+353 "B.C." and "A.D." is better than "B.C.E." and "C.E.", amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Either one will do the job. Both are exactly the same, just one is religiously neutral.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Eh, neither is better

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I prefer the C.E. and B.C.E. because you can say it without worshiping Christ.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was just the standard calendar used by many nations for over a millennium. I'm Atheist and I see no problem with it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well I have nothing against B.C. and A.D., I just prefer the others. Thus, we agree to disagree.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"I prefer the C.E. and B.C.E. because you can say it without worshiping Christ." Seems like you have something against it...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well I don't have anything against the terms, or against the people who use the terms OR the people that worship Jesus. I just have a problem with Jesus himself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I understand (:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm glad =)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Even if you are atheist you can't deny his existence, so what's the problem?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm not an atheist, I'm Jewish...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I said even if. Still, you have to acknowledge the existence of Jesus.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm Jewish, too. I used to agree with you because I didn't want to acknowledge Jesus as my "lord" (not because I didn't acknowledge the existence of Jesus) until I figured out that most people who use BCE and CE sound like douches. It's just some arbitrary term.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're still acknowledging that Christ changed history forever, just by His coming.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh boy did he change history. Never denied that. If you want to go without acknowledging that, you would have to use what the Jews use as their calendar, in which we are currently in the 5760's. It's a pain in the butt though, no one ever knows what you're talking about. It's hard to develop an instinctive understanding of this calendar.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@945458 (scrantoncity): You do realize there are no ACTUAL records other than the bible, including the extremely thorough Roman records.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Josephus? Pontius Pilate?(sp?)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How is it better? Does it sound better?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This a little random but my dumbass Sunday school teacher said "We live in A.D., that literally means after death"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

At first I voted that down because it was so wrong, then I noticed the "dumbass" part. y

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Haha, wouldn't you expect a Sunday school teacher of all people to know that it's Anno Domini not after death?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol anus in spanish

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no bce and ce are more accurate

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How so, I say that you can't define when common era starts but you can get a general idea of when Jesus was born, so you are wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually the common era is the same as A.D. because what is 'common' is A.D. It would be defined as the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar, which is just as imprecise as defining it as the time that Christ was born.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But defining something as the Common Era is relative. I was stating hy it is less accurate.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(ThatOneNut):in all fairness, nobody really knows when Jesus was born. There is a solid 10+ year span during which it could have happened. I personally believe their equally inaccurate, and as long as you can relate B.C. to B.C.E. and A.D. to C.E., you should be able to use whichever one you want.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Exactly, a 10 year span, as solider to a relative description of "the common era."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

As far as I've learned in school, unless you are talking to a priest or another clergy member, it is 99.9% of the time perfectly safe to say that 500 B.C.E. is also 500 B.C. and the same goes for A.D. and C.E.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You are a fucking retard. Obviously it's 2011 ad or ce whichever you prefer. I'm saying that common era can't really be given a definite beginning.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Even though A.D. is supposed to start when Jesus is born, it doesn't really matter if that's the year he was born or not. It's just a point we use to measure with. Even if it's a few years off, it's okay. The calendar is that way because time is relative.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's true. I was just trying to rebut the point he kept making, in stating that they're both pretty much equally inaccurate.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@945393 (ThatOneNut): well 32 years are missing when you say bc and ad instead of bce and ce

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A.D. stands for "anno domini", which means "year of the Lord", or in other words, any time after Jesus was born, not "after death". That would be stupid.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The actual Latin words which B.C. And A.D. Stand for don't translate literally as before Christ and after death, it's just a way to remember it. The original phrasing would include when he was alive.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ive never heard the last two being said....ever....cant we just use a.d and b.c without some uptight arses getting all pissy?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Are we gonna stat a " Happy Holidays' or'Merry Christmas" debate again? IT DOESN'T MATTER.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i hate those people who make everyone say happy holidays instead of merry christmas! its like, just because one person doesnt believe oen thing, the whole country has to change everything. NO. thats not how it works, this is our culture get used to it. or get homeschooled.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You don't have to read the comments, move on to anothe post.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wait what do b.c.e and c.e. mean? it looks like it would be before christ exists and christ exists, but based on the comments im not sure

by Anonymous 13 years ago

BCE = Before Common Era. CE = Common Era. They're used interchangeably with BC/AD. But I absolutely LOVE how you defined them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

oh ok, thanks, and :D thanks lol

by Anonymous 13 years ago

B.C.E. is before current era, C.E. is current era.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Christ always existed. He just wasn't on Earth until 2000 years ago.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I grew up saying B.C. and A.D. so its just easier for me but the exact year of the birth of Christ is unknown so B.C.E. and C.E. are more accurate.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

To me, it seems like it achieves the opposite of what people are trying to do with it. They're doing it because they don't believe in the religion, but by changing the initials, they're saying that it's important. If you don't believe in it, then I don't think it should matter either way. That would be like someone saying, the days of the week are named after pagan gods, so I'm going to call them something different.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, the difference makes a big deal to those of us who don't kiss Jesus's ass, you insensitive prick.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...And I suppose people who don't like saying "AD" also don't say "good-bye" because it means "God be with you" in Middle English?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I personally AD and BC because BCE is the same as CE just with a B in front. I just get confused when I say it and trip over my tongue trying to remember if I'm supposed to say the B.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I use BCE and CE because I am Jewish and was taught from a relatively young age to use those instead. Another contributing factor was that for two years, I lived in an area with a LOT of the crazy kind of Christians who didn't understand Jews because there were hardly any there. It caused me to despise Christians for a time and use BCE and CE partially out of spite. I've gotten over the anti-Christian phase now, but BCE and CE just got stuck in my head. I also think it makes a little more sense because many Christians don't even know what the hell AD even means.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Who cares time is just measurement. We have our own calendar which is much more relative to each and every one of us. Our life! amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago