BC, BCE, AD, and CE

Wow. It seems Wikipedia users have officially transitioned from using "BC" and "AD." It's now always BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era).

I don't care if they take down the 10 Commandments and ban prayer from schools and stuff like that. I don't care if they take "In God We Trust" off the money (what do God and money have to do with each other?). But this does make me a little sad. lol Seriously though. Actually it makes me feel old more than anything. Education has made some big changes just since I was in the system a few years ago!

But I do understand why they changed it. I mean, it's kinda strange to profess faith in the Messiah just by referencing a particular year in history.

Speaking of calendars, apparently our western, solar Gregorian calendar is not very great. The whole leap year thing should tell us that. According to my Dad, the Mayan Calendar is where it's at. He thinks if we used that, not only would the calendar be much more simple, but we'd have a much better rhythm to our lives. Faaaascinating. :)