What is with "BCE"? Are we now afraid to admit Jesus was on the planet?

Question

yea, i do know what bce stands for. thanks. it's just alarming that we are so scared of Jesus that we don't use BC (before Christ) and AD (anno domini - the year of our Lord) anymore.

continue.

Answer 1

yes, the world is becoming more secular and less are believing is Jesus' divinity. The Bible prophecized this. Its unfortunate, but that is where most of the world is heading

Answer 2

About 2/3 of the population of the planet does not believe in Christ and Christianity, so a designation was created to refer to time. Before Common Era = Before Christ, while Common Era = Anno Domini, the year of our Lord. They are synonymous with each other, as there is no temporal change (it still refers to before 0 BC and after 0 AD - which is a stupid concept, because no civilization would count down to zero and then count back up - the Gregorian calendar pivoted around Christ's birth and death, as both BC and BCE do as well, and we all use it today).

Answer 3

People. . .

BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini (Latin for Year of the Lord)

Since not everyone in the world is Christian, it was decided that CE and BCE be used to be more "politically correct". I don't think it has anything to do with denying Jesus, just to be more accepting of others beliefs.

Oh. . .

CE = Common Era
BCE = Before the Common Era

Answer 4

Why would i want to use the term, 'Anno Domini,' which means 'Year Of Our Lord,' when Jesus was not my lord? Or my saviour for that matter?

Why would i want to use the term 'Before Christ,' where 'Christ' means 'messiah,' and Jesus was not the messiah???

Dont expect or ask non-Christians to use terms that force us to deny our faith or admit to a religion that is both UnBiblical and false.

Answer 5

I'm not scared of him or admitting that he might have lived once--he was an all right teacher with some good messages that I think have been twisted a bit over time. However, as we are not a Christian world, it is easier to use a non-Christian way of telling time. You would find, if you looked into it, that non-Christian-majority nations do not use A.D. or B.C., but they do have other ways of telling the different years. B.C.E. and C.E. let those who are not Christian have a non-religious time scale, and it was also first used by Christians, not by non-Christians, perhaps for the reason I stated of finding a neutral way of judging time that someone from another culture could relate to. I approve of it.

Answer 6

BCE stands for "Before the Curren Era". What about Bhuddist should they mark time based on the birth of a Jewish heretic and an assortment of bishops of Rome?

Answer 7

Yeah, that is a strange trend. It doesn't matter to me what people do to our system of measuring time. I rather wonder what will happen after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Will we keep counting forward in a chronological manner, or will we have to distinguish between His first coming and His second coming? Maybe it will be something like 2006 A.F.C. and 245 A.S.C. (A.F.C. - after First Coming and A.S.C. = After Second Coming.) Or better yet, maybe we will just all use one numbering system around the whole planet. Won't that be nice?

Answer 8

Before Christian Era

and of course, Christian era

and while I admit jesus was on the planet, the alternative, Anno Domminia or whatever which as you know means in the year of our lord, he isn't my lord and savior, so, thanks for using a calendar thats inclusive

Answer 9

Where does the Bible command using "AD" and "BC"? Where does the Bible even suggest that the calendar be changed? Why not stick with the Biblical calendar instead of following one that some Catholic made up?

Answer 10

I've never had a problem with BC and AD, and it's worked fine since the 9th century. So, if it ain't broke don't fix it!