Okay...might have jumped the gun. But do they disagree that Jesus existed? I don't think they do.
Still don't like to see OUR education system replacing BC and AD with BCE and CE. Maybe they are doing it because they don't want to acknowledge Christ either.
BTW, can you tell me how to convert from BCE-CE to BC-AD?
"Okay...might have jumped the gun. But do they disagree that Jesus existed? I don't think they do."
I don't have the answer to that question, but even if they do think someone named Jesus existed around that time, why would they change the calendar?
This is another example of how easy it is to forget that not everyone believes as you do. Israel uses BCE and CE. I'm sure other non-Christian countries do the same, as does the international academic community.
If you're going to have a common dating system, it has to be something that doesn't reflect a minority religion, worldwide.
You are aware that Christianity is the religion of less than 1/3 of the world's population, right?
To expect Israel to use BC and AD is to expect way, way too much. Why on Earth should they?
The converstion is the same. 1 AD equals 1 CE
Add zero to the year: 33AD +0 = 33CE.