Do you agree with the renaming of our Calendar Eras from AD/BC to BCE/CE?

Keep BC and AD...

I'm Liberal, fully believe in separation of Church and State, but let's also not pretend that Christianity is not a major foundation of the "CULTURE" of U.S.A. When interpretation of religion prevents equal treatment or curtail certain personal freedom (gay marriages, right to chose and etc.) I'm for protecting the personal freedom. But we don't need to be oversensitive and try to eradicated from all aspects of our society that's relating to the public sector ("in god we trust", "Christmas" and etc.)

 

I really don't care either way. I'd prefer we keep the BC and AD though. Most people consider Jesus the most important person in histroy (whether you believe his divinity or not). Why not split the two with his supposed birthdate?

And I hate my history professors who stress using BCE/CE, taking off points for BC/AD. It's the equivalent of not being able to use Thursday, or Friday, or March, or June. Quit hatin' on Christianity yall.

 

Yes, and as I stated earlier there's far much more to them than evolution or creation. Moral or intellectual alignment with one theory or the other has limited effect on a kid's capacity or motivation to solve the puzzles that constitute a meaningful education or prepare them for analytical or technical work.

 

The problem is that when confronted with evolution or even cosmological theory fundie parents would rather throw the baby with the bath water than confronting it with the "nuance" you're proposing.

 

No, the new pope isn't.

 

Seriously, some of you people are killing me. This is not a new thing. This is not being decided/debated now. This is established and based on a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. It is a synthesis, not a rejection of Christianity. Just because you didn't hear about it doesn't mean that historians haven't been using BCE/CE with consistent regularity for 25+ years.

 

It hasn't been as "consistent" as you might think although you are right, this isn't a new thing. There are a lot of historians that reject the renaming of BC and AD to BCE and CE simply because it's nonsensical. There's simply no point in changing, if it was really a big deal they'd have made both Latin or both English by now. What matters is that AD and BC sounds better than AC and AD or BCE and CE. That was the reason they were so widely accepted in the first place.

 

For example?

 

I agree. If anyone takes English literature, it's roots will inevitably tangle with Biblical connotations and meaning. Conceding to that however, won't mollify mouth breathers in their insecure complaints and actions against teaching science "dogma" to their innocent babies.

P.S. The Dark Ages weren't as dark as popularly implied...

 

Always found those notations in the calendars of various countries confusing and weird. Should have just stuck to Stardate.

 

This thread makes clear who actually has read a history book in the last 25 years.

 

Falls into the "meh" category for me. Personal preference is fine, kids need to know both because they'll see both.

 

Well, this thread has changed my mind. I will begin using the BCE/CE distinction henceforth. Thanks all.

 

Nothing wrong with that, just be prepared for a lot of explanation afterwards and probably a lot of "that's dumb" comments once the explanation is made.

 

I'm blocking you because common sense and sanity doesn't belong in the D&D.



repped.

 

Why do people care about this? Feeling persecuted again? The War on Christmas doesn't start back up for about 6 more months ... personally, I don't care either way.