Is It Time We Stopped Religion From Dominating Us.

[SparklyKid]

Instead of your Christian name it should be your first name.

Also 2020 AD, why add the AD .

Perhaps this year should be renumbered 0001 in the year of Covid.

Just a whimsical thought.

[jackthehat]

Bored, much?

[SparklyKid]

Never bored Jack.

[aelmpvw]

if it ain't broke, don't fix it

[fiveleaves]

Who are the "we" in your question.
It is for every American to choose their faith and if the majority choose to be Christian, that is more than by me.
Is it time we told the atheists who want to wreck our society to clear off?
Just a whimsical thought

[barry1010]

Most forms these days ask for 'first names'. I have a Christian name because that was the name I was baptised with. Atheists and those with other faiths don't have Christian names.
CE (common era) is gaining favour over AD but AD will always have a relevance to Christians.

[THECORBYLOON]

I don't understand why "CE" is preferred to "AD" since they both use the supposed birth of Christ as the starting point.

[barry1010]

Corby, probably because it would be too disruptive to use a different starting point.

[Old_Geezer]

I do not believe for even a fraction of a moment that Christian name has anything to do with Christianity. I'm no historian so maybe it's root was in Christianity in the distance past, but clearly there's no connection now nor for ages. (I recall feeling pity for some in the past who tried to state that non Christians could not have a Christian name. Of course they blooming could ! It's definition is the given name or names as opposed to the family or surname.)

Why not AD ? It distinguishes from BC. PC folk have already coined BCE and CE when they failed to correct the system and ensure there was a year 0, anyway.

[barry1010]

PG, people with other faiths never use the term 'Christian name' for their first name, although most will answer it with their first name if directly asked. From Collins' English Dictionary:
Christian name
in British English
or baptismal name (bæpˈtɪzməl neɪm)
NOUN
a personal name formally given to Christians at christening

[naomi24]

fiveleaves, //Is it time we told the atheists who want to wreck our society to clear off? //

Who are they?

[SparklyKid]

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fiveleaves, //Is it time we told the atheists who want to wreck our society to clear off? //

Who are they?12:25 Sun 08th Nov 202



Hi naomi 24, I ignored that,lol.

Anyway A rainy Sunday, so, back to do battle with Bill.

[Mozz71]

//Is it time we told the atheists who want to wreck our society to clear off?//

How are atheists wrecking society?

[Buenchico]

As has been indicated, most historians ceased using 'AD' and 'BC' several decades ago, in favour of 'CE' and 'BCE'.

I've not seen any form or document asking for a person's Christian name for the better part of half a century. It's usually 'forename' or 'first name' these days but some forms do acknowledge that the order of names is reversed in some Asian cultures (as with the cricketer's name, Mooen Ali) and prefer to ask for 'family name' and 'given name' instead.

SK appears to be considerably behind the times!

[woofgang]

It already is. In the NHS well before I retired 12 years ago we were told to use "Given name" and "family name" First name wasn't used because some ethnicities (including Bajorans) put the family name first then the given name.
We were also taught to ask what name and honorific people wanted to be known as.

[SparklyKid]

SK appears to be considerably behind the times!

Hi Chris. Spot on.lol.

[woofgang]

lol snap Buenchico! are you and I the only up to date ones on here?

[SparklyKid]

'CE' and 'BCE'.

A bit thick I know but what do these stand for ?

[barry1010]

Common Era and Before Common Era

[SparklyKid]

Ta barry, we live and learn.

[Bobbisox1]

You're a very Christian man Sparkly, leave things be :0)