Our calendar is based upon the birth of Christ! All the years before the birth of Christ have traditionally been designated B. C. (Before Christ) and those after his birth as A. D., an abbreviation for the Latin term Ammo Domini which means “In the year of our Lord.” Some historians have adopted an alternative dating system, referring to B.C. as B.C.E. (Before Common Era). The change was made to mask the Christian basis for the dating system and presumably make it more palatable to non-Christians! The mere designation is unsatisfactory on several levels. In the first place no “Common Era” exists! It cannot be found in any history books or a dictionary! It is just made up! If there was a common era it did not begin in the Year One! It probably began around 1500 A. D. when ocean exploration connected the world into a global trading system. On the cognitive level, B.C.E. and C.E. repeat the same letters in the same order making the distinction harder for the eye and the mind to group them in the traditional system that uses all different letters. To understand the meaning of dates, the reader may have to stop and consciously translate the letters. They kept the Christian system but attempted to obscure its historical origin, a curiously anti-historical act. Now we have the competing dating systems. Source: Yahoo Answers. Comment: What is the point of this non-sense? To reduce the name of Christ to the word common! How many ways can a culture figure out how to reject Christ? Happy Holidays! More fake news! Some do not want the name of Christ uttered from the lips of the culture! They do not want to hear his name! His name is above all names! Every tongue must confess that Jesus is Lord and every knee must bow! The dilemma for man is you will either confess his name in heaven or hell depending on what you do with his name while on earth! You will bow to him from heaven or from hell! Which Kingdom you belong to depends on what you do with his name in the here and now! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com