>>>I can't read you "BCE" time periods. What are those in B.C. and A.D.?
Keep in mind that archaeology is an international discipline. For many of the people doing this research, Jesus is not the Christ and not their Lord. Would you expect the Jews working with Israeli antiquities to use such terminology? Do you object to physicists and chemists using the metric system?
Then the Jews should use their historical calendar, which dates back over 5,700 years. "BCE" and "CE" are PC terms used by liberals and other assorted haters of Western civilization to denigrate the Christian roots of that civilization. Like other PC terms, they are used as part of a long term strategy to change the English language to reflect the beliefs of the Left. The model is the Newspeak described by George Orwell in his prophetic novel, 1984.
I get 400 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I like it!
No, those people would not acknowledge Jesus as the Christ and bright morning star.
Riddle me this: what the heck is the common era? Truth is, they are still using the time of Christ's birth (well, off by four years, but who's counting?) as the baseline for their computations. Nothing has been changed, its just a PC PR move to obscure the truth and drive Christianity out of the mainstream.
Use any system you want but never forget that the other guy might have a different interpretation of your "common system".
As far as tooling and things mechanical are concerned, frankly, I do have a problem.
I've once again been reminded that "X millimeter" in china is not the same as "X" millimeter in France, which is not the same as "X" millimeter in the UK, and so on...
When I bought a British bike back in the seventies and found the tools to be color coded, I began to have second thoughts, several thoughts later, I'm still not convinced.
The lock I was working on got returned to Lowe's along with the non-compatible hex screw and installation tool provided with it.
The current rush to outsource, or internationalize production, only underlines the problem.
Oh and "BCE" refers to 'Before Common or Current Era" the formal definition does not recognize Christ or Christianity as the source of distinction.