In many evolution articles, earth time is still referred to as, for example, 1,000,000 BC
The BC and AD designations are referring to events based around Christ's birth and life. Are they unconsiously recognizing the birth, life, death and existence of Christ by using these "Christian" designations?
manoman
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Great TG;
The evolutional format will always lead
us to the truth
It's gong to be hard to deny BC and AD when the book
that started all the studying of life death history the future
anthropology uname it, the BIBLE started it
Goddess Nikki
Because many of them are Christians. The Fundamentalist isnt the only school of thought, and to assume you know "What God meant" is the height of arrogance. Many people recognise that the Bible is full of metaphors. Jesus himself used them all the time. Most early teaching was DONE in metaphor. And thus many people believe that God knew his earth would have to be adaptable to last. That Things need to be able to change over time. So Genesis is a metaphor for the creation of the world. That maybe instead of 7 24 hour periods as people claim, time runs differently in different dimensions such as the spiritual plane on which God exists, and 7 of His days are a very different ammount of time. Or EVEN that the 7 days of creation is a metaphor for the stages the earth went through in it's creation. And FYI Most scientists DONT use Before Christ, and Anno Dominae anymore, they use Before Current Era, and Current Era. Which they had to do, because the world was forced under the heel of the church for so long EVERY state record is under their callender system. It would take too much work to make everyone in the world learn a new system. It's just common sense
Julia Sugarbaker
Evolution and Christianity are not incompatible. Most of the Christian world has no problem with reconciling God and evolution. Even the Vatican accepts it. It's only in the United States that some Christians get all weird about it. But most of those Christians don't even understand what the theory of evolution entails.
Anonymous
The reocgnization of Christ, does not constitute believing in religion. Jesus Christ did exist, there's proof to that, but, the whole belief system got screwed up by man through out the centuries... After all Christ was an Un-recognized King of Jews, by those who followed him...
Adoptive Father
No, I do not find it ironic. Most of the world's Christians do not see any conflict between their religion and evolution. Only a small, but vocal, minority put faith at odds with science.
In order to be more PC, many historians and scientists now use the terms BCE (before the common or Christian era) and CE (common or Christian era).