Brad,
It's not "before common error," it's before common era." And, yes, this is
a common replacement.
Kathy


At 08:08 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote:
>Have any of you heard, or seen it for yourself,  that text books in
>our  elementary, high school and colleges have now removed BC, meaning
>Before Christ, to now reading BCE meaning Before common Error. What the
>heck is common error? Yet another little mark to try to denounce Christ in
>our schools. Is this  the educational system under our current
>administration that is approving this stuff?
>
>Brad