Dating periods have changed it is no longer AD and BC it is CE and BCE or before common era, due to mistakes supposedly Jesus was born in 4 BC anyway the marking of years is just a convenient standard and requires no belief in a particular mythology. As someone else pointed out the days of the week are named after Norse/Roman gods which also require no acceptance of their mythology either. https://youtu.be/15ycqpxrfY4
It’s just a convention to label the years. Actual scholars think that historical Christ wasn’t even born in 0001, and it was actually probably a few years off. It doesn’t matter for the purpose of labeling years. Most academics will use B.C.E. (before common era) rather than B.C. (before Christ).
Atheists accept the convention of our numbered years the same way that Christians accept Thor’s Day (Thursday). Doesn’t mean they believe in Thor.
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