“OK, it was the year 2761 using the correct calendar established by G-d, instead of the pagan Roman calendar.”
Where did you get that? I have never heard of a calendar ESTABLISHED by God. What’s wrong...are you afraid of typing GOD??? What does any of that have to do with what I said anyway? Before one comments they should discern what the party they are going to rebut has said.
I have never heard of a calendar ESTABLISHED by God.In that case, using BCE instead of BC doesn't "qualify as evil" as you claimed ex cathedra.
It’s long been obvious to Christians that God set the calendar for the Hebrews.
“Where did you get that? I have never heard of a calendar ESTABLISHED by G-d.”
I would suggest reading the Torah. The calendar was establish by G-d in Exodus, which would be in any Bible:
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm#2
“What’s wrong...are you afraid of typing G-D???”
No. I do, however, obey His laws. (Or at least try to.) We do not write G-d’s name in a place where it may be discarded or erased. Treating G-d’s name with reverence is a way to give respect to G-d.
http://www.jewfaq.org/name.htm
“What does any of that have to do with what I said anyway?”
You (or another poster or posters, don’t recall) was upset about the use of “CE” or “BCE”). The response to this is Jewish people will use the Gregorian Calendar, even though it is based on pagan Roman practices, as the Gregorian calendar is generally used in the secular world, but decline to adopt language that promotes a religious worldview with which they disagree.
In other words, the BCE or CE is a compromise.
If Jewish people were as stubborn as those that demand “AD” or “BC,” the calendar dating would be the Hebrew calendar.