[WikiEN-l] Re: Announcing a policy proposal

Thu May 19 01:15:37 UTC 2005

On Wed, 18 May 2005, Timwi wrote:

> JAY JG wrote:
> >
> >> The point isn't that the measurement is inaccurate. The point is
> >> that renaming it to "CE" does not make it a different measurement.
> >> It is still based on the same Christian considerations.
> >
> > When one uses the B.C. system one is able to make the rather bizarre
> > statement that "Christ was born 4 to 6 years Before Christ".  At
> > least Before the Common Era does away with that.
>
> No, it doesn't, it only makes it subtler. "4 to 6 years before the
> Common Era" would still mean "4 to 6 years before the point in time that
> some wackos at some point thought was the birthdate of Jesus".

Or at least the wacko named Dennis the Short.

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