> > > b) why would the term be in English?
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> > The first is a good point, but the second isn't.
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> > Consider the number of Christian Fundamentalists who insist that The Bible Is The Literally True Word Of God, and then quote an English translation.
> > The only possible conclusion is that The Bible Is The Literally True Word Of God, But Only In English.
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> Not to mention that "Before Christ" works in English.
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> I was always told it was 'after death' until I finally got it through my thick little skull that there was a reason I saw 'anna domini' everywhere. Took a bit before I heard enough Latin phrases to understand it, though.
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True, the b.c. does work in English, but we use the *Roman* calendar, that was created by Romans, and modified by 2 Ceasars (also Romans). Rome is in Italy where they wouldn't have been speaking a great deal of English at the time. That's why I gave my reason b), nonundisirregardless of what Fundamentalists believe or what language the Bible was written in.

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