Why does the modern time line include B.C. Berofe Christ??????

And why does Anno Domini translate into latin to "In the year of Our Lord"





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.C.

Why does the modern time line include B.C. Berofe Christ??????
The B.C. question has already been answered, so I won't snag your time with that one. A.D., however, began when Jesus was born, NOT when He died. For the first thirty-three years of the A.D. timeline, Jesus lived. It is "In the year of our Lord" because He was and is among us. Hence, the year is still the year of the Lord.
Reply:%26gt;why does Anno Domini translate into latin to "In the year of Our Lord"?





That's the translation, pretty much.





And using six question marks for your first question doesn't mean you don't have to use any for your second one.
Reply:It doesn't anymore.


I'm sure someone's already given you the details here....
Reply:Modern scholars use "C.E." and "B.C.E.": "Common Era" and "Before the Common Era."
Reply:Why are the days of the week named after pagan gods?
Reply:because the days had not been numbered ,B- efore C- hrist
Reply:"Anno Domini" translates into "the year of Our Lord" because that's what the Latin means.





BC and AD are falling out of favor in most cases and being replaced with BCE and CE, "Before the Common Era, " and "Common Era."





Do try to keep up, won't you?
Reply:Tradition.





Just like how the days of the week are named for Pagan gods and the Roman empire gave us our calendar.
Reply:The Gregorian Calendar was developed by a Pope.





Before that the Julian (after Julius Caesar) Calendar had been adopted by the early Church.





Is it any wonder?
Reply:It doesn't anymore its now BCE Before the Common Era, and CE Common Era. BC and AD are only used by religions now.
Reply:it's been changed to B.C.E. and C.E.
Reply:It has to do with the person who figured out our timeline. But they do use C.E in most textbooks and scholarly material.





And sense you like this website here is a link for more information for you:





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
Reply:"Anno domini" is Latin for "Year of our Dominator" (year of our Lord).





We use these designations as integral parts of our calendar. If we didn't have "BC" and "AD", we wouldn't know that this year was 2007. We'd be stuck calling it "in the 7th year of George Bush"!





(Now THAT would piss off all the liberals!)





The modern use of "BCE" and "CE" are pretty dumb if you think about it. These refer to the "common era", but they refer literally to the "Era of Christ". People who use this are simply removing the subject of the era, they're not changing the recognition of the coming of the Messiah! If they wanted to do that, they should adopt an alternative "era" from which to count. Perhaps the "Age of Reason" era or the "Industrial Revolution" era.





That would change all of our dates. Instead of 2007, we'd be in the year 507 or 207. Otherwise, it makes no sense to take the reason for the era out of the recognition while still secretly recognizing it.
Reply:Because the folks that organized the secular Western calendar were Christians. The Persians, Arabs, Jews, and Chinese all use different calendars, as well as others, I am sure..