Posted on 04/19/2006 9:51:33 AM PDT by topher
The GOP sent an email today about AD (Anno Domino) verus CE. They state: Is it 2006 A.D. or 2006 C.E.?
Regardless of the designation, the dates begin with the birth of Christ - Jesus of Nazareth.
So if someone says it is 2006 C.E. - make sure that they understand that it really means The Christ Era, not The Common Era.
But then you can say that they can use 2006 A.D., which stand for in the year of our Lord.
Either way, one can introduce Christ into the conversation - which is what the political correctness of C.E. is supposed to avoid.
And if they are obstinate about it being Common Era and not Christ Era, just point out to them that the year was changed because of the birth of Jesus, who is referred to as the Christ by Christians.
And that event was enough to change how years were tracked...
Just a thought.
Maybe this can be made into an email and passed around -- just to explain things to the Politically Correct crowd
For some, it will frustrate them, but eventually, they will have to give in. After all, the way that years were numbered was changed to reflect the birth of Christ... Everyone knows that!
Ping
post the email
Nitpick: since anno Domini means "in the year of our Lord," it should come before the year number (e.g. "A.D. 2006").
Good Nitpick! I guess I should brush up on the designations. I know that 1000 B.C. stands for "Before Christ", but I don't remember what it is an abbreviation for...
So... Is it 2006 A.D. or 2006 C.E.?
In yet another measure to remove Christian references from society, not even the calendar year designation is safe. Whether you view it as political correctness run amok or part of the ongoing purge of all things Christian, some organizations including the Kentucky Board of Education are beginning to replace A.D. (anno Domini) with C.E. (common era). Even though the beginning of the historical dating system is the birth of Christ, I guess some feel that using C.E. will help neutralize that fact. What will people think of next???
Maybe the GOP needs to go back to school...
that is correct.
Yep. I got that email, too, and was going to email them about it. :-)
Frankly, I don't care what they say.
Maranatha!
So, if you find me using your favorite abbreviations, it doesn't mean I'm your buddy!
I hope the A.C.L.U. and their buddies go to court so we can change the calendar. Even if they change it to C.E., we're still counting years from the birth of Christ, which means that it's promoting religion.
I will e-mail this thread to the ACLU for their follow-up. We should re-number all the years. What we now think of as 2004 should be re-numbered as the Year One, because that's the year same-sex marriage came to America. (sarcasm alert). Certainly that is the most significant place to start a calendar.
I know that 1000 B.C. stands for "Before Christ", but I don't remember what it is an abbreviation for...
Before Christ.
B.C. is an English abbrevation that doesn't anywhere near go back to the time of the adoption of the Anno Domini year designation.
Since I have a somewhat geek-tish reputation, 5-ish years ago my Sunday School class gave me the research assignment of finding out where A.D. and B.C. came from. A bit of googling found a calendar FAQ, with way more than you'd care to know about.
The French Revolutionaries did drop the Christian calender and even the seven day week. For those who do not know that the Revolutionary wars were wars of religion.
Maybe AD is changing to CE in preparation of the second advent.
A website I happened upon recently says it is year LXXIII EF.
Well, since Christ was born around 5-6 B.C., the B.C./A.D. numbers are meaningless. BCE/CE is more accurate - so I'll use it.
I have heard it explained as "Common Era" Hmmmm.
I refuse to use CE or BCE. It's usage is simply is another step toward political correctness which I refuse to bow before.
The Constitution uses "The year of our Lord". It is un-American to use anything else.
love it. this will drive the secular crowd crazy.
Since there is a "C" in the abbreviation, you can refer you to it as the Christ Era, and in a sense you would be more correct than those who use just Common Era.
If you remember from the Bible, they referred to the birth of Jesus to be in the reign of such and such a person - which was how the years were tracked previously.
When most of Europe and parts of Asia were under the influence of Christianity, the new system was adopted.
In the new system, the years before the birth of Christ were referred to as: Ante Christum Natum which was abbreviated as ACN and which was translated as Before the Birth of Christ. The English version of ACN is BC which means Before Christ. And there was Anno Domini or A.D., which means Year of Our Lord.
It was recently changed by the politically correct crowd came up with BCE and CE to mean Before Common Era and Common Era.
But Christians can point out that the C of BCE and CE has a foundation in the word Christ even though the politcally correct crowd wants it to mean Common.
Our whole Calendar system is based on Christian changes to it. The Julian Calendar was the one the Romans had, but it was refined by the Gregorian Calendar (after Pope Gregory).
And then the time line for history is based on the date that historians believe Christ was born (which may be off by a few years...)
Regardless, you can always introduce Christ and Christianity into a conversation that some politically correct person is trying to avoid by using BCE and CE...
I understand your point, but Christ is still the reason why we date things the way we do...
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