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From: "Robert Krampf" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: Science, religion, BC, and AD


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> Steve,
>
> This sounds interesting, but I have a question.   How does the B.P. system
> deal with specific dates?   How would you refer to 546 BC in a way that an
> exhibit would be accurate year after year?   Surely you would not mix two 
> different
> systems in an exhibition, one for specific dates and one for general ones.
>
> Rob Krampf
> Robert Krampf's Science Education
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>
> In a message dated 4/22/05 9:01:41 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
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>
>>
>> In a previous life, I worked in archaeology, which has already solved
>> this problem. They use the term "B.P." Sorry Clifford, this does not
>> stand for "Beyond Petroleum," (for those familiar with that advertising
>> slogan) but for "Before Present," basically, an absolute reference, but
>> also a standardized abbreviation for it. Avoid the use of B.C.E. (Before
>> Common Era), which is a pseudo-secular version of B.C. and A.D.
>>
>> - Steve
>>
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