Biblical Time Keeping – BC and AD Versus BCE and CE

Thanks for joining today’s study, inspired by your comments from last week’s Vol. 296 about “gifts” when I wrote: 

“‘Jesus is the reason for the season!’ On that note, I dislike the frequent use of the word ‘holiday’ instead of Christmas. Its genericness is meant not to offend, but it offends me! Moreover, 'holiday' reminds me of two abbreviations I despise even more: BCE and CE. Now, both are more commonly used than the traditional BC and AD, which divided world history into two parts because of what happened on that 'holiday.'

“My blood pressure is rising, so I need to step back, because BCE ('Before Common Era') and CE (‘Common Era’) were introduced by my people in the mid-1800s.”