[longtermmemmory]

It is also very 1984. Children have no reason to believe why it was year zero. There is no subtle reminder of "Christ". They eliminate the word and thus the thought.


(s)Fight terrorism, outlaw the NEA.(/s)

[donmeaker]

There is no year Zero. The year of the supposed birth was the year 1CE. the year before that was 1 BCE.

Part of the reason why one doesnt use BC and AD is because the monk who did the calculation made a mistake. It was a tough piece of work because he was after the fact trying to make sense of all the partial years where the end of one emperors life was the same year as the first year of the next emperor. We are still finding out emperors who ruled briefly, or ruled while another emperor ruled.

By using BCE and CE you date it back to the Herod the Great. The gospel record relates the birth to Herod the great (4 BC) in Matthew, to the great census (6AD) with Mark and John not taking a position.