What does CE *REALLY* Mean?

  

Over the last couple of decades, historians have tried to rename the old AD/BC numbering system for historical dates to an alternative CE/BCE. According to this new scheme, the year 1 AD should be renamed 1 CE and the years prior to 1 CE, say, for instance, 200 BC, should now be called 200 BCE. Why the change?

Well, according to these dimwits, since Anno Domini (Year of Our Lord) and BC (Before Christ) reference a specifically religious event, that is not an acceptable numbering system. Using CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before the Common Era) is meant to be value neutral, culturally neutral:

The term "Common Era" can be found in English as early as 1708, and became more widely used in the mid-19th century by Jewish religious scholars. In the later 20th century, the use of CE and BCE was popularized in academic and scientific publications as a culturally neutral term. 

Let's see how accurate this idea of "commonality" is, shall we?

Since "1 AD = 1 CE" and "1 BC = 1 BCE", we have to ask: to whom is this numbering system common? Well, let's see.

Below is a table of several different ways in which the year "2019 Common Era" are rendered.

Gregorian calendar	2019 MMXIX
Ab urbe condita	2772
Armenian calendar	1468 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԸ
Assyrian calendar	6769
Bahá'í calendar	175–176
Balinese saka calendar	1940–1941
Bengali calendar	1426
Berber calendar	2969
British Regnal year	67 Eliz. 2 – 68 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2563
Burmese calendar	1381
Byzantine calendar	7527–7528
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4715 or 4655     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4716 or 4656
Coptic calendar	1735–1736
Discordian calendar	3185
Ethiopian calendar	2011–2012
Hebrew calendar	5779–5780
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2075–2076
- Shaka Samvat	1940–1941
- Kali Yuga	5119–5120
Holocene calendar	12019
Igbo calendar	1019–1020
Iranian calendar	1397–1398
Islamic calendar	1440–1441
Japanese calendar	Heisei 31 / Reiwa 1 (令和元年)
Javanese calendar	1952–1953
Juche calendar	108
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4352
Minguo calendar	ROC 108 民國108年
Nanakshahi calendar	551
Thai solar calendar	2562
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 2145 or 1764 or 992     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 2146 or 1765 or 993
Unix time	1546300800 – 1577836799

Here's the question: if the number system is "common" and "culturally neutral", why does it seem to be used only by Western historians? Furthermore, why does it simply seem to ape the Gregorian AD/BC counting system? Couldn't we just as accurately say that "CE/BCE" stands for "The Christian Era" and "Before the Christian Era"?

Obviously, the CE/BCE system isn't culturally neutral or value neutral. It's sole purpose is to wipe out all reference to the Christian worldview that created Western civilization. From a truly historical perspective, the CE/BCE system deserves only mocking disdain.