Poll: 'Anno Domini' in other cultures

[KorLeonis]

Just cause I yell "Oh God!" during sex, doesn't mean I actually believe in a god. Ditto for AD, its just words. Just for the sake of being difficult, I do try to use CE and BCE, but I always forget.

And I don't like bagels.

 

[HDi]

bagels are coo...

but beagles are cuter

 

[Daverson]

I try to use CE or BCE whenever I can... though I was brought up to use BC and AD in school, so... sometimes they creep back into what what I'm saying. Usually just say the year, if someone's pedantic enough to say "Do you mean AD or BC" I'd probably just say something like "Which one do you think? Fucking stupid question that."

(Of course, I didn't know that's what "Anno Domini" actually meant, though I wasn't even aware AD stood for that =p Always though it just meant "After Death" in Latin, because that's how foriegn languages work, right? You use the same starting letter and mix all the other words up =p )

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

I always thought a.d. stood for after death. And bagels are fucking awesome but only with cream cheese.

That would be unreasonable because if it were "after death" then the thirty years or so of Jesus (allegedly) being alive would not exist! They would be in the black whole we know as year 0!

this may have been pointed out already, but there was no "year zero". it went 1 B.C. to 1 A.D.; not 1 B.C., 0, 1 A.D. nevermind, i see you've already pointed that out yourself.

OT: yes, i knew what it meant, but i typically use CE instead, even though i am Christian. and yes, i love bagels.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

We also use "In God We Trust" on American currency, despite the fact that many Americans do not believe in God.

Personally, I feel this should annoy even Christians. Even Christ said "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar?s, and unto God the things that are God?s? - there are many interpretations of this - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar - but I highly doubt that Christ himself would ever want a currency with his likeness on it, or a saying such as "In Christ We Trust" - He would probably be horrified to be associated with money in this way, if the tales about him are to be true.

haha, most excellent point, though slightly off-topic. i love how many of the things Jesus taught are outright ignored by his supposed followers.

 

[o_O]

Yes, I knew. I like using that bit of trivia on people to be snooty and condescending to others. I still use AD for whatever, because it's been the standard for a long time. It serves its purpose. Thank the Gregorian calendar for that. By the way, should we change that too, just to fuck up more people? >_>

People read waaaay too much into things. I suppose since I use the word "Christ" as a minor exclamatory, that means I believe in Christianity too?

 

[OtherSideofSky]

I've known what Anno Domini means for a long time. I use it in casual conversation for the sake of clarity even though I'm an agnostic atheist, but I use C.E. and B.C.E. in academic writing because they seem more formal and scientifically proper.

 

[Something Amyss]

Did you knew what 'Anno Domini' means?
What will you use now?
And lastly, Do you like bagels?

Yes. My father is both learned and anal, so I picked up a lot of these things young.

AD. It's come to mean very little, save that it's a positive date instead of a negative one. Heck, "in the year of our Lord" isn't even accurate, since the Gregorian calendar was based on a guestimate. It would be the equivalent of starting a new calendar today based on the estimate that Bill Clinton assumed office in 1995.

I just had a bagel for lunch. Needless to say, I'm a fan.

 

[Cpu46]

I knew what it meant and it doesn't really bother me even though I am Atheist. Just like I still 'use the lords name in vain' because it is commonly known and gets the point across. Upon second though I should really embrace my inner nerd and replace all of my cursing with the curses and swears of Firefly.

As for Bagels, I do enjoy them but I tend to gravitate towards muffins and biscuits more often.

 

[OldGus]

In Islamic countries you can also go from Mohammad's flight from Mecca.

Out of curiosity, how is that abbreviated?

They say hijri (or something similar) after the year number, which is an adjective which denotes that the number is with repsect to the Hijra from Mecca to Medina. Christian years they describe as Miladi (mill-add-ee) which means, sort of, birthly, denoting that it is with respect to the birth of Christ (I just woke up from a nap so I'm not positive about the meaning of Miladi).

Good to know. Thanks for it, mate!

 

[Freechoice]

We also use "In God We Trust" on American currency, despite the fact that many Americans do not believe in God.

Personally, I feel this should annoy even Christians. Even Christ said "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar?s, and unto God the things that are God?s? - there are many interpretations of this - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar - but I highly doubt that Christ himself would ever want a currency with his likeness on it, or a saying such as "In Christ We Trust" - He would probably be horrified to be associated with money in this way, if the tales about him are to be true.

The first currency I will implicitly trust is one with "quid pro quo" on it. Bonus points if they put FDR as the requisite dead guy.

 

[TheIronRuler]

We also use "In God We Trust" on American currency, despite the fact that many Americans do not believe in God.

Personally, I feel this should annoy even Christians. Even Christ said "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar?s, and unto God the things that are God?s? - there are many interpretations of this - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar - but I highly doubt that Christ himself would ever want a currency with his likeness on it, or a saying such as "In Christ We Trust" - He would probably be horrified to be associated with money in this way, if the tales about him are to be true.

The first currency I will implicitly trust is one with "quid pro quo" on it. Bonus points if they put FDR as the requisite dead guy.

The first currency I would trust is gold coins. I don't like fiat currency, but I can't change that because you can't buy a piece of gum with a piece of gold/silver.

 

[Saelune]

I knew it was religious, but I thought it meant After Death too.
Personally, I think we should just leave it as AD. It does not really promote anything other than the seperation between well...0. This way it just keeps things making sense.

However, I do feel ironic using similar logic that bigots do against gay marriage....tradition in favor of religion...

Basically though, I find it is as meaningless as explaing God damnit, or Jesus Christ!, both of which I proclaim just as a reflex, but definatly do not mean, as I am extremly anti-religion.

 

[TheIronRuler]

The definitive lot of you use the phrase 'Anno Domini' when they write down years (in dates), for example this year is AD 2011.
Anno Domini is latin (and also a short version) for 'in the year of our lord'. This implies that Jesus Christ is your lord, and that you are christian.
What about people that don't believe in Jesus Christ, what do they do?
There is actually a replacement for such people, it's called 'CE' in English, and it means 'Common Era'. 'BC' would be replaced with 'BCE' - Before Common Era.
I want to ask you this -
Did you knew what 'Anno Domini' means?
What will you use now?
And lastly, Do you like bagels?

We also use "In God We Trust" on American currency, despite the fact that many Americans do not believe in God.

Personally, I feel this should annoy even Christians. Even Christ said "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar?s, and unto God the things that are God?s? - there are many interpretations of this - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar - but I highly doubt that Christ himself would ever want a currency with his likeness on it, or a saying such as "In Christ We Trust" - He would probably be horrified to be associated with money in this way, if the tales about him are to be true.

I'd gladly offer a replacement - "In Gold we trust" would be much better.
It's much more stable, and we have evidence of its existance here.