03-25-2004, 11:24 PM
Just to clarify the C.E./B.C.E. thing ...<br>
The abbreviation is not to "Christian Era" but to "Common Era".<br>
On the United Nations website, Kofi Annan says: "There is so much interaction between people of different faiths and cultures - different civilizations, if you like - that some shared way of reckoning time is a necessity. And so the Christian Era has become the Common Era."<br>
Of course it's a cop-out, simply replacing A.D. with C.E., but radical alternatives like the French Revolutionary calendar are simply unworkable. Everybody knows that 2004 means A.D. 2004. <p></p><i></i>
The abbreviation is not to "Christian Era" but to "Common Era".<br>
On the United Nations website, Kofi Annan says: "There is so much interaction between people of different faiths and cultures - different civilizations, if you like - that some shared way of reckoning time is a necessity. And so the Christian Era has become the Common Era."<br>
Of course it's a cop-out, simply replacing A.D. with C.E., but radical alternatives like the French Revolutionary calendar are simply unworkable. Everybody knows that 2004 means A.D. 2004. <p></p><i></i>
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