User talk:Aubyn1

Your recent edits
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Era changes
Please adhere to WP:ERA. Dougweller (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

October 2013
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Second Book of Enoch, you may be blocked from editing. You need to follow our guidelines at WP:ERA - you can't simply impose your own beliefs on the article. Dougweller (talk) 11:54, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Terminology
I wanted to make the article appear more credible. Political correctness is derided because its proponents want to describe the world as they wish it was, instead of the way it is. Rather than lose people who see the PC terminology and dismiss the article as foolish without reading it, you'd get more readers by not appearing as someone who falls for ludicrous labels. (I don't mean to insult you; I'm just telling you how most people see it. PC advocates think they're in the majority because it's promoted by the media but that's not the way most people think.) Do you see the humor here? You don't want to use BC and AD, but you're still using the years that are numbered from His birth! The reality remains no matter what you call it.


 * Thanks for replying. You are talking about a number system used by a number of Christian theologians. But in any case, we have guidelines for this to prevent people arguing about it. And Political correctness isn't quite as simple as you seem to think. In any case, please stick by our guidelines. Wikipedia isn't an appropriate place for people to push their own ideas, be they nationalistic, political, religious, etc. Dougweller (talk) 12:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

As you can see, I didn't re-edit and left your terminology as it is. But aren't you pushing your own ideas when you use BCE/CE? The "number system", based on Anno Domini, is what has been used for centuries, but you are changing the terminology to push your idea that the focus shouldn't be on the birth of Christ. What's funny is that the reality remains in the numbers; if you want to reject that numerical system, then stick with Jewish years. Otherwise, you are pushing your politically correct ideas on those who number the years by Anno Domini, the year of our Lord. Following your own advice, then, you should re-edit to use the Jewish calendar or replace your terminology with BC/AD.

Since you mentioned it: Political correctness is more revealing than you think; for example, there's nothing offensive about "Negro". Those who find that term derogatory by definition regard Negroes as being of lower value. The rejection of that word is what is racist; the use of it is not. The politically correct live in an illusory world where Black Entertainment Television is fine and White Entertainment Television would be unacceptable. The PC world is one of appearances, where labels and emotional knee-jerk reactions trump reality, wisdom and discernment. I'll leave you to that fantasy if you desire it.Aubyn1 (talk) 14:29, 4 October 2013 (UTC)