[WikiEN-l] Live and Let live? Oh, really?

Fri May 20 07:14:31 UTC 2005

Sure, not everyone has the Christian religion, but aren't the terms BC
and AD most commonly used amonst archeologists and historians? We
shouldn't give up on an accurate description of the most used
terminology in favour of neutrality if the world isn't neutral about
it itself.

While the term incorporates a religious figure - Christ - I don't
really see the use of it as POV. You don't have to be Christian to
actually understand what it means.

--Mgm

On 5/20/05, Robert <rkscience100 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ed writes:
> > This whole thing smacks of an "anti-religious agenda",
> > rather than any sincere effort towards neutrality.
> > When we couldn't agree on British vs. American spelling,
> > we chose this solution:...
> >
> >...Ever hear of live and let live? Sheesh!
> 
> I am rather disturbed by the rather paranoid claims filling
> this list that people are anti-Christian, and persectuing
> Christians, and discriminating against Christians, etc.
> These angry accusations are false, hurtful, and simply
> disingenuous.  I can't believe that anyone seriously
> believes that following NPOV and referring to dates in a
> neutral way is meant as an evil plot against that poor and
> few in number minority, the Christians....
> 
> It seems to me, rather, that some people are just venting
> anger, as they refuse to let others "live and let live".
> Frankly, for the majority of people on this planet who do
> not worship Jesus as their God, messiah and saviour, it
> makes no sense to force them to use religious Christian
> terminology.  It is those who ask for a "live and let live
> policy" who are being attacked, not the Christians.
> 
> I already have put up with enough abuse today, as several
> of my fellow faculty and staff came - as well as many
> students - in with T-shirts advertising "Jesus Day" at a
> public school.  It had a motto that said that only through
> Jesus will anyone find God, and that all others are doomed
> to be without God (i.e. damned to Hell.)  Apparently being
> in the vast majority is not enough for some right-wing
> Evangelical Protestant Christians.  They have to push their
> threats of damnation via religious proselytizing in public
> arenas?!
> 
> I'm one step away from filing a complaint, as this clearly
> constitues a hostile workplace environment.  And what's
> next?  Jihad T-shirts from Islamists demanding that all
> Americans accept Allah and the Quran?  Atheist t-shirts
> from Communists demanding that all Americans accept Marx
> and Engels?  That behaviour is just great...if you hate
> your neighbor and want to start a religious war.
> 
> Let's stop pretending we have NPOV and that we tolerate our
> fellow man, and let's start acting that way in practice.
> 
> 
> Robert (RK)
> 
> 
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> 
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