On Wed, 18 May 2005, Timwi wrote:
JAY JG wrote:
The point isn't that the measurement is inaccurate. The point is that renaming it to "CE" does not make it a different measurement. It is still based on the same Christian considerations.
When one uses the B.C. system one is able to make the rather bizarre statement that "Christ was born 4 to 6 years Before Christ". At least Before the Common Era does away with that.
No, it doesn't, it only makes it subtler. "4 to 6 years before the Common Era" would still mean "4 to 6 years before the point in time that some wackos at some point thought was the birthdate of Jesus".
Or at least the wacko named Dennis the Short.
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