Personally, I don't find BC and AD offensive. I do find it strange how Christians who don't know what it means, assume that BCE and CE still mean something Christian.
But Christ had a lot of impact. I think it's silly to pretend that impact never happened in order to not offend someone.

I don't mind it when guys open doors for me, either. If I get to the door first, I'll usually hold it, if I can. (Some doors are too heavy for me.) If I were a 300-pound 'rabid feminist' back in the days when we first started fighting for common recognition of our rights as human beings, I would have minded - strenuously!

The thing that concerns me about equality is that, in fighting for our rights, we seem to have lost sight of the strengths we used to have. Diversity, kindness, time. We need a recognition that 'equal' doesn't have to mean 'exactly alike'.

I think that now, there is a lot more respect for women in certain circles. And I think that we need to take a hard look at where we as a society are going.
Yeah, there's a lot more work that needs to be done to get more women and minorities into economically healthy positions in society. But I also think that the way this society is set up is dehumanizing to people, and I don't want to support that.

I find consumerism to be the greatest threat to my peace of mind. But I live in Canada, and it's not generally a place where being of the wrong religion or gender will get you killed.
Even just being able to get a computer and be here on Mudcat means I'm living in a somewhat tolerant society.

What happened to the life you could carve out with your own hands, according to your own principles? Did we ever have that?