BC and AD gone with new curriculum

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For Christ's sake: AD and BC ruled out of date for national curriculum | News.com.au

Erm, I really do not know what to say?

Pinnacle of stupidity...has Juliar Gillrudds name all over it.

No doubt christmas and easter will be next?

[Pickle']

I am no christian, but what a load of shit!

[jatsvl]

beautiful! if you want a CHRISTian education then go to a religious private school.
BC and AD are a reference in time for christ, I think most people are waking upto the fact that we were not created but we evolved.

each to their own.

[naf33n]

beautiful! if you want a CHRISTian education then go to a religious private school.
BC and AD are a reference in time for christ, I think most people are waking upto the fact that we were not created but we evolved.

each to their own.

its has nothing to do with that,, its just time.. its still the year 2011, which is 2011 year after jesus was borne, weather or not he was a profit or son of god or what ever the bible bashers believe in. you cant argue that there was a dude 2011 years ago that people belived in enough to start counting from his birth.

even if you wanna call it "before we started counting" and "after we started counting".. its stil there, the new system doesnt coincide with any dates.

the system as been there for 2011 years why the ef change it now???

[Dr HaxZaw]

considering time is a relative and the evolutionists cant give us a specific date or time other than to a couple of millions years i cant see any other significant point of reference that people have used
i guess history books will now be written by saying "156 years ago" although they will have to be updated every year which is good for writers... heck im gonna go write a history book about evolution with the time point being the middle of the evolution period, can pretty much make it up as i go hey

[STEEV888]

this makes me very happy.

[Stressball]

haxzaw, they're just replacing BC with BCE, and AD with CE. common era/before common era. they're still keeping the same point in time as zero. this isn't new, they were teaching this in my primary school 10 years ago.

[Rustem]

beautiful! if you want a CHRISTian education then go to a religious private school.
BC and AD are a reference in time for christ, I think most people are waking upto the fact that we were not created but we evolved.

each to their own.

I'm no Christian either but your statement couldn't be any mire incorrect. FACT is.... Evolution is. No more true real fact than christianity. Simply put evolution is every last bit a belief as christianity is only the scientific term is THEORY. Still only a theory cos it has never to this day proven to be fact any more than christianity. So basically you believe. In theory Even though it's. Hasn't been proven just the Same As a Christian believe in god but cant prove it lol. So even in school you were taught an socially accepted belief um sorry theory.

[Rustem]

Damn iPhone and gloves dont mix well!

[Rufys]

I'm actually for this. I'm not religious but using a term such as AD infers religiousness as it's Latin for "in the era of out Lord". Pffft! Not my lord!

I don't see the point in trying to politicize this news either. It's a step closer to removing forced religious culture from our schools. Just as celebrating Christmas and Easter at schools shouldn't happen unless you're at a religious school!

There are people who claim their religion as Jedi but do you hear them referring to the time of the dinosaurs as "millions of years OR" (Old Republic)? No.

So removing BC and AD from schools MAKES SENSE.

[Rustem]

Lol and while they're at it they might as well set the new calendar back to 2009 since christian skipped the years 666 and 1666.

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Ah got to love those who love these changes. If you are that happy with the decision, why not leave the country and move to a country not founded on christian values eh?

Can't see that happening.

[Stressball]

I'm no Christian either but your statement couldn't be any mire incorrect. FACT is.... Evolution is. No more true real fact than christianity. Simply put evolution is every last bit a belief as christianity is only the scientific term is THEORY. Still only a theory cos it has never to this day proven to be fact any more than christianity. So basically you believe. In theory Even though it's. Hasn't been proven just the Same As a Christian believe in god but cant prove it lol. So even in school you were taught an socially accepted belief um sorry theory.

actually there have been countless studies proving natural selection, the foundation of evolution. the fossil record extends from present day pretty much as far back as you can imagine too. there has never been a single credible piece of evidence refuting it; a particular problem for proponents of ID and 'irreducible complexity'.

not to mention that gravity is also a 'theory'. a theory does not mean an unfounded idea; it can be a well-established fact.

[Drawnnite]

Anno Domini (abbreviated as AD or A.D.) and Before Christ (abbreviated as BC or B.C.) are designations used to label or number years in the Christian Era (also known as the "Common Era" or the "Vulgar Era")

from wikipedia btw.

so CE still means Christian Era....
end of story really

[Rustem]

actually there have been countless studies proving natural selection, the foundation of evolution. the fossil record extends from present day pretty much as far back as you can imagine too. there has never been a single credible piece of evidence refuting it; a particular problem for proponents of ID and 'irreducible complexity'.

not to mention that gravity is also a 'theory'. a theory does not mean an unfounded idea; it can be a well-established fact.

Fosill record, there was and there is, that's the problem there has never been an in-between that evolved. Not just humans. Anything. And for that there is absolutely no evidence. It's just a "must be" As for gravity goes, it WAS a theory and was proven.
This could go on for ever lol

[Stressball]

Theory = A theory is an ideological system that seeks to explain a given phenomena. Whether true or untrue, fact or fiction, any idea which endeavours to explain something is still a theory.

As for the 'missing links' you're referring to.. This is actually REQUIRED in order for evolution to be true. The whole principle of evolution is built on the idea of slow, gradual changes to organisms. There never was a huge jump from 'critter A' (now extinct), to critter B (also extinct), to human (soon to be extinct). The reason you don't see one obvious creature between one being and a human, or any other pair of animals, is because it's gradual. You won't be able to distinguish homo habilis from homo sapien if you were to check every single generation in between, they would change so gradually that you would have to call each generation, no matter how similar to the previous one, a new species.

[ShadowMyst86]

BCE and CE have been used by historians for a long, long time. Its not a new thing and it is simply bringing the education system in line with the rest of the academic world. It really is about time given that textbooks and resources have been using the terms and the curriculum hasn't included them.

[fuzzy2308]

fuzzy is getting a history lesson in this thread

[Rustem]

snakes are said to have previously had legs and over eons ceased to have them. Evolution. Yet no three legged snake has been found no two legged one Ect. Yet they slowly evolved out of them. Fossil records show a snakes with legs and a snake with no legs. Wheres the ones in between. I don't get it lol

[Rustem]

[QUOTE=Stressball;1975451]Theory = A theory is an ideological system that seeks to explain a given phenomena. Whether true or untrue, fact or fiction, any idea which endeavours to explain something is still a theory.

Lol sounds like Christianity

[jatsvl]

If you are that happy with the decision, why not leave the country and move to a country not founded on christian values eh?

Can't see that happening.

founded on christian values EH?
lets go and try to wipe out an entire population (aborigines) and take their country for ourselves!
CHRISTIAN EH? I think not.
I have read some of the bible, and when people start beliving in ghosts, demons, spirits, half man half beast type creatures I suddenly lose interest, because I (and my opinion only) think they are WHACK!

I'll stay where I am Thankyou.

[Trayner]

While I am an atheist and don't believe in any of the stuff religious people try to sell you .I still respect there values and that .
So this is a load of shit lol

[Grennan]

founded on christian values EH?
lets go and try to wipe out an entire population (aborigines) and take their country for ourselves!
CHRISTIAN EH? I think not.
I have read some of the bible, and when people start beliving in ghosts, demons, spirits, half man half beast type creatures I suddenly lose interest, because I (and my opinion only) think they are WHACK!

I'll stay where I am Thankyou.

Whats not Christian about wiping out an entire populace?

...anyway this really isnt about believing in a religion. This is about being overly politically correct for the sake of trying to please the minority. Majority of the people either dont care or dont know what BC and AD means.

[Dum*P*ster]

Personally, I don't care.
It's the way the times are now-days, who ever has *POWER* is going to change things to there views. They will not care for the rest.

[CapriciousWL]

Let's not get too fussy - the months are based on pagan months. The zodiac is what we reference birth dates by. Technically, there should be 13 months in a year (4 weeks each).

Christmas and Easter are celebrated on pagan dates so that the original festivals were overtaken and forgotten.

The year reference point is different in different cultures. In Thailand, China and many other countries they use two different calendars - one for dealing with westerners an one for local culture.

We almost celebrate Chinese new year.

Due to the minority ruling, we will always be weak and change to keep them happy.