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 | | We all know that there is no evidence of a universal census under Augustus, and if Luke is simply enlarging on the Judean census of Quirinius in 6 CE, he has failed to align this with his placement of the Nativity before the death of Herod in 4 BCE. |
 | | Every time I see an article with "BCE" instead of "BC" or "CE" instead of "AD" in the expression of dates, the author in question is usually critical of Christianity—or at least disbelieving in the divine nature of Jesus Christ. |
 | | In regard to dating, CE and BCE are increasingly used even in New Testament scholarship, since AD and BC (especially the former) are essentially religious statements and highly partisan expressions which, in a multi-cultural world, should have no place in scientific, historical investigation and the presentation of history as a secular subject. |
| www.humanists.net /jesuspuzzle/rfset13.htm (150 words) |
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