Posted on 10/04/2011 1:33:17 PM PDT by NYer
.- The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has criticized a decision by the BBC television network to drop its usage of the designations “A.D.” and “B.C.”
The network plans to adopt the terms “C.E.” (Common Era) and “BCE” (Before the Common Era) when referring to historical dates, to avoid “offending” non-believers.
L’Osservatore Romano called the decision “senseless historical hypocrisy.” Numerous BBC hosts, as well as politicians such as the mayor of London, Boris Johnshon, have also denounced the plan as absurd.
In an Oct. 5 article that will be published by the Vatican newspaper, reporter Luceta Scaraffia pointed out that numerous non-Christian spokespersons have stated that they “did not feel offended in any way by the traditional dating system.”
“It is clear that respect for other religions is a mere pretext, because what they want is to wipe out any trace of Christianity from western culture.”
Scaraffia noted that this is not the first time an attempt has been made to change the historical designations. The anti-Christian French Revolution of 1789 and the 1917 Leninist revolution in Russia both included efforts to reformulate the traditional calendar to start over again in their respective years.
She called those efforts “horrible precedents” and said the current proposed change is a hypocritical move on the part of those who “seem to not know why the years are counted starting from a certain date.”
“To deny the historically revolutionary role of the coming of Christ on earth, accepted even by those who do not recognize him as the Son of God, is a complete folly. And from a historical point of view, both Jews and Muslims know it.”
She pointed out that with the coming of Christ, mankind learned that all human beings have the same dignity, and this truth forms the basis “for all human rights, by which nations and leaders are judged.
“Until that time no one had held this principle, and Christian tradition is based upon it.”
The world changed after Christ, Scaraffia continued, and knowing the God who transcends nature, “made it possible for the peoples of Europe to discover the world and for scientists to begin the experimental study of nature, which led to the birth of modern science.”
“Why deny, then, civilization’s cultural debt to Christianity? There is nothing more anti-historical and senseless, as Jews and Muslims have clearly understood. It’s a matter of reason, not of faith.”
good work!
You lack a bit in Trinitarian theology and object to Christians calling Christ “Lord,” but AD was actually chosen because ‘After the Virgin Birth of the Incarnate Word’ was too long...
He should open up his copy of Bede and his “History of the English People”.
Bede uses AD. Did he live in the 16th century too?
dunno -- Uri's posts show a lack of any knowledge not obtained from aliens
Well of course. Bede was one of the priests executed by good Queen Bess in the 16th century after he published his book in Latin instead of the Queen’s English.
It’s a sad story.
Yes, after all as Uri's group believes -- as English was good enough for Jesus to speak in, why change it to anything else?
But no worries -- as you may notice by the 2012, that group believes that next year is bye-bye time.
The year of “our Lord” refers of course to an era that began with what Christians identify as the incarnation of God the Son as Jesus Christ. If one denies a Trinity or the Incarnation, anything one claims about Christian theology is going to be equally mixed up.
And OBTW no one in the Roman "church" objected to the WOW !! Seek YHvH in His WORD. So you are saying that Dionysius Exiguus
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
was the first to blaspheme the creator of the universe.
Blasphemy during the ensuing 1486 years?
Absolutely, totally perfect. Very, very well said. We refuse to use BCE or CE, have baby showers, et cetera. We see no reason to allow those who hate life, Our Lord, freedom, or anything other than themselves to define our language.
I believe Yah'shua when he quotes Another Falsehood by the claque. I disagree with the Pantheon of gods
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
and goddesses in the Roman "church".
Deuteronomy 6:4 by as noted by Peter
and written down by Mark: NAU Mark 12:29 Jesus answered,
OBTW I do not object to calling Yah'shua: LORD.
"The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL!
YHvH OUR GOD IS ONE YHvH;
Paul speaks of it in You would be wise to consider the existence
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
of demons in the form of aliens. 1Ti 4:1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times
some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to
deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
You’re quite a twister.
The “of [our] Lord” in this context is a shorthand for “since the incarnation of our Lord.” If you do not agree with Christian theology, at least refrain from blaspheming yourself.
I follow Yah'shua the Christ, You need to get to a priest for:
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, invention, fiction, piece of fiction, falsification; (little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration; informal tall tale, whopper, taradiddle.
not some pagan religion
started at Nicea in 325 CE
by the Roman Pontiff, Constantine.
I don’t go to fargin’ “priests” you whopper slinger.
I guess you are not a RC as you have data on your homepage.
This guy’s a hoot - in the past he refuses to state what year he actually believes it is. Takes all kinds, I guess...
No gotcha here. What do you understand to be the correct interpretation of the declaration, “Jesus is Lord.”
Thank you.
God bless - that level of ignorance makes for a great chuckle after a long day!
YHVH's Shekinah Glory
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Are you a Choc-ola (tm)?
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