The longstanding presenter instead used the religiously neutral term Common Era when describing the year when Armenia became the first nation to adopt Christianity as state religion.
Twitter user William Norris said: “Our Christian heritage is being eradicated from our culture by the BBC and the likes of Paxman.”
Another, Pat Smart commented: “This constant removal of all things Christian disgusts me, but it’s the BBC!”
Well-known figures representing Peterhouse, Cambridge and the London School of Economics were appearing in a celebrity edition of the hit show broadcast last week.
Watching University Challenge. Jeremy Paxman referred to BCE, not BC. It’s Before Christ, not Before the Common Era.
This constant removal of all things Christian disgusts me, but it’s the BBC!— Pat Smart (@PatSmart4) January 3, 2019
Paxman, 68, asked: “In about CE300, which country in the Caucasus region became the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion?”
Another view, Simon Wilson tweeted: “I do wish Paxman would stop referring to the ‘common era’ and ‘before common era’; it should be BC and AD”.
Our Christian heritage is being eradicated from our culture by the BBC & the likes of Paxman. Don’t watch it anymore. They won’t win. BBC slammed for dropping ‘AD’ for ‘CE’ in University Challenge https://t.co/yzn0U9TwRT via @MailOnline
— D. William Norris (@dwilliam9940) January…
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