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[Darvi]

Does it in any way involve the consumption of fried potato-pieces?

[burningpet]

I say we should keep B.C and A.D just to spite the muslims and religious jews. if they get offended by trivial nonsense like that, why not take advantage of it and have a good laugh on their expense?

[Frumple]

... because most people aren't actively trying to be terrible human beings. That's why.

[burningpet]

Or they simply lack humor.

[Leafsnail]

In shocking news BP really hates Muslims.

[Rolan7]

I guess it's a great example of what topics not to debate: There's no new information to be learned, both sides lack good arguments, and it all essentialy comes down to bashing each other's heads in for fun and vitriol.

Anyone up for a derail? I hear CRISPR has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of certain, mostly genetic disorders...

I think almost everybody is being pretty civil and polite, actually    Particularly for a topic like this.
And at least one side has good arguments    I'd rather see them addressed than start talking about... uh... some sort of biochemistry I know nothing about.

Like, I hope we can agree that:
Whether or not it's actually a problem we should care about, the terms "Before Christ" and "Anno Domini" (year of our lord) assert that the Jewish Messiah arrived (within like 10 years of that time) and, contextually, he is our lord.

I'm not saying it's a big deal for most people, including a lot of atheists, but the terms are an assertion that Christianity is correct.  They were constructed specifically to assert that.  Almost 70% of the world population is non-Christian, and shouldn't be expected to indirectly acknowledge Christ's arrival and dominion whenever they refer to a date.

The Common Era rebranding is simple and fair.  Continuing to use the religiously charged terms when there is a commonly accepted alternative is the opposite of "not caring", in my opinion.

[burningpet]

In shocking news BP really hates Muslims.

Actually, the jews invented the B.C.E and C.E.

[DJ]

The rest of the world had a fair shot at pushing their year zero to be the international one, and they're still free to use their own counting in their countries.

[Graknorke]

The rest of the world had a fair shot at pushing their year zero to be the international one, and they're still free to use their own counting in their countries.

Neither of those things are true.

[Sheb]

Shhht. The existence of the UN's black helicopter-carried spec op team that shoot down anyone trying to use another calendar is classified.

[DJ]

China for example has nothing but it's own isolationism to blame for not beating Europe to colonialism.

[Redzephyr01]

My opinion about this is I don't give a shit.

[Rolan7]

The Common Era rebranding is simple and fair.  Continuing to use the religiously charged terms when there is a commonly accepted alternative is the opposite of "not caring", in my opinion.

[DJ]

Yeah, and we have a neutral language alternative - Esperanto. And yet everyone is using English which has all sorts of imperialistic connotations.

[Rolan7]

China for example has nothing but it's own isolationism to blame for not beating Europe to colonialism.

Are you saying that you'd be fine revering the Emperor of China, or Allah, if certain groups had *temporarily* been in a position of power over the world?  And that everyone else should feel the same way, and thus continue to use a prayer from a certain religion, in place of neutral terms?

Yeah, and we have a neutral language alternative - Esperanto. And yet everyone is using English which has all sorts of imperialistic connotations.

This is a ridiculous comparison.