2005 CE

[tiradocc04]

What's the deal with CE? as pete kindly put it, its 2 letters. WHO CARES about to letters. the sentiment is worse i think. Hey guess when the common era started? when jesus was believed to be born? is that any better than saying anno domini? I'd also like to argue that this once again America's Anti-Catholicism rearing its ugly head in our

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[maverick1013]

I agree. It's possible for something that starts out with religious meaning to become something other than that. AD is like this I think. As a historian in training (For lack of a better term) when I see BC and AD I actually don't think of it in religious terms (even though I am a catholic) I just think of it as a way to distinuish the time periods. But effectively changing AD to CE PUTS an emphasis on the meaning of both terms, an emphasis that I believe to be unnecessary. The fact that CE was created is a statement against catholosim, because why create it unless making a statement that you would not use a common term for it's religious roots?

[wwembley]

word yo