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> The part that astonishes me is that in the year of our common era two thousand twenty-six It astonishes me that in 2026 AD, people still like to pretend that
by xdennis 1mo ago
> The part that astonishes me is that in the year of our common era two thousand twenty-six
It astonishes me that in 2026 AD, people still like to pretend that our calendar is not based on Christ's supposed birth. Christians have no problem calling days after pagan gods (Wednesday = Woden's day, Thursday = Thor's day, etc), but for some reason we have to pretend like the calendar isn't based on the Christian god.
- tom_ 1mo agoIt's typically referred to as CE to indicate the speaker's personal lack of belief in the divinity of Jesus, that might be implied by using the term anno domini. Nobody is under any illusion about whose birth began this era.
- account42 29d ago> we have to pretend like the calendar isn't based on the Christian god I like how this could be offensive to both Christians (Jesus isn't god) and anti-Christians.
- queenkjuul 29d agoHard to believe in this the year 2026 CE that somebody cares enough to cry about the letters used to denote the year
- unethical_ban 16d agoThe fact that the number is still based on the birth of Christ shows people are not pretending it isn't based on that. The term CE was adopted to lessen the implied endorsement of said religion via the terms Christ and "the year of OUR lord".