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"Since you use the PC term "CE", what have you renamed the weekdays as? They were named after Norse gods, dontcha know. And let's not even get started on the months." Actually, the Jews did not rename the days of the week. The folks who came up with the Gregorian calendar did. The Hebrew calendar is the oldest is the world. It is used by Jews worldwide. I believe the Hindu calendar follows after that, then the Chinese.... CE- "Common Era" is the term Jews use to reference the Gregorian. It does not have a "PC" -politically correct meaning for us. Jews do not believe in Jesus as a deity. To Jews, he is a Rabbi who lived at the time of the Roman conquest, who taught the teachings of Rabbi Hillel. We believe in one G-D, HaShem. HaShem is the name that Torah Observant Jews use. It is one of the 72 holy names for G-D. It literally means "The Name" in Hebrew. So, our calendar reflects no change that would reference the birth of the Rabbi you worship. We have been keeping a calendar- the oldest, for thousands of years before the birth of Jesus. We are, as you may know, a very ancient people. For us, it is the year 5,772. For you, it is 2011. I don't know if this format can show the Hebrew font, but, I have included it for you. The Hebrew days are named as follows, and are based upon the days of Creation: Yom Rishon - יום ראשון (abbreviated יום א׳) = "first day" = Sunday (starting at preceding sunset) Yom Shlishi - יום שלישי (abbr. יום ג׳) = "third day" = Tuesday Yom Reviʻi - יום רבעי (abbr. יום ד׳) = "fourth day" = Wednesday Yom Chamishi - יום חמישי (abbr. יום ה׳) = "fifth day" = Thursday Yom Shishi - יום ששי (abbr. יום ו׳) = "sixth day" = Friday Yom Shabbat - יום שבת (abbr. יום ש׳) or more usually שבת - Shabbat = "Sabbath day (Rest day)" = Saturday

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“The folks who came up with the Gregorian calendar did.”

False. Romance language countries did not use Norse or Germanic names for the days of the week.

“CE- “Common Era” is the term Jews use to reference the Gregorian. It does not have a “PC” -politically correct meaning for us. Jews do not believe in Jesus as a deity.”

You use the CE/BCE usage for EXACTLY the same reason the PC crowd does.