BC/AD or BCE/CE?
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Published 2019-03-31
I look breifly at the history of how these both came to be and try to view some of the criticisms are the newer system. I try to raise valid points from both sides of the argument.
As I non-Christian myself, I don't really feel the need for the change. I think BC/AD works just fine. But that's just my opinoin, I'd love to hear yours.
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All Comments (21)
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2 videos in the same month, what's going on?! In this video I look a topic which is surprisingly controversial: BC/AD or BCE/CE? As stated in the video, I received backlash for using BCE/CE in a video in 2017. While some of the comments were needlessly insulting, many also raised some interesting points. The more I looked into the subject, the more I began to come around to the opinion that BCE/CE seems unnecessary, and doesn't really do what it set out to do - remove reference to Christianity. I'm interested to hear some of your thoughts and opinions on the matter. I know many think that this is a complete non-issue, and yeah, that's fair. I don't really think it's all that big of a deal, but I thought it was interesting topic at the least. Link to orginial video that made me aware of this whole controversey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx4VdNPhV-4 Thanks for watching!
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I propose a compromise. We should use either: BCE/AD or BC/CE That way we piss off everyone and we can all be miserable together.
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In Russian it's simply "before our era" and "our era", if directly translated. wait OH GOD DAMN IT THIS WAS AN UNINTENTIONAL COMMUNIST JOKE
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nah. -2019 and +2019. easy.
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Just waiting for everyone else to catch up to my level and use BBY/ABY.
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"Backwards Chronology" and "Ascending Dates" is actually really clever! Names the years AND explains the separation in one.
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"Just look at the days of the week. Most are named after Roman or Greek deities." Norse gods: Am I a joke to you?
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8:35 who tf writes an E like that lol.
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2 videos in 2 weeks?? Wonderwhy is on a roll!
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I use AC⚡DC because Im Thunderstruck
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I propose: Before Ya Boi(B.Y.B) After Ya Boi(A.Y.B)
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Neil degrass Tyson talks about this on Joe Rogan. He uses BC/AD because the Catholic church created it and that's what THEY used. He also recognizes that it is an impressive marvel of science (the calendar) and so the people who created it should get credit
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I thought it was about Tesla and Edison rivalry and AC/DC
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I personally prefer AC/DC
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As a dinosaur person, I'm more familiar of MYA.
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One point I'm glad you brought up is how saying BCE/CE repeatedly can trip someone up, while there's little confusion when someone says "BC" vs "AD." There's also the fact that BC/AD flows better. By contrast, while saying "BCE" or "CE" the speaker has to make an awkward voice stop between the "cee" sound and the "ee" sound.
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And then Kurzgesagt tries to popularize the holocene era calendar. Edit: popularize is a better term than introduce.
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What year is it? 356 BC? What BC mean? Before Christ Who's Christ? I don't know
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If you're going to use Christ's birth as a starting point, you might as well use BC/AD and refer to Christ.
