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Title: Kentucky goes P.C. on B.C., A.D.
Source: WorldNetDaily
URL Source: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49786
Published: Apr 18, 2006
Author: WND
Post Date: 2006-04-18 15:10:53 by Zipporah
Keywords: None
Views: 119
Comments: 7

State board recommends textbooks include secular dating abbreviations

Posted: April 18, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern

The Kentucky State Board of Education has recommended textbooks in the state include the secular dating abbreviations of B.C.E. and C.E. alongside the traditional Christian-based B.C. and A.D.

B.C.E., or Before Common Era, and C.E., for Common Era, have become popular among academics and some historians, largely because B.C., or Before Christ, and A.D., Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord, are based on Christianity.

According to a report in the Lexington Herald-Leader, one member of the Kentucky panel, David Webb, attempted to pass an amendment that would prevent the inclusion of the new terms, but the majority of board members voted against it last week.

"Dates throughout history have been referred to as B.C. and A.D.," Webb, who abstained from the curriculum vote, told the local paper. "It's also some degree of a faith-based issue. Especially this Easter season, I thought it was inappropriate for us to reference this."

The Kentucky recommendation proposes the use in textbooks of both designations, so a reference, for example, might be notated 700 B.C./B.C.E.

"I would want my child to have familiarity with both terms," board member Hilma Prather is quoted as saying. "I could not vote for the deletion of one or the other; I would like the inclusion of both."

Anissa Willis, a Lexington, Ky., parent, told the Louisville Courier-Journal using C.E. and B.C.E. is "more in keeping with academia."

"That seems appropriate to me, and it's also much more universally recognized," said Willis, an Episcopal priest.

The recommendation now has to go through a public hearing process. It could go into effect as soon as the 2006-2007 school year.

Martin Cothran, senior policy analyst with the Family Foundation of Kentucky, opposes the recommendation.

"Not only will this lead to confusion on the part of the students, but this is a not-so-subtle way of hiding the substantial influence of religion in the history of Western civilization," Cothran told the Louisville paper. "Our schools should not be in the business of hiding things from students; they should be in the business of revealing things to them."

The American Family Association yesterday sent an e-mail alert to its supporters about the issue.

"[The action] opens the door for the ACLU to find a liberal activist judge who will forcefully remove the use of B.C. and A.D.," warned the traditional-values group. "The ACLU types will claim that the use of B.C. and A.D. are a violation of the First Amendment because it dates history based on the birth of Christ."

AFA has an online poll asking Americans if they agree with replacing the traditional dating convention.


Royal Ontario Museum abandons Christian dating system for James ossuary

As WorldNetDaily reported, last year Australia's Department of Education changed its policy to use B.C.E. and C.E., and, in 2002, the Canadian museum displaying an ancient box purported to be the ossuary of Jesus' brother James dumped the designations of B.C. and A.D. to mark the calendar, opting instead for the more "modern and palatable" terms of B.C.E. and C.E. (1 image)

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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)

...seems that a few of my Kentucky folk want to be politically ready when (if ?) the New Order group is ushered into Washington and the U.N. as the declared winners. It's easy to re-write history - especially when the tax-paying voters pay scant attention to the history books. ' The easiest way for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing'.......We Americans have become champs at doing that.

Bub  posted on  2006-04-18   21:59:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Bub (#1)

...seems that a few of my Kentucky folk want to be politically ready when (if ?) the New Order group is ushered into Washington and the U.N. as the declared winners. It's easy to re-write history - especially when the tax-paying voters pay scant attention to the history books. ' The easiest way for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing'.......We Americans have become champs at doing that.

Hey Bub~ Kentucky was one of the most corrupt under many years of Democrat rule.. and the Rs here honestly thought that it would change magically if we got Rs in office.. wellllllll.. not so .. all of them are corrupt.. and they claim they're conservative but they're all in bed with the NWO..

"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass

Zipporah  posted on  2006-04-18   22:02:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Zipporah (#0)

Let's confuse everyone.

“I don't think we have to worry about Rumsfeld, he's a ruthless little bastard isn't he ?"
- Richard Nixon excerpt white house tapes.

robin  posted on  2006-04-18   22:05:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: robin (#3)

Let's confuse everyone.

LOL! The literacy rate in KY is NOT good. Let's see them try to get the kids to learn this nonsense.

"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass

Zipporah  posted on  2006-04-18   22:07:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Zipporah (#0)

I'm still of the opinion we should make the French Revolutionary Calendar official and behead anyone who thinks life existed before 1793.

Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind their own business. Thanks for a nation of finks. Yes, thanks for all the memories-- all right let's see your arms!- William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2006-04-18   22:12:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Zipporah (#5)

Oops, year one I meant, please don't turn me in.

Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind their own business. Thanks for a nation of finks. Yes, thanks for all the memories-- all right let's see your arms!- William S Burroughs

Dakmar  posted on  2006-04-18   22:13:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Dakmar (#6)

Oops, year one I meant, please don't turn me in.

Sorry...

"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass

Zipporah  posted on  2006-04-18   22:24:16 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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