[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] BC vs BCE era names

[Ray Saintonge]

Guettarda wrote:

>Actually one of the major issues in the dispute is whether BC/AD violates
>NPOV because it requires Wikipedia to make an assertion the Jesus is the
>Messiah/God.  BCE/CE merely describes the condition, and thus does what the
>NPOV policy asks.
>
That's a disingenuous presentation of the problem.  Can you show a 
single instance where your assertion that Jesus is Messiah/God is 
required, and that is not a part of someone's argument against BC/AD?  
The use of BC/AD merely requires that there may have been an historical 
Jesus who was born at or near a time that is reasonably consistent with 
the dating system.  The idiotic assertion that Jesus was God is irrelevant.

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