Sigh! I just don't know why I keep on substantiating all my statements with references when no one bothers to look at them. At least when we were at University we were taught to substantiate all our arguments or terms with factual evidence.So when I use the Terms
ACE: After Christian Era
&
BCE: Before Christian Era instead of Anno Domini and Before Christ I included a link that went like this:
http://www.stands4.com/bc.asp?c=TIMEZONES
which If you had bothered to open would have displayed the following:
Category: Regional » Time Zones (185 entries)
ACE: After Christian Era
And now look this up before repyling:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era
The relevant extract being:
Usage
Jewish and Christian scholars have developed the BCE/CE terms for the benefit of cross-cultural dialogue.[2]. Some Islamic scholars and others outside the Judeo-Christian religious traditions have used the system. Some Christians have used the term CE to mean 'Christian era'. Most non-religious academics in the fields of history, theology, archaeology and anthropology have also in recent decades begun using the system.
More visible uses of common era notation have recently surfaced at major museums in the English-speaking world: Canada's Royal Ontario Museum adopted BCE/CE in 2002 [3], and the Smithsonian Institution also prefers common era usage, though individual museums are not required to use it. As well, many style guides now prefer or mandate its usage. Some style guides for Christian churches even mandate its use; for example, that of Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
The CE and BCE nonsense is exactly that, nonsense. Ever I to write a historical paper, or any sort of academic paper, I would still use the terms out of sheer necessity. But this forum is hardly academic!
Just drop the PC cow dung and use the proper terms, for we live in the era of Christ, the Years of the Lord, not the "Common Era". I mean what was before that? the "Uncommon Era"?
It's proper because we are speaking English and the vast majority of English speakers are Christian anyway.
If you include us Indians as English Speakers, which we are any way and in fact our english is gramatically more accurate than the native speakers themselves(A fact that repeats itself with all languages with non-native speakers being in a majority of cases gramatically more sound) you will soon realise that a majority of english speakers are neither caucasian nor christians.
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