On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 13:03, Michael Torrie wrote: > I don't much care if it's AD or CE, because the calendar is not accurate > anyway. The birth of Christ is anywhere from 6 BCE to 2 BCE depending > on who you talk to. In the interest of fostering good will amongst my > many non-Christian friends, I generally use BCE and CE in anything other > than a Church context. >
Well, I'm not very politically correct and it never bothered any of my Jewish, Muslim or Hindu friends, so I always used BC/AD. Well, I would have used BC/AD anyways, afterall it's correct, it's the US standard, the standard for most (all?) European nations, Russia, and many more, plus it is standard for international commerce. Afterall, the Gregorian calendar which we use was proclaimed by Pope Gregory XIII, with the epoch of the calendar being the birth of Christ (when it was believed to have happened). If we used the Jewish calendar or some other system, I would have absolutely no problem if everyone identified the epoch as something related to their religion but not mine. It doesn't mean that I believe in the other group's religion or that they are trying to force their values on me, that's just the way the years are numbered. No matter the label, the dates really are meant to be BC (Before Christ) and AD (anno Domini). Anyways, I'm going to get back to studying. This just happens to be a favorite point to argue for me. Ryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
