What dies this stand for. I am 55 and have never heard of that abbreviation. I know what A.D. and B.C. means, but I have never heard of C.C.
2007-03-13 08:46:57 · 11 answers · asked by 1saintofGod 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
C.E. means "Common Era." It is replacing B.C. due primarily to political correctness. "Before Christ" is now offensive. What they don't take into account the person that makes the "Common Era" the common era. Oh! That's right! Jesus Christ!
2007-03-13 08:51:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Egads. All this slamming of political correctness.
A.D. is overtly and specifically Christian, 'Year of Our Lord.' C.E. is simply a neutral alternative that is used by anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, and many many more. Basically anyone who works with or studies non-Christian cultures.
The years stay the same because it would be prohibitively difficult to change the calendar, all of the books already written, and people's minds. C.E. does recognize that a significant cultural shift began around that time, which had has much to do with the strength of the Roman Empire as it did with their adopted religion.
The term dates back to 1856, so it's either uninformed or arrogant to chuck it in with the rest of the PC backlash.
2007-03-13 16:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Common Era and Before Common Era. Given that 2/3 of the world's population does not follow a belief in Christ, it seemed appropriate to discontinue referring to him in our measures of time. However, this delineation of 2007 years ago being year 0, is just as good a place to restart the numbering as any, so we stuck with that.
2007-03-13 15:57:01 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
CE = Common Era.
BCE= Before the Common Era.
This is the way that you state BC and AD in the academic world, so as not to be making a faith statement. The dates are the same as BC and AD.
It doesn't make sense for a non-Christian to say "AD" (in the year of our Lord) if he or she does not believe that Jesus is Lord. AD and BC can even be somewhat offensive to some people. That's why I use BCE and CE most of the time. This is the way we do it in all my religious studies classes too.
The fact that you are still dating from the time of Jesus does not matter. It's how you refer to that event. To me, it's just like saying, "Before the advent of Christianity" or "From the Advent of Christianity" which is not offensive, because it is not making a statement one way or the other about whether Christianity is true or not. But BC and AD explicitly say that Jesus is "Christ" and "Lord" which IS a faith statement.
2007-03-13 15:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
CE is "Common Era", BCE Before Common Era, a PC way of saying AD and BC. Amazingly, we are still in 2007 CE, which is further proof it is a pathetic attempt to be Trendy".
2007-03-13 15:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
CE stands for common era.
AD stands for Anno Domini--After God.---Jesus Christ's birth.
BC means before Christ.
BCE stands for before the common era.
the bottom line is to remove reference to Jesus or God.
2007-03-13 16:01:58 · answer #6 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CE means "Common Era".
Basically it was put in place to remove the reference to Christ. I noticed it this year when I went to see the Dead sea scrolls...
2007-03-13 15:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by oshaberi27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common Era.
:-D
2007-03-13 15:49:44 · answer #8 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just another pathetic attempt to deny God. You can use C.E. as Christian Era and BCE as Before Christian Era. I told you it was a pathetic attempt.
May God Bless you.
2007-03-13 15:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I laughed when someone said they stood for "Christ Entered" and "Before Christ Entered". I still use the old, BC/AD Christian or not. It's too PC for me. There was never a need to change.
2007-03-13 15:57:40 · answer #10 · answered by <><><> 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋