I guess I feel the same everytime I see CE instead of AD,I view that as an In youre face attack saying Christ didnt matter.My hackles rise everytime I see CE.If the differet event that caused CE to be CE is the birth of Christ why try so hard to deny it?
The thing is, you have to separate out the use of CE by virulently anti-religion elitists who want to erase Christianity from Western Culture and the use of CE by believing Jews who feel funny about referring to dates as belonging to a Lord they do not recognize.
Words have meaning. I’m a serious Christian. I don’t go around saying “PBUH” when I mention Mohammed, I write “God” instead of “G*d”, and I give people who are equally serious about their religion a pass on avoiding terms they find theologically upsetting.
In my experience, most people who use CE are either university professors (i.e. liberals) or Jews. I don’t know how to best deal with the liberal ones, but I do feel a burden towards the Jewish people. They are Jesus’ people, I am sure they matter very much to Him in a way that is different from the way Christians matter... Anyhow, I have found many Jews to be very defensive, sometimes aggressive, when Christianity is mentioned. I have a temper, but am doing my best to be as non-confrontational as possible, and instead try to engage them in conversation. Have I been successful? Only the Lord knows, but I have worked very hard at getting the soil ready before planting a seed. And that’s all I know to do.