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<HR SIZE=1>Posted: March 3, 2005
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In what's perceived as a case of political correctness trumping history and everyday usage, students in Australia are now seeing the calendar term B.C. – which stands for "Before Christ" – being replaced with BCE, meaning "Before Common Era." "This is political correctness gone mad," Shadow Education Minister Jillian Skinner (http://www.jillianskinner.com/) told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. "You ask the average mum and dad out there how they refer to time and calendars, they will use Before Christ [B.C.]."


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BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
B.C. not P.C. for students
Educators' move to change 'Before Christ' to 'Before Common Era' sparking outrage

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Posted: March 3, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

In what's perceived as a case of political correctness trumping history and everyday usage, students in Australia are now seeing the calendar term B.C. – which stands for "Before Christ" – being replaced with BCE, meaning "Before Common Era."

"This is political correctness gone mad," Shadow Education Minister Jillian Skinner (http://www.jillianskinner.com/) told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. "You ask the average mum and dad out there how they refer to time and calendars, they will use Before Christ ."

The change by the Department of Education (https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/) was first noticed during this week's English Language and Literacy Assessment test, as 157,000 students in New South Wales were presented with the new term.

A history portion of the test described an ancient flooding problem this way:

"A government surveyor stood beside the Nile River looking worried. Beside him stood his assistants, carrying his equipment. The year was 590 BCE."

A footnote was included to explain to students that BCE means "Before Common Era" (also known as B.C.).

"This is a case of history being rewritten and abandonment of the use of a calendar which has been around for centuries on the basis that the term might offend someone," Skinner told the paper.

She says she's spoken to parents and other educators who are extremely angry over the move.

The headline in the Telegraph declares: "'Mad' bureaucrats censor Jesus Christ."

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[DoctorDoom]

They can change the name, but they can't deny that the western calendar is based on the life of Christ. BCE is seen quite often in "scholarly" works, as is CE as a replacement for AD (Anno Domini).

Of course, if they really want to avoid the matter, let them use the Mayan or Chinese or Hebrew calendars.

[Patriot Heart]

It is such an absurd idea it is laughable. Since the date of their "CE" is still based on Christ's birth what have they changed? I am surprised it didn;t hit Australia sooner and those terms are certainly in use there quite a bit. We have a local talk show host who has his own way of rebelling..he starts his show each day announcing the date such and such "in the Year of Our Lord"

[FBetts]

Its just a name change. It dosnt matter what they call it, unless they totaly change the calander, our calander will always owe its dating system to the death of Christ.

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

From The Article, In what's perceived as a case of political correctness trumping history and everyday usage, students in Australia are now seeing the calendar term B.C. – which stands for "Before Christ" – being replaced with BCE, meaning "Before Common Era."

Mark my words, it won't be long before this is "all the rage" in America. The wiping out of all things Christian has begun, it is now but a matter of time UCC (Until Christ Comes).

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:unsmile: Believe it or not, the management at Prime Time Christian Broadcasting in Midland, Texas has been doing this for years. (PTCB operates a chain of TV stations in New Mexico & west Texas.) I can't understand why any Christian would want to take a system that glorifies Jesus, & change it for the worse.

[Rightknight]

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!

[MSGT]

Looks like rink posted this a couple of min. after I did.



http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19635

Could an admin merge these.