C. W. Sims Wrote:One way to keep it from pissing you off could be to just think of it as this, AD means after death. Seeing as Xtians are supposed to believe in a Zombie Jesus isn't it a bit moronic to still call it After Death when the fucker supposedly rose from the dead?
Actually, this is a misconception. A.D. stands for "Anno Domini," which is Latin for "the year of our lord."
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell