Christians Protest Changing BC to BCE
By J. Grant Swank Jr. (12/17/06)
"'I find it distressing; I don't like it,' said Gilbert Sewall, director of the American Textbook Council, which finds politics intruding on instruction. He said changing terms accepted for centuries because of a current social movement could threaten other long-held principles." That's according to AP's Michazel Gormley.
The issue is that anti-Christianity proponents are changing the historic B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (anno Domini which is Latin for "in the year of the Lord") abbreviations for B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era).
B.C. has historically meant years Before Christ. A.D. have historically meant years following the birth of Christ. Those abbreviations have separated the calendar worldwide for centuries.
Now the politically correct theological and political liberals have to change all that, just as they have to change biblical marriage definitions for immoral definitions. Just as they have to change traditional understanding of masculinity for a feminizing of the masculine gender. Just as they have to change sinful practicing homosexual lifestyles to being divinely blessed. Just as they have to change Christian to spirituality-global-New Age.
According to Bible researchers, End Times provide the antiChrist spirit with the opportunity to bring about revolutionary changes in what mortals perceive as truth.
Now we have the anti-Christian publishers and textbook writers in particular, as well as faculty on secular campuses, championing taking Before Christ and Anno Domini out of existence in order to make all things time-wise related to Before Common Era and Common Era.
I first noted that change years ago when walking through a Boston museum. No more the traditional B.C. and A.D. but instead there was printed on the placards alongside exhibits B.C.E. and C.E.
“Most major textbook companies have adopted the new terms, which are part of the national world history standards. But even those standards have been called into question.
“In a 2000 national resolution, the Southern Baptist Convention condemned the new terms as ‘the result of the secularization, anti-supernaturalism, religious pluralism, and political correctness pervasive in our society.’
"’Is that some sort of the political correctness?’ said Tim Callahan, of the Professional Association of Georgia Educators, an independent group with 60,000 educator members. ‘It sounds pretty silly to me.’"
Yet it’s more than silly, though silly it is. It is an attack on the Christian faith, plain and simple. It’s a blatant in-your-face academic slam against Christ and His church.
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