinese (the Japanese still do this) method of 'reign years'. E.g. year 10 of the reign of so and so emperor.
Much better than the traditional imperial Chinese (the Japanese still do this) method of 'reign years'. E.g. year 10 of the reign of so and so emperor.
Pillager
League of Empire Loyalist
Not giving a stuff about inclusivity, I vote for BC/AD. The people who suggested this are probably the same as those who call bin men 'Refuse Managers', or receptionists 'Information Assistants'.
It's all absolute *#@#&'%
It's all absolute *#@#&'%
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