whats between bc and ad

the_pen_turner

hi there


if bc is before Christ and ad is after death.

then what is the bit in between called. :the wonder years maybe:D

when ever you read any history they say it happened 3000 years ago or 1000bc.

surely you should allow for the age of Jesus .


at least this system allows for the whole Jesus thing to be a storey with no actual timeline to it

magicbastarder

the_pen_turner wrote: »

if bc is before Christ and ad is after death.

first time i've ever heard any reference to AD meaning after death...

Cherry Blossom

AD stands for anno Domini - the year of our Lord ie. The year he was born. It doesn't stand for 'after death'.

Help!!!!

the_pen_turner wrote: »

hi there


if bc is before Christ and ad is after death.

then what is the bit in between called. :the wonder years maybe:D

when ever you read any history they say it happened 3000 years ago or 1000bc.

surely you should allow for the age of Jesus .


at least this system allows for the whole Jesus thing to be a storey with no actual timeline to it

Was having a bad day until I read this.....Thanks PML

the_pen_turner

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

AD stands for anno Domini - the year of our Lord ie. The year he was born. It doesn't stand for 'after death'.

ok sorry
I stand corrected. I was always taught it was after death. no harm done

I suppose this explains why I don't believe. I must not have been paying enough attention to buy into the whole thing

Samaris

In fairness, it's a reasonably logical conclusion!

magicbastarder

'IHS' on christian gravestones stands for 'I Hate Satan', fact fans.

Akrasia

Samaris wrote: »

In fairness, it's a reasonably logical conclusion!

The non religious version is 'ce' or 'bce' meaning (before) common era

kylith

Besides BC and AD have now been replaced by BCE (before common era, IIRC) and CE (common era)

Akrasia

magicbastarder wrote: »

'IHS' on christian gravestones stands for 'I Hate Satan', fact fans.

Fact fans unite in not looking up how facty that particular 'fact' was

Akrasia

kylith wrote: »

Besides BC and AD have now been replaced by BCE (before common era, IIRC) and CE (common era)

Not in cathlic Ireland

magicbastarder

Akrasia wrote: »

Fact fans unite in not looking up how facty that particular 'fact' was

true. it's actually 'I have Snuffedit'.

Hotblack Desiato

the_pen_turner wrote: »

ok sorry
I stand corrected. I was always taught it was after death. no harm done

I suppose this explains why I don't believe. I must not have been paying enough attention to buy into the whole thing

If you'd been paying attention, you definitely wouldn't have believed it

the_pen_turner

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

If you'd been paying attention, you definitely wouldn't have believed it

:D
I was thinking more that I wasn't sucked in