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On Mon, 02 Jan 2017 19:46:04 -0000, Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <g9faA.342110$dF2.340169@fx44.iad>,
>  Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>> ** - I try to use CE / BCE instead of AD / BC. The numbers are the same,
>> and it avoids a particular assumption.
>>
>> [snip]
>
> And it's easy to remember too. Christian Era and Before Christian Era.

It's just a fucking label.  Everyone knows what it means, and nobody assumes you're a religious nut for using it.

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