[yarddog]

I guess you can make it 1001 comments about BCE or CE as they are both stupid and hateful. They are stupid because they have no meaning at all. Common era? what in the world does that mean?

Hateful because the only possible reason to use it is so you will not use Christ.

Actually I would feel the same way if the original method had been before the fall of Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Changing the phrase while using the same dates is just stupid.

[SunkenCiv]

Funny thing is, the ARTICLE uses it, that’s why remarks — particularly your stupid and hateful remarks directed right at me — are pointless. Since you know that CE stands for Common Era, don’t bother to pretend you don’t know what that means.

[Spirochete]

Hateful because the only possible reason to use it is so you will not use Christ.

Twist it back on the libs, and say CE="Christ Era", and BCE="Before Christ Era"

[RobRoy]

>>Common era? what in the world does that mean?<<

It means “after Christ’s death”. I like to think of it as “AD”. :)

[Sherman Logan]

Common era? what in the world does that mean?

I'm afraid I don't get this controversy.

"Common era" refers to the commonly used calendar start point.

Christians are a minority of the world's total population. I think we should be proud the entire world uses the (approximate) date of Christ's birth as its "common era" regardless of what they call it. By doing so they implicitly recognize the overwhelming importance of this event in history.

AD stands for "anno domini," or "in the year of our Lord." It is not reasonable to expect those who do not recognize Christ as their Lord to use this term.

Nobody is stopping you from using AD if you choose.

[Sherman Logan]

BTW, you can read CE as “Christian Era” if it makes you feel better.

[BenLurkin]

"Hateful because the only possible reason to use it is so you will not use Christ."

EXACTLY.