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    Expedition Unknown "Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls" Discovery Channel

    This was really interesting tonight and part 2 next week. Worth a watch. Wednesdays at 9:00 PM. It replays at midnight tonight EST. Probably other times during the week too. 1st episode of a new season.

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    And a follow up program talking to the archeologists at 11pm EST as I am writing this. This follow up program repeats at 2am.

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    I thought this was interesting. They kept saying BCE instead of BC. So I looked it up and it stands for 'Before Common Era'. Well immediately I knew why it was changed but looked it up anyway to see what the internet would say about it. They agreed with my initial thought:

    The simplest reason for using BCE/CE as opposed to AD/BC is to avoid reference to Christianity and, in particular, to avoid naming Christ as Lord (BC/AD: Before Christ/In the year of our Lord). Wikipedia, Anno Domini article: ... Common Era notation is used in many schools and academic settings.Jul 6, 2011

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    I noticed this a few years ago how they changed historical dating to not mention the name of Christ

    So I gave it my own interpretation

    BCE - Before Christian Era
    CE - Christian Era

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    By secularizing it they no longer need to argue with Muslims who have their own system.

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