BCE/CE are Christophobic, and when someone posts an article on FR using those abbreviations for dating, I correct them.
I could not agree more. Moreover, they are anti-intellectual, they reject history and needless create confusion and complexity.
FWIW, astronomical years agree with AD dating and subtract one or add, one depending on your point of view, to BC dates. There was no year 0 in the AD/BC system because there is no way to represent 0 in Roman Numerals used to indicate years, even after Arabic numerals became common for financial and scientific purposes. 2026 AD is astronomical year 2026, but 1 BC is astronomical year 0 and 67 BC is astronomical year -68.
Interestingly enough, in the Julian Calendar the year began on March 25th, "Lady Day". In the British Empire, the year George Washington was born, March 24, 1731 was followed the next day by March 25, 1732! Washington was born on February 22, 1732 by the Gregorian Calendar, February 11, 1731, by the Julian Calendar then in use.
What you said there is just a stupid lie.