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It is all about feelings - political correctness. Political correctness has no place in documenting history. History is about facts, not feelings. The CE reference is fabricated and unnecessarily confounds reference checks for all history in Western Civilization, not to mention it tends to deny and diminish the impact of a figure in history. History should never do that, no matter how distasteful that person or event is (e.g., Hitler, as a person we would like to diminish and forget). Again, history should be recorded FACTS without the filter of feelings.
BC and AD are simply the initials that have recorded our time and history for 2 centuries: a method of recording that is found in all historical documents relevant to learning history in Western Civilization. The use of CE is a sign of an altered and unreliable historical record.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoBCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) are being increasingly used as secular replacements for the original religious acronyms of BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini; Latin - in the year of our Lord).
The general reasoning behind the propagation of BCE and CE to replace BC and AD is that they are more secular and do not reference Jesus of Nazereth or Christianity.
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BCE stands for Before the Common Era and is used by people who do not measure time based on the life of Jesus. Instead of AD, CE (Common Era) is used.
Is BCE and AD the same?
No.
What came first bc ad or bce?
Theyre the same thing....Are you sure your old enough to use the Internet?
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BCE.
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No one knows when they began, but they were in widespread use by 4000 BCE and the last known use was 394 CE (394 AD)
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It was 1939-1945 AD.
Is 570 AD 7th Century BCE?
It is the 6th century.
What time period is 539 BCE?
Ancient times (till AD 476).
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They lived From 500 BCE to 1500 AD
How do you convert dates from bc and ad to ce and bce?
There is no conversion involved-BCE and CE are simply secular euphemisms (replacements) for the religiously-associated BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini).Here is how years would be expressed in BC, AD, BCE and CE:September 22, 2010 AD (today's date)September 22, 2010 CE (today's date)January 1, 44 BCJanuary 1, 44 BCE
Which date came earlier 540 BCE or 240 BCE?
540 BCE. In years BCE (BC), the years count backward until the year 1 BCE is reached. The year 1 CE (AD) immediately follows 1 BCE, and begins counting upward; there is no year 0.
What does AD stand for in 2009 AD?
It is stands for an After Dinosaurs just kidding! It is Anno Domini. People usually refer it as after death for christ. But anno domini is the proper term, which means after 0 BCE. BCE is like negative numbers on a number scale. AD is the positive numbers apparently.
Which comes first ad or ce?
CE=Common Era, AD=After Death BCE=Before Common Era So I think AD came first. AD is initials for the latin "anno domine", referring to "after Christ" AD came first. A non-christian group initiated the use of bce centuries later. BC means Before Christ.
