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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:52 AM Original message |
Vatican newspaper criticizes BBC change to 'common era' dating |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. If I were the BBC, I'd change it to "Before Catholicism." |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That would indicate a date hundreds of years later than |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. it would move "year 1" to the date of the Nicean Council. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. It was a joke. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm sort of split on this one...part of me thinks that we should leave it BC/AD |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. BSM/ ASM? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. What does Christianism have that other religions do not have? |
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Mac1949 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The world's most powerful PR machine? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Oh, about a third of the world's population. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Another fine whine from the west side of the Tiber. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. Is there anyone who is really offended by "BC" and "AD"? |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The Romans aren't around anymore and nobody believes in their gods. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. May The Almighty Jupiter Smite You For Your Insolence. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. You should see the way they drive in Naples. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Thor is way cooler than Jupiter! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Best Thor picture, ever--- |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. +10 |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. I take it that you have never heard of Pagans or the various |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yep. It ain't the "Year of My Lord" 2011 |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. er.... OK. Not sure that using "BC" and "AD" is actually "forcing all to kneel", |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Offended? Not really. But, I prefer the Common Era system. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I really don't care, but I don't see the point. To me it's like changing the name of St. Paul, MN, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Oh, dear. I'm not "highly offended" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I have ALWAYS been offended by it. At least since I was ten or so, |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. So you probably want San Francisco to be renamed, too. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. OK. Suppose you, as a christian, lived somewhere like, say, Burm,a, |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. When you write "AD", you don't think about "the Lord" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Wrong. YOU don't think that. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. "Place names for historical or mythological figure do not imply worship of those figures". |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. So, you go around claiming Buddha to be your god? nt |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No, but I *do* postively affirm the Christian Sainthood of the venerated Francis of Assisi |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You are being deliberately obtuse - |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. You don't have to write "A.D." If you just write a year number, the "A.D." is implied. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. No, most CHRISTIAN historians concur that there was a historical Christ. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Seriously? You put "CE" on your checks? (nt) |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. ....must have been a fun kid... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. post 15 aside, |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I am. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. +1 |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. Calling BCE and CE 'new terms' is incorrect |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Exactly |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Dup: |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. Points to the BBC for accuracy. Christianity doesn't define history. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Except, it's still the same system. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Changing the nomenclature's a good first step to chucking the whole bag of nonsense. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. does this mean my wireless contract will go on longer???? |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. The Vatican is just upset because they know they're becoming increasingly insignificant. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Good point.... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
27. Time Zero translates to 00:00 January 1, 1970 UTC |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. Pretty sure most of England doesn't give a shit what Pope Prada thinks. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. I subscribe to Biblical Archeology Review |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. It is, in the words of that great philosopher |
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HighContext (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. Christianity has no part in our time telling. Buh-Bye! |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
54. "cancel every trace of Christianity from Western culture." |
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