A.D. vs B.C. or is it 2000+-1

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From: Gregd... Commander Krugannal
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 03:19

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      Mikel Stromberg (dan...@milton.acs.washington.edu) writes
   >A.D., which stands for Ammnio Dommini, or After God.  Jesus Christ was
   >born sometime around 35B.C.  (Which doesn't mean 'Before Christ' but I
 
      Ammnio Dommini means "In the year of our Lord." it does not
   meand After God. And B.C. does mean Before Christ. (Though 
   some secularist use B.C.E for Before Common Era.) 
     I think we can all agree that Christ was not born in A.D. 1 or
   1 B.C. There are various estimates but most likely, he was born
   around 5 or 6 B.C. (though I have seen good arguments for other
   dates as well.) (Oh, btw, the correct form is "A.D. year" and 
   "year B.C." )
 
      But, now that I have put in my two cents, let's drop the 
   century thing. It gets boring.

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