Atheists: Does it enrage you that Wikipedia's main page uses "BC" instead of "BCE"?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

(in "Today's Featured Article", top left corner)


I thought you said "BCE" was the new standard that everyone uses? And Wikipedia is mainly edited by atheists, so why do they still use BC then?



Problem, atheist?

Answer 1

What a childish post!



How silly!



What difference does it really make except to BAD christians that want to ridicule christianity with these silly posts and trying to rely on wiki, so well known for BAD christian meddling and changing adds insult to injury!



Please try and discover the idea of the loving god and act like it before you do more damage to christianity and guarantee your place in hell for driving people away from god and not to him!

Answer 2

Why would that enrage me? It's scholars who mainly use BCE. It is just now getting to the rest of the people that those terms (BCE and CE) are being used in that way.



Provide some proof that it's mainly edited by atheists. Just throwing out claims doesn't mean much to me.



No problem. Why? Are you trying to start a problem?

Answer 3

No. Since we don't have any dogma to be all emotionally enraged about.



"BCE" is an internationally agreed-upon standard. It's not enforced by any rule of law or anything. Lots of people have started using it, some haven't. Even those that have sometimes have a lot of content to edit and change, so it'll take time. No big deal.



You guys are the ones that get "enraged" about silly dogmatic things -- we're pretty easygoing.



Peace.

Answer 4

>Atheists: Does it enrage you that Wikipedia's main page uses "BC" instead of "BCE"?



Nah. It enrages me that the whole world insists on putting 'BC' or 'BCE' in there when a simple minus sign would suffice.



>And Wikipedia is mainly edited by atheists



Where the heck did you hear this?

Answer 5

i think of that the word "enrage" is slightly stable. inspite of each and everything, it truly is a mistake that *they* are making, not those people who comprehend that the suitable utilization must be 'BCE' or 'CE'. to describe this to people who're not attentive to the which potential and/or ramifications must be exhaustive or maybe perhaps unproductive. yet anybody must be attentive to via now that the words BC and advert are offensive to many human beings of particular ideals and non-ideals; and subsequently that BCE and CE are the well-liked words interior academia - so as to not be the equivalent of 'racist' to a pair human beings while writing objectively in scholarly circles.

Answer 6

I'm atheist yet I still use BC because, as answer faerie, V.T., A. M. pointed out, Jesus' historicity is widely accepted in academia, but it's the concept that he was the "son of God" that's a bit too fanciful.

Answer 7

No, I'm not enraged, because I use BC as well. Using BC instead of BCE is the same as using "Thursday" instead of "Common Fourth Day".

Answer 8

Nope I still use BC and AD even though I got reamed in a paper from my Lit Prof for doing so. I had not actually realized that there was a change until then.

Answer 9

Nope, doesn't enrage me at all. I could really care less.

BC is still the most common. Wikipedia is built for the common man.

Answer 10

I really don't care that much.



But their Style Guide says that either is acceptable (while also recognizing that BCE/CE is becoming more common).

Answer 11

I am so mad that I'm going to write a strongly worded letter because I care so much

Answer 12

Not really, just a semantic...i still write bc because i dont care that much

Answer 13

Nope. It's taking the USA a long time to convert to Metric. But, we're getting there.

Answer 14

I don't think atheists are offended by things as often as religious folk.

Answer 15

Nah.



Wikipedia is a handy source for casual knowledge, but it isn't anything that could be considered scholarly.

Answer 16

People can use whatever standard they want, I'm still sticking with Common Era.

Answer 17

I don't argue the existence of Christ, just the divinity, so why would it?

Answer 18

Definetly, It ruins my day each time I see it.

Answer 19

No, I'm not bothered. Why would it? It doesn't effect me.

Answer 20

oh yeah, i care so much.

Answer 21

Atheism is full of problems.. Such as this one: FOSSILS!!!!!

Answer 22

no, it does not.