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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> Could you imagine what year we could be in right now if we counted them normally?
What do you mean by “normally”? We need an arbitrary starting point. CE/BCE was chosen to align with BC/AD due to convenience as it was already widely used, and there’s no advantage to any other system.
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