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Re: BCE?
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Posted by Catherine Cartwright JOnes on September 26, 1999 at 02:39:02:
In Reply to: BCE? posted by Becky M. on September 25, 1999 at 16:24:04:
"Before Common Era". It's the same as the old BC, except that scholars and journalists decided that it was generally more gracious to the Buddhists, Muslims and Jews to simply say that that time about 2000 years ago should just be called "Common Era" and "Before Common Era", and to just leave the deity out of it. The other religions have their own dating systems, so BCE is one used that doesn't provoke unnecessary theological arguments, when the only concern at hand is dating things.
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