Re: Merry Christmas

[pcc@ocean.com.au (Brown Family)]

On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 16:24:57 -0500, "Kim DeMersseman" <Kim@qx.net>
wrote:

>It may be out of date in politically correct circle and in academia, but BCE
>and CE seem to be quite a way from being in common use and gaining public
>acceptance of the majority of people.  I have never heard BCE and CE used
>accept in a single ancient history course that I took.
>
>That's my perspective anyway; maybe it's skewed, but that's how I see it.
>
>"Dave Proctor" <thadocta@spambait.dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
>> It is all out of date now anyway. The generally accepted terms are BCE
>> (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) - the Common Era being applicable
>to
>> both the Judaeic peoples and the Christian peoples.
>>
Dave is correct. I only use BCE & CE if I refer to the *secular*
calendar. 

It can hardly be considered the Christian calendar any more than
Saturnalia as the original pagan name for Xmas day.

Being a Jew I would have great problems referring to eras as BC and
AD, since Jesus was neither my god nor my christ. Interestingly,
Jehovah's Witness also use BCE and CE but for different reasons.

Les Brown

"Some fella says that 50% of people in this world have below average intelligence"
"Nah, that's not right, most of the people I know are pretty smart" 
"I think you just proved his point"