Actually, it's NOT "anti-Christian political correctness." All you have to do is understand how Jews look at "Holy" document, such as the bible, and to simply look at the wording.
First off, you may have noticed that many Jews who post on FR refer to The Lord as "G-d." The reason is the tradition that when you inscribe The Lord's name on something, then in effect, that item becomes "holy" in a way. If you deface or destroy it, you're showing indifference to, or even insulting The Lord. When you write the name of The Lord on a piece of paper, you can't just discard it. It's to be treated as you would any other book with the name of G-d inscribed on it, like the bible. Inscribing something describing The Lord has special meaning to observant Jews. So keep this in mind for a moment.
BC - is typically understood to mean "Before Christ." AD - does not mean "after death," although many people believe that's what it means. It's from the latin "anno domini," which translates to "In the year of our lord."
The issue is the last two words: "Our lord." Jews do not recognize Jesus as either "The Christ," or savior or messiah, or as their Lord and Savior. For a Jew to use the common calendar system and BC or AD would be, in effect, a religious statement, accepting Jesus as their Lord, which isn't acceptable to most religious Jews.
Mark
I wonder why the article did not use the Jewish year. That probably would have been understood & accepted by more people.
It is a mystery, is it not, as to what actually became of Esther? Did Xerxes remarry the banished wife?
The issue is the last two words: "Our lord." Jews do not recognize Jesus as either "The Christ," or savior or messiah, or as their Lord and Savior. For a Jew to use the common calendar system and BC or AD would be, in effect, a religious statement, accepting Jesus as their Lord, which isn't acceptable to most religious Jews.
You are right I should not have said anti-Christian but instead anti-Christ political correctness.