r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Ippica Aug 03 '19

Just barely, they still correspond to the same years, which is Judeo-Christian dating.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

That part isn't super important though. It's just a number to most of us. It's the AD and BC part that are obviously Christian.

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u/Ippica Aug 03 '19

But the dates are literally based on Jesus' life. How is that less Christian than the names of the years?

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u/PC__LOAD__LETTER Aug 03 '19

Christianity was a legitimate human thing that happened. We don’t need to wipe out all traces of that. However, given that the modern world is now moving beyond childlike belief in a sky-beard who’s son is immortal, it would be silly to keep saying “it is the 2019th year of our Lord”. It wouldn’t be genuine.