If you don't think Jesus Christ existed, why do still refer to B.C.?

Answer 1

Well, now there is the option of BCE & CE but putting that aside, if you don't worship the Sun or Saturn, why do we call the week SATURday & SUNday ?

Answer 2

I still use BC and AD, but just because they're conventional and I get annoyed at the way every little interest group twists the language. It seems that ever fifteen years all the experts invent a totally new jargon to appease somebody or other. Although I'm the interest group this is supposed to appease (belligerent atheist with a chip on my shoulder over religion because I believe it is the root of most evil), I believe just as strongly in not obfuscating things with silly new terminology. A better solution would be to pick a new starting point for the calendar. Hell, write up a whole new calendar. How about 36 1/2 ten day weeks and five 36 day months/ five 37 day months? Call...ummm...well, it's a western calendar...call the completion of the first pyramid in Egypt "year one".

Answer 3

It is not that we do not believe that Jesus actually existed 2 millenia ago (proof in roman legal documents and Jewish historical census records ) it is that we do not believe he was the "Christ" the redeemer of the Torah. Yes, he was possibly a very intelligent man and had knowledge of things that many people of that era did not know of but that does not make him the "Christ".
I like using the BCE or CE when describing historical points in time rather than the BC and AD. Time is actually irrelevant but it is measured and for easy reference many still use the new or the old to describe historical points in time.

Answer 4

Many people believe that Jesus existed as a historical figure. He's been documented as existing by reliable historical sources. (Josephus, etc.) Even though he may not be the lord and savior of the world, he did live as a man and cause quite a stir. Therefore, the B.C.

Answer 5

I don't! I have a Chinese calendar hanging in my living room, and it says this is year 4705. If I must deal with "Lo Faan", I say this is year 2007 CE, and before CE was BCE = Before the Common Era. There is strong evideence that jesus did not exist. The Bible has many contradictions about him, and he was not mentioned by historians of the time in which he lived...if one can determine that. Some later mentions of him seem to be forgeries added by Christians to prop up their new religion.

Answer 6

Do you have an alternative? A.D (Anno Domini) and B.C. (Before Christ) were sancationed by the Catholic church. You may have also seen the use of CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era) which is used to seclarize the Julian calender.

Answer 7

well I do think he existed

It was the accepted date notation for a long time. It might not be anymore but some people still use it out of tradition and habit

I don't get why this is such a big deal for you I mean don't you have better things to argue about?

Answer 8

Convention. Why do you say "Bless you" or "Gesundheit" when someone sneezes? We could use CE or BCE but I say, why bother.

And nobody writes "AD" any more; we only use the BC to indicate a time period.

Answer 9

Because it's a state-established colloquialism.

Besides, it's B.C.E. now (Before Common Era) and C.E (Common Era.)

So I guess...I don't.

Besides, I know he EXISTED. I just also know he wasn't an all-powerful incarnation of a god.

Answer 10

I don't, I refer to Before Common Era and Common Era. BCE and CE, respectively.