B.C./A.D.
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Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ who is by all odds one of the 2-3 most influential humans ever to walk on the earth. That is not a religious opinion; rather, it is a simple statement of fact contested by a very few of intellectual competence. In looking back in history, his birth was a pivotal date in terms of events that preceded that date and the events that followed. Thus, most of us have grown up thinking of historical events that occurred B.C. (before Christ) or A.D. (after Christ). I was astounded to learn last week that even the History Channel has turned to political correctness, and BC/AD are now designations committed to the trash heap of history.
Our family was watching a History Channel program on the 7 Wonders of the Ancient world and we began to hear references to CE or BCE – meaning the Common Era and the Before Common Era. They are direct substitutes for BC and AD. Even though the point of historical separation, i.e., the birth of Christ, remains the same, the terms have been changed. As a point of reference, the Birth of Christ has been purged from the history books, and Christmas therefore is of no time based consequence. The last 2000 years is now the Common Era, and anything before that is the Before Common Era. Isn't that a kick??
Who decided to make a change like that? History is history, and I see no merit in re-writing history just to accommodate as bunch of secular extremists. I guess their real objective is to kill Christmas and at the same time just delete Christ from the history books.
As a separate item, I have often wondered why BC is expressed in English, and AD in Latin. Curious!
Isn't it nice that we now can talk about the Greeks and Romans “Before the Common era”. Disgusting!