I understand what each one means. As well as BCE and CE. But I’m wondering why did we feel the need the number the years according to Jesus’ supposed birthday. And if it was so flawed (nobody even knows if Jesus was real, let alone when his birthday was) why did we keep it going? Could you imagine what year we could be in right now if we counted them normally?
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AD/BC were the standard for a long time in the west and in turn for academia/science. CE/BCE were an attempt to make the terms non-religious. However at the same time having to go through and convert dates that were in print would be an insane and unnecessary undertaking.
Just think of the work it would take to convert a week to 10 days vs 7.
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