--- Vicki Rosenzweig vr@redbird.org wrote:
Many Jewish scholars prefer CE/BCE. I'd argue strongly for using those terms (rather than AD/BC) if dates need to be identified in articles on subjects like Jewish history or the Talmud.
Oh, and an idle question: "A.D." is Latin, so makes as much sense in a French context as an English one (in both cases, validated by custom and familiarity), but what's the French equivalent of "B.C."?
We don't use AD *at all* in everyday life. Except on some catholic tombal stones maybe ? and probably religious catholic people. This is far too much asking to reference to our "domini=seigneur" when talking about time. More than 10 % of our population is from north african countries also. Muslim usually. Why would they talk about their lord ?
What we use is Av. J.C. (BC) and Ap. J.C. (AD) Av is for avant (before) Ap is for apr�s (after) J.C. stands for J�sus-Christ.
So these references are entirely factual, relying upon an historical man, without taking care of his holiness or not. The only *detail* is the real of JC birth is not at the right place.
Though our culture is mostly relying on christian concepts, we try to separate church matters very much from other matters. That's the way the constitution was made.
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