Even in the Ivory Tower of Academia CE and BCE are rarely used Officially in historical article journals papers research topics and books the choice of AD BC or CE BCE is entirely up to the individual and no preference is given either way It is aknowledged that they both denote the same thing and that the usage of AD BC is not inordinately offensive to anyone of a religion other than Christianity or to Christians for that matter Unless there is a real reason to change the current dating within the article to CE BCE other than Rob s dislike of Christianity there is no professional or even a PC reason to do so