BBC bans 'AD' - 'year of Our Lord': 2,000 years of Christianity jettisoned for politically correct ‘Common Era’

The most important question anyone can be asked:

"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" - Jesus (Luke 9:20)

It's a question liberals don't want to be asked. So much so that they are banning Jesus altogether from dating system that's been in place for some 2000 years. Today is September 25, 2011 AD - in the year of Our Lord. But not to the BBC. Via memeorandum: BBC turns its back on year of Our Lord: 2,000 years of Christianity jettisoned for politically correct ‘Common Era’

The BBC has been accused of 'absurd political correctness' after dropping the terms BC and AD in case they offend non-Christians.

The Corporation has replaced the familiar Anno Domini (the year of Our Lord) and Before Christ with the obscure terms Common Era and Before Common Era.

Some of the BBC's most popular programmes including University Challenge, presented by Jeremy Paxman, and Radio 4's In Our Time, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, are among the growing number of shows using the new descriptions.

The BBC's religious and ethics department says the changes are necessary to avoid offending non-Christians.

It states: 'As the BBC is committed to impartiality it is appropriate that we use terms that do not offend or alienate non-Christians.

In line with modern practice, BCE/CE (Before Common Era/Common Era) are used as a religiously neutral alternative to BC/AD.'

But the move has angered Christians, mystified other faith leaders and been branded unnecessary by the Plain English Campaign. ...

So even using the new dating system, what happened that we went from BCE to CE? One word - Jesus! No matter what liberals try, they are still faced with that one question that they dare not consider. More from Biased BBC and Vox Popoli