The Wickedness Of Using B.C.E. And C.E. Instead Of B.C. and A.D.

Romans 1:28-32, “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

I have always hate the blasphemous term “Xmas” which hardened atheists, ingrates and cowards who want to be politically correct use to replace “Christ” is “Christmas.”

Likewise, I am angered and disgusted by wicked video producers, historians and countless other ingrates who choose to use the blasphemous terms “B.C.E.” (Before Common Era) and “C.E.” (Common Era) instead of “B.C.” (Before Christ) and “A.D.” (in the year of our Lord). Some people hate Jesus Christ so much that they try to erase Him from history.

On Reddit.com, I found this excellent explanation of why using B.C.E. and C.E. greatly offends some people, as it does me as a born again Christian who trusts and loves Jesus. ...

“Using BCE/CE can be seen as the deliberate, provocative rejection of tradition (both Christian tradition, and simply the tradition of using BC/AD); it can be seen as 'virtue signaling', deliberately highlighting that even dating systems are reflections of culture and power and serve to marginalize some people, rather than being neutral; it becomes a symbol for politically correct, decolonial, politicized history in general. And so even if you've adopted it because it seems to be common usage, there will be people who assume (or pretend to believe) that you've made a deliberate choice to be political and provocative, or that your thinking has been  contaminated by trendy ideas, or that you simply don't realize this is part of a plot to overthrow Western Civilization.” 

SOURCE: Thucydides Cats, https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/192a7ic/why_are_people_so_opposed_to_using_bcece/

There is an ongoing deliberate Satanic plot in this dark world of sin to overthrow Christianity.

It baffles my mind how anyone who lives in the United States—who enjoys freedom and U.S.D.A. government inspected safe meat to eat; who enjoys all manner of fresh produce and delicious safe foods to consume; who have restaurants galore to dine at with family; who enjoy some of the best healthcare in history; who have all manner of hobbies, sports and fun activities to enjoy, et cetera, et cetera—could be so ungrateful as to refuse to mention “Christ” in the word “Christmas,” or refuse to use the Christ honoring abbreviations of B.C. and A.D.

Dear reader, God our Creator deserves better than that! His only begotten Son, our Savior Jesus, deserves so much better than that! Isaiah 64:8, “But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” Who are we as humans, just clumps of clay from the earth, to dishonor the Creator of the universe?

I've been watching astronomy videos on YouTube, which I enjoy falling asleep to at night. I cease to be amazed and astounded at God's omnipotence and omniscience as our brilliant and good Creator. Did you know that the earth is not a perfect circle? The earth is oval shaped. The earth's diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles, but only 7,900 miles from north pole to south pole. That is very interesting! In sharp contrast, the diameter of our sun is 864,600 miles across. Wow! The sun is 109 times wider than the earth!

To put this into perspective, if the earth were the size of a basketball, the sun would be over 100 feet in diameter. And if the sun were the size of a basketball, the earth would be the size of a sesame seed. I didn't believe that fact when I first heard it, so I got my calculator out. As I learned, a sesame seed has a long side (3-5 mm) and a short side (1-2 mm). So the average diameter of one sesame seed is approximately 3mm. If we multiply that number times 109 we get 327 mm. A meter is 39.37 inches, or 1,000 mm. So, 3 mm times 109 equals roughly 13 inches. A basketball is only 9.5 inches. So, yes, the earth is as a sesame seed (even a little smaller) in size, when compared to our magnificent sun which God created. Amazing!!! I'll bet you never look at our solar system's sun the same way again.

And as if that astronomy fact doesn't dazzle your mind, consider that the largest known star is UY Scuti, which has a radius about 1,700 times larger than that of the Sun. Wow! This means its volume could fit approximately 5 billion of our Suns inside it. Great fluffy biscuits! I cannot even wrap my feeble brain around that. Deuteronomy 3:24, “O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?” Do you understand dear reader, that the same God who created the universe LOVES YOU!

In fact, God loves you so much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die in your place on a cruel cross, so that you could spent eternity with Him (John 3:16; 14:1-3). Yes, God wants to be with YOU dear friend for ever and ever, which is why He has made a way of escape through faith alone in Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:9-11, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”

Considering the size of our sun, I have shared with you just a few of millions of absolutely mind blowing astronomy facts about our universe. Scientists now tell us that there are literally 20 trillion galaxies they've determined, each containing hundreds of billions of stars; each star a massive radiating nuclear furnace just like our own sun. Just in our Milky Way Galaxy there are an estimated 200 to 400 billion stars (suns) just like our own beautiful sun.

When you look into the evening sky in a remote rural area, and see several thousand shining stars, each and every one of them are nuclear furnaces just like our own sun. I cannot help but wonder if they all produce heat and light by using the same nuclear fusion that our own sun uses, constantly converting hydrogen into helium. The inside of our sun reaches shocking temperatures near 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hot! And you thought 450 degrees Fahrenheit on your oven was hot.

I cannot help but cry when I learn all these astounding facts about our Creator, and realize that He loves even me. Am am so unworthy of God's love. Genesis 32:10, “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.” Who am I that a King should bleed and die for? Who are you dear reader? We are comprised of mere dirt from the earth, yet the object of our Creator's wondrous unfeigned love.

Dear reader, I encourage you to shun using the wicked abbreviations of “Xmas” and “B.C.E.” and “C.E.,” to show the respect and honor that our omnipotent good Creator is worthy of receiving from His creation. Revelation 4:11, “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2025 (Reuters) - A batch of newly released images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show in remarkable detail 19 spiral galaxies residing relatively near our Milky Way, offering new clues on star formation as well as galactic structure.