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

[jayjg]

On 9/6/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> jayjg wrote:
>
> >On 9/6/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>ScottL wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>According to [[March]], the month is named after Mars the god of war.
> >>>The fact that he is the god of war is empirically verifiable?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>We also need to abandon our days of the week.  It is clearly a breach of
> >>NPOV to go around celebrating a barbarian God like [[Thor]] every seven
> >>days.
> >>
> >>
> >A significant difference being that nobody worships the
> >Norse/German/Roman gods these days, nor do people live in cultures
> >dominated by worshippers of Norse/German/Roman gods. Another is that
> >the names of the days are named after Norse/German/Roman gods, but do
> >not assert that they *are* gods. On the other hand, billions still
> >worship Jesus and assert he is "our God", as does the designation A.D.
> >
> The last comment is a non-sequitur.

You must be using some novel definition of the term "non sequitur".

>  I would also question the numerical
> accuracy of your exagerated billions; the United States population isn't
> that high.  The term "a large number" would have sufficed.

There are over 2 billion Christians in the world; if you're going to
get pedantic, then please get your facts straight.

> Be that as
> it may, the fundamental premise that you and many others assert Jesus to
> be your God may be true, but that implies nothing about the designation
> A.D. or those who use it.

Now *that's* a non sequitur, since I never said or implied that said
anything about the people who use it.

> I do not accept Jesus as God, but I still use A.D.  I think that we all
> should be free to use whichever form we want,

Feel free to use what you want, Ray. In this thread we were talking
about Wikipedia's usage.

> without being constantly
> besieged by the forces of political correctness.

They're nothing compared to the "forces of hyperbole".

Jay.