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Yes, BC is Before Christ and AD is Anno Domini.
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yuppers... bc or bce is before christ exsisted and ad is after death. as in after death of christ
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why would you ask a redundant question like that when you already knew the answer. There's no debate about those abbreviations.
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The meanings of those abbreviations is clear. What's not so clear is if 1 AD truly marks the birth year (according to the Julian Calendar) of the Lord Jesus. For a full discussion, see the Wikipedia article on the Julian Calendar.
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Yes. BC meaning "Before Christ", AD meaning "Anno Domini" (Lat.-"year of our Lord"). Modern scholars mostly use BCE and CE (Before Common Era, Common Era) since the actual year of birth of Jesus of Nazareth was almost certainly not year 0 but probably about seven years earlier. +3
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Technically they are, because Jesus is being referred to as Christ; but very few people, historians and scientists included, disagree that Jesus DID exist around that time. The only debate is whether he was just a nice person, or the son of God.
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