Re-Writing History: Leftist Jihadis Hunting Down Jesus Wherever He's Found

Human Events Online ^ | December 1, 2004 | Mac Johnson

[seedman81]

Thank you for that awesome piece! The death and resurrection of Christ is the single most earth changing event in all of history. The bible speaks of the times we are experiencing now. It seems ever closer to His return and all we can do is spread His message of salvation and reconciliation to as many as possible, knowing that it will fall on many deaf ears. But the real battle has been played out already, victory has been won and Satan lost. The saved have nothing to fear, not even today's unveiled hatred for God and all things right and good. We know this pure hatred would be set upon us:
Matthew 24:9
"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

John 15:18
"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.

Regardless of what is said about and done to us now, He went to the cross to make sure that our eternity would be spent with our Creator. To God be all the glory!

[KEmom]

Every time I see 1 CE, I think "Continuing Ed". I need to take 12 CE credits each year to keep my license.

I remember learning that metric was taking over, too..that was 30 years ago. Just keep saying "BC" & "AD" and don't forget to wish people a "Merry Christmas!!"

[Steve_Seattle]

This "common era" stuff has been going on for years. The ridiculous thing about it is that BCE and CE still both pivot around the purported birth of Christ, no matter what they choose to call it. This academic fig leaf is just another example of the idiocies of political correctness. And just what is it that makes the "common era" the common era?

[Steve_Seattle]

"This BCE crap has been out there for over a decade now in academia and believe it or not, it is not taken hold."

I couldn't disagree more that it hasn't taken hold, much as I regret it. It is now standard, if not universal, in most books that I read.

[Tempest]

*Sigh* And the left is offended that they didn't recieve the values votes. . .

[cvq3842]

There is a great deal of anti-Christian bias masquerading as some kind of "multiculturalism" or whatever out there.

[oh8eleven]

So until Liberals can actually change our society so much that the old dating system can be scrapped entirely and time measured from some more appropriate event, such as the birth of Barbara Streisand, the Roe v. Wade ruling, or the day Michael Moore first crested 300 pounds, they’ll just have to settle for childishly crossing out the name of Christ in the current system.
ROTFLMAO

[KC_Conspirator]

If you watch the history channel, its not standard at all.

[Ashamed Canadian]

I'm glad I did a search on this as I was just going to post it - absolutely absurd, not to mention scary. I am only awakening to the reality of just how much Christianity is under attack.

[Ashamed Canadian]

....To the point that I'm going shopping for a nice gold or silver chain with a crucifix as a Christmas present this year to myself.

[Ashamed Canadian]

His statues would be destroyed, his documents burned, and a legion of stone cutters would be sent out to chisel his name from every obelisk, temple, and granary in the land.

Kind of reminds me of when the Taliban blew up those two beautiful Buddhist monuments back in 2000.

[talleyman]

A good mnemonic for this would be BCE = Before Christian Era and CE=Christian Era.

Excellent!

[naturalized]

I mean, why should a Bantu historian have to be assaulted with the dead white male “D” in “AD” every time he reads a Western text?

Which dead white guy are we talking about?

[redgolum]

Bookmark

[LtKerst]

"I am the Lord thy GOD, you shall have no other gods before Me"....GOD

Every time you say a date...say "BC" or "AD"
and Laugh at them when they use BCE.

[ko_kyi]

Or you could correct someone who used BC and AD, and when they ask what BCE and CE means you could respond that this is the modern terminology academics use in referring to the times before and after the virgin birth of the Lamb, Saviour of humanity, Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Redeemer, the Son of God who will return to judge the quick and the dead.

That ought to hold 'em. :)

[George W. Bush]

Given that the number of the year is based on Christ's (supposed) birth year, this changes nothing fundamental in the calendar. However, Anno Domini has a certain tributary quality to Christ Himself. So the basis of the calendar is unchanged but there is no longer an implicit glorification of Christ's name in A.D. or B.C.

As for "Common Era", what is the commonality? I see nothing about the Roman empire, the diaspora or anything else in the history of the period that denotes a commonality. Nothing except the birth of Christ, a Jew.

The source of this supposedly new assualt on A.D. isn't really that new. I first encountered the usage at least fifteen years ago and it seems pretty widespread in academic literature. It seems the main point of the article is to warn parents that children's textbooks are finally changing to the new nonsensical nomenclature.