[MineralMan]

"What's with this 'BCE' and 'CE' dating crap?"

Interesting question. Given that the archaeologists in the story are from an Israeli University, would you expect them to refer to Jesus?

BCE and CE are used universally in that field, since not everyone who works in that field is a Christian. Amazing, huh?

[ASA Vet]

You'd think that the christian variety of supernaturalist would be honored that the scientific community uses a version of their dating system rather than another of the thousands of arbitrary and temporary dating systems available.

[SJackson]

Interesting question. Given that the archaeologists in the story are from an Israeli University, would you expect them to refer to Jesus?

Since the research is done by an Israeli University, I'd say there's a good chance ther report was originally written in Hebrew. A good chance the dating followed the Hebrew calendar. If so, I wonder if dropping the Hebrew dating is anti-Jewish?