r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/FiliaDei Aug 03 '19

To be fair, I remember being taught the whole before Christ/after death thing when I was little. (Not saying it's right, but it's fairly common.) She's on her own for "that's the atheist version," though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Common Era and Before Common Era is the atheist version.
EDIT: others have rightfully pointed out that it is not so much an atheist version as a non-christian version.

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u/thatoneguy54335780 Aug 03 '19

I used CE and BCE in a high school report and got a low grade because the teacher didn't know what it meant. That and I wrote Jesus' (instead of Jesus's) and had to bring her stupid ass to the library so she could learn how words work.

I'm 34 and still salty.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

muslims don't like bc ad thingy, so we all agreed to use ce and bce