BCE is nothing more than the latest new age crap! The years mark the time in reference to the Birth of Jesus Christ!
What do you think this "common era" is? other than "common ignorance" of history promulgated by the anti-Christina anti-American leftists of the world.
You need to calm down. "Common era" refers to the era in which Judaism and Christianity have coexisted. It is indeed supposed to date from the birth of Jesus, but it omits the Christian reference to Jesus as "the Christ" out of respect for the fact that Jews don't regard him as such.
Enough of the public debate that will never end --- fun for mental exercise though.
But one last question and I'll stop since it is never ending it seems ...
Riddle me this ... IF it is, as you say, in deference to the Judeo non-believers that it is called Common Era --- than WHY did they change Anno Domini (AD) since it only translates to "Year of God" ?
The Jews have their own historical calendar also! Same with Indians, muslims, chinese etc. DO you see the communists demanding THEY drop their references, religion and history?
Only the Christina United States of America and other WESTERN Christina based countries are being FORCED to revise their histories.
Interesting.
Given that many if not most scholars believe that December 25th was chosen by the early church to replace the Saturnalia, and that there is great argument about whether or not Jesus was even born sometime in the year 1 at all, I don't see why some people get so bent out of shape at "BCE."