BC only mode

[Titus Caesar Vespasianus]

For the date, that is? BC please, not BCE?

[Titus Caesar Vespasianus]

Oh i got your point, I just enjoyed the scrap

[Leah]

Originally posted by Gustavus1631:

Oh i got your point, I just enjoyed the scrap

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iGdblI2qPUQ/WdjcCUGLvwI/AAAAAAAAems/Iy0Ptyu58nIMK8b-7Fy9iLbBnmgzlAZQgCLcBGAs/s1600/churchstate.jpg

[klirko]

Originally posted by Gustavus1631:

For the date, that is? BC please, not BCE?

Does it really matter? You don't even see BCE unless you hover over the date.

[Xardus]

i prefer the traditional AD, BC

instead of using BCE as Before Common Era refer it as Before Christian Era :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unaq2x_ZqC4

[Signals]

I noticed they used BCE also. Though the world tries to remove the "I AM", all the calendars mark him no matter what they try. I'll look elsewhere for a game.

[Mikey]

There is a very simple reason to why the BC/AD system wasn't chosen
Religion
The system is based around christianity and the majority of the planets population is NOT christian. Hence the prefix was changed to BCE/CE to make it more suited for players of other beliefs.

If you want it to say BC instead, your best bet would be getting a mod that does it.
It is highly unlikely paradox will give you the choice between three time measures (AUC, BCE and BC) especially since BCE and BC are technically the same thing.

[bri]

Originally posted by Gustavus1631:

If they are the same thing, why change from Christ to Common Era

Political correctness.

[Titus Caesar Vespasianus]

Originally posted by bri:

Originally posted by Gustavus1631:

If they are the same thing, why change from Christ to Common Era

Political correctness.

yes

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by bri:

Originally posted by Gustavus1631:

If they are the same thing, why change from Christ to Common Era

Political correctness.

I don't think it's being PC so much as realizing the idiocy of basing your calendar on the birth of some mythical figure that many in the world don't even recognize as a deity. It's also not correct, since the historical Jesus wasn't born on New Year's Day, 0 AD.

[Mikey]

Zsrai please make up your mind, Jesus cannot be both mythical and historical as they exclude each other.
Historically Jesus existed, we have records of that.
No he was not born on Christmas Day 0 CE

The date was placed at what became Christmas Eve/Day because it was already a pagan festival (winter solstice) celebrated widely throughout the empire
The year was selected around 500 years after the fact for convenience. They didn't know the exact year so they threw a ball at it and hoped they'd hit close to the mark

As for the mythos surrounding Jesus I will not get into a true or false debate. Some believe them to be true, some believe them to be false

[The Former]

Originally posted by Metadragon:

Originally posted by Gustavus1631:

If they are the same thing, why change from Christ to Common Era

Lol what? First of all its the separation of religion from the calendar and second why in the hell would the People of 400 BCE use a calendar named after a guy that doesnt even exist yet?

They didn't use "BCE" either... That's not the point that's being made here. They used AUC, following the span of time since Rome was founded. The point OP is making is BC vs. BCE for us modern gamers who are playing the game today.

[Ashling]

Originally posted by Xardus:

i prefer the traditional AD, BC

instead of using BCE as Before Common Era refer it as Before Christian Era :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unaq2x_ZqC4

YES! BC= Backwards Counting is clearly the superior choice.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Mikey:

Zsrai please make up your mind, Jesus cannot be both mythical and historical as they exclude each other.

The Christ figure is mythical, and the carpenter's son Jesus was a real person. He is both mythical, as the Son of God/the Messiah/etc. and historical, as a simple agitator. They definitely do not exclude each other.

[MaGicBush]

I found this confusing as well. I have never heard of "BCE" and I am 32 lol. People will do anything to get rid of religion and it's ridiculous. However, it doesn't surprise me the way the world has become.

I will just mod it at some point if it's possible.

[Metadragon]

Originally posted by Sheriff of Nothingham:

Originally posted by Metadragon:

Lol what? First of all its the separation of religion from the calendar and second why in the hell would the People of 400 BCE use a calendar named after a guy that doesnt even exist yet?

They didn't use "BCE" either... That's not the point that's being made here. They used AUC, following the span of time since Rome was founded. The point OP is making is BC vs. BCE for us modern gamers who are playing the game today.

And WE do use BCE officially. And since the only difference is that it seperates the religious overtones and the only hangup remaining is your hurt feelings. And not only that we dont even use BCE either except in the narrow context of discussing history as it relates to our current calender.

I am still wondering why an arbitrary, and it is abritrary btw, unit of measurment is triggering people because it no longer refers to a guy who died 2000 years ago. And not only that but its an optional mouseover so we the pkayer can square it with our more CURRENT sense of time and accurate calender. Why dont we use the outmoded Julian calender too since it was the one use when ole JC walked the earth?

Stupid, arbitrary and illogical. And quite frankly childish and annoying. Get over yourselves people.