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Ales · 03-24-2002, 08:40 AM

Is there in English an alternative to writing "Before Christ"? I noticed that in French there is a possibility of how to dodge the reference to Saviour by writing "avant notre ere" or by writing eg. -753 or +1492, indicating, however, that Jesus was zero.

copernicus · 03-24-2002, 09:09 AM

Ales, nowadays lots of people use "Common Era" (CE) for the christian "AD" and "Before Common Era" (BCE) for the christian "BC". The reason for this is that there is a need for a common system of dates in a world where the majority of people are not christian. See <a href="http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/common_values.html" target="_blank">Common Values for a Common Era</a>.

Ales · 03-24-2002, 09:59 AM

The link is interesting, but I'd prefer the plus/minus. BCE could be read as before Christ's Evangelium

03-24-2002, 10:06 AM

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<strong>Is there in English an alternative to writing "Before Christ"? I noticed that in French there is a possibility of how to dodge the reference to Saviour by writing "avant notre ere" or by writing eg. -753 or +1492, indicating, however, that Jesus was zero.

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Ales you could also get your own alphabeth because that is also mythology specific, as is our clock. If that all fails you could dig a hole and crawl into it.

Ales · 03-24-2002, 10:25 AM

Amos, you tracherous infidel! How dare you to dispraise Him and say that our sacred doctrine is a myth?

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03-24-2002, 08:40 AM	#1
Ales Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 226	BC/Av.J.C. Is there in English an alternative to writing "Before Christ"? I noticed that in French there is a possibility of how to dodge the reference to Saviour by writing "avant notre ere" or by writing eg. -753 or +1492, indicating, however, that Jesus was zero.

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03-24-2002, 09:09 AM	#2
copernicus Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 1,531	Ales, nowadays lots of people use "Common Era" (CE) for the christian "AD" and "Before Common Era" (BCE) for the christian "BC". The reason for this is that there is a need for a common system of dates in a world where the majority of people are not christian. See <a href="http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/common_values.html" target="_blank">Common Values for a Common Era</a>.

03-24-2002, 09:59 AM	#3
Ales Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 226	The link is interesting, but I'd prefer the plus/minus. BCE could be read as before Christ's Evangelium

03-24-2002, 10:25 AM	#5
Ales Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 226	Amos, you tracherous infidel! How dare you to dispraise Him and say that our sacred doctrine is a myth? [ March 24, 2002: Message edited by: Ales ]</p>

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