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:: I see... But can't it also mean that the user of "BCE" uses it in order to avoid religious bias? In my opinion, using AD can be very inapplicable in certain situations. [[User:MalP|MalP]] 14:57, 7 March 2010 (EST)
:: I see... But can't it also mean that the user of "BCE" uses it in order to avoid religious bias? In my opinion, using AD can be very inapplicable in certain situations. [[User:MalP|MalP]] 14:57, 7 March 2010 (EST)
That's utter nonsense. If you'd like to use a non-Christian dating system for non-Christian societies in your personal life, be my guest. For pre-Christian Rome, there's AUC, which measures time from April 21, 753 BC, the date Rome was founded. The Hebrew calendar, which counts from the creation of the world, or the Chinese calendar counting from the reign of Huang-Di.
But by using BCE, you're STILL counting from the birth of Christ, so you're not being any more "respectful" of non-Christian cultures, and you're disrespecting Christianity as well by ignoring the basis of our calendar. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 15:13, 7 March 2010 (EST)
== arabic numerals ==
== arabic numerals ==