Naming Time

In the sixth century, a monk named Dionysius was asked to calculate the year of the birth of Christ so that the years could be counted from that point. He did it (although his calculation was off by four to six years). Calculating the years in this manner became popular, and it is widespread today.
It also became customary to use "Anno Domini" (A.D.) to designate the years after the birth of Christ, and "Before Christ" (B.C.) for the years prior to his birth.
In recent times, out of regard for non-Christians, some have started using "Common Era" (C.E.) to replace A.D. ("in the year of the Lord"), and "Before Common Era" (B.C.E.) to replace B.C. ("before the birth of Christ").
The designation "Common Era" was chosen because calculating years from the birth of
Christ has been in common use for so long.

Excerpt from The Little Blue Book
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I wonder, if the tables were turned, if non-Christians would take any consideration of our feelings of their terms and/or calculations? Would they try to be generous and try to placate Christians or would they simply treat us as they did in historical times and throw us to the lions? I think our bending over backwards to cater to non-Christians (ie. Considering removing "In God we Trust" from currency) is just not acceptable! The more we allow the removal of God from our society, the further in a mess our society becomes! When are we going to put our collective foot down and say "ENOUGH!"

H/T: A Nawty Mouser Thots