Author Topic: When BC and AD became BCE and CE (Read 597 times)

cassini · « **on:** June 30, 2022, 11:30:29 AM »

Recently, when reading A. A. Martinez's book, Burned Alive, a book about Bruno's burning and the centuries of heresies and false philosophies leading up to it, I came across dates with BCE and CE after them. It was the first time I noticed the change and thought they were mistakes. Some readers on this forum might be interested in why this change came about as a rejection of Christianity. That is how far its gone. After reading about the change you will now be able to spot the atheists when you come across BCE and CE in their articles and books. Here is the first website explaining this change.

https://www.antidote.info/en/blog/reports/bc-and-ad-bce-and-ce-whats-difference

BC and AD
The idea to count years from the birth of Jesus Christ was first proposed in the year 525 by Dionysius Exiguus, a Christian monk. Standardized under the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the system spread throughout Europe and the Christian world during the centuries that followed. AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”, while BC stands for “before Christ”.

BCE and CE
CE stands for “common (or current) era”, while BCE stands for “before the common (or current) era”. These abbreviations have a shorter history than BC and AD, although they still date from at least the early 1700s. They have been in frequent use by Jєωιѕн academics for more than 100 years, but became more widespread in the later part of the 20th century, replacing BC/AD in a number of fields, notably science and academia.

Why Have Some People Adopted BCE/CE?
An important reason for adopting BCE/CE is religious neutrality. Since the Gregorian calendar has superseded other calendars to become the international standard, members of non-Christian groups may object to the explicitly Christian origins of BC and AD. Particularly problematic is AD (“in the year of the Lord”), and its unavoidable implication that the Lord in question is Jesus Christ.

Religious neutrality was the main rationale behind Jєωιѕн academics’ adoption of BCE/CE over a century ago, and continues to be its most widely cited justification. However, others object to the BC/AD system on the basis that it is objectively inaccurate. It is widely accepted that the actual birth of Jesus occurred at least two years before AD 1, and so some argue that explicitly linking years to an erroneous birthdate for Jesus is arbitrary or even misleading. BCE/CE avoids this inaccuracy since it does not explicitly refer to the birth of Jesus, removing some of the baggage associated with our dating system while also acknowledging that the starting point for 1 CE is essentially a convention.

Well, at least they still acknowledge the birth of Jesus.

epiphany · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2022, 12:00:01 PM »

I noticed this at least a decade ago when a neighborhood child came over and mentioned BCE and CE. I corrected him and he said, "that makes more sense..." from the mouths of babes....

Matthew · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2022, 12:16:49 PM »

I always have to laugh at BCE and CE --

They get rid of "Our Lord" all right, but then you're left with a mystery. WHY did the Common Era start 2,022 years ago? Almost the WHOLE WORLD uses this system. At least any countries that matter

Maybe the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ?

Check and mate, atheist idiots.

Cera · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2022, 01:27:09 PM »

The first attack on BC and AD was when they changed it to "Before Christian Era and Crhistian Era (BCE and CE).

Then their attack was worsened when they changed it to Before Common Era and Common Era (BCE and CE).

Like Xmas, this is another attempt to eliminate Jesus Christ as the center of all human history

I found this:

BC, BCE, Before Christ, Before the Christian Era, Before the Common Era

Both BC and BCE are placed after the year and are written in uppercase. They may be written with or without periods.
BC or B.C. means “Before Christ”—and therefore, before the year 0 (which was thought to be the year in which Christ was born, according to early but inaccurate calculations).

Julius Caesar invaded Britannia in 55 and 54 BC.
Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of most European languages, was spoken sometime between 4500 and 2500 B.C.

BCE or B.C.E. means “Before the Christian Era” or “Before the Common Era,” with the latter being a more modern and inclusive version.

In approximately 1300 BCE, the I Ching was created in China.
The entire Italian peninsula had come under the control of Rome by 265 B.C.E.

https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/bc-bce-before-christ-before-the-christian-era-before-the-common-era

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