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Mathematical Poetics: B.C.E. is Christian

isomorphismes:

B.C.E. is for posers. The historical abbreviation B.C.E., for “before the common era”, is supposed to institute a secular alternative to “Before Christ”. But you know what? It still indexes time by the birth of a certain well-known Nazarene Jewish prophet.

B.C.E. wishes it weren’t…

(Source: isomorphismes)

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   lol i thought this said CCE “Christians during Christmas and Easter”

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   yes, buuuuut… everyone knows that we probably aren’t going to go and change all of our calendars and history. chances...

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16. davidmanheim said: Disputed! The common era could refer to the time since the historical age, started by Livy. This means that the beginning of “real” western history started approximately when Caesar Augustus was alive; this seems like a decent point to begin.
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    This is a gripe I totally agree with!

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    It would be nice to replace the Jesus-based chronology with a secular one. The only problem would be, what date would we...

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