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BCE/CE or BC/AD?

Which do you use?

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BCE/CE - my high school suddenly started using it in History class and I just sort of glommed on to it from there.

BC/AD was just cool due to the latin for me. x3
 
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Aobaru said:
Yeah, a quick search on Wikipedia says there both equally religious. CE originally meant "Christian Era" as early as 1657.
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That was 1657. Now it predominantly means "Common Era".

Also, are you saying "Christian Era" is equally as religious as "anno domini"?
 
Huh? I don't see anything 'serious business'-y about this...

Anyways, I'm accustomed to BC/AD, so I use it more often.
 
opaltiger said:
That was 1657. Now it predominantly means "Common Era".

Also, are you saying "Christian Era" is equally as religious as "anno domini"?
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Just pointing out, they both have religious roots. They've both sort of lost their religious connotations/context, hence why I would be dismayed by anyone taking offense.

Plus, Jesus wasn't even born in 1 AD/CE.

Also: yes. Both are referencing Christianity?
 
Aobaru said:
Just pointing out, they both have religious roots. They've both sort of lost their religious connotations/context, hence why I would be dismayed by anyone taking offense.
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No, they haven't. CE stands for something else now. BC and AD don't.

Plus, Jesus wasn't even born in 1 AD/CE.
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He was, by some accounts. Even so, what's the point?

Also: yes. Both are referencing Christianity?
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One implies the speaker is Christian. One does not!
 
I imagine I would get laughed right out of the establishment if I tried to use CE in a scholarly context. BC/AD and BCE/CE are completely arbitrary divisions of time, and the meaning of the initials are so divorced from their current usage that I don't think it's all that important.

Besides, if you use CE people might think you're referring to Gundam SEED's Cosmic Era, and no-one wants that. I'd much rather be associated with Gundam 00's Anno Domini timeline. :P
 
goldenquagsire said:
I imagine I would get laughed right out of the establishment if I tried to use CE in a scholarly context. BC/AD and BCE/CE are completely arbitrary divisions of time, and the meaning of the initials are so divorced from their current usage that I don't think it's all that important.
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Seriously? I would imagine it the other way around. My upper-level history textbooks all used BCE/CE, at any rate.
 
I've only ever had to make that distinction in my mother language, so, I guess it's safe to say neither.

Though what we use in my mother language translates into "Before Christ/After Christ", so, I guess it's basically BC/AD. In fact, the first time I saw "BC", I thought it meant "Before Christ". And then I thought Zero Wing was just trying to sound futuristic.
 
I use BC. I've never used the term "AD/CE" at any point in my life and BC/BCE sound more or less identical, so...
 
I used to think AD meant 'after (jesus') death' when I was younger.
 
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