Im in a Western Civilization course at UMSL this semester. I have always thought dates were A.D and B.C. Not anymore its CE (common era) and BCE (Before common era). What happened to Anno Domini and Before Christ?? Liberal Academia happened..
Typical liberal insanity.....
What defines the start of the "Common Era"? Uhhhhhhh......Christ's birth?
CE and BCE have been in use since I was in college, which was 1986-90.
Christian Era
Before Christian Era.
Every time someone uses BCE -just remind them that BCE = Before the CHRISTIAN Era.
and CE = CHRISTIAN Era.
That will get their pinko panties in a knot up their .....
Modification and use of a particular religions system by folks not of that religion should be considered a victory by those professing that religion.
A system with a baseline using something permanently important, relative to Mankind, would make more sense.
A good such baseline would be the Toba Super Volcano near extinction event 75,000 BP.
CE/BCE makes perfect sense. If academic work is going to lay any claim at all to objectivity, it can't explicitly divide history into before and after a particular religious figure.
I always ask, "Common era? based on what?"
And, though it seems like it, it didn't 'accidentally' happen. Leftie places like PBS and certain universities started pushing the CE/BCE crap agenda quietly about a decade ago (that I noticed), just slipping it in to conversation or education as though everyone knew it. Like Hitler's theory on a lie, repeat it often enough...