From: Nichael Lynn Cramer (nichael@sover.net)
Date: Sat Dec 23 1995 - 14:50:59 EST
At 2:52 AM 23/12/95, Will Wagers wrote:
>Dr. Timothy L. Bratton writes:
>> Astronomers and historians prefer using B.C.E. ("before the
>>common era"). Thus a non-Christian can use B.C. dating without
>>formally recognizing Christ's claims by pretending that the
>>practice is merely a cultural artifact. It smacks of "political
>>correctness" to me,
GASP! Not that!! ;-)
>Astronomers prefer BCE because the system has a year 0. This makes
>calculations simpler. This system is preferred by some historians and
>mathematicians for its orthogonality.
>
>The historical convention omits the year 0, so the transition from BC
>to AD skips from December 31, -1 to January 1, 1.
>
>So, there is a difference of 1 year between BC and BCE dates.
>CE and AD dates are the same.
Say what??!?
Nichael "... and they opened their thesaurus
nichael@sover.net and brought forth gold,
http://www.sover.net/~nichael and frankincense and myrrh."
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