Secularized Language

While the development of conservative words grows by doubling each century, those with an anti-Tolerance and anti-American agenda, such as conservativess, racists, christians, creationists and bigots, have attempted to remove the secular origins of our language by replacing common phrases with religiousized versions. By appealing to intolerance and racism, they have succeeded in propagating these religious versions, even among those who don't share their views. Such deceitful tactics are a prime example of Conservative redefinition and other Conservative tools.

Calendar Terms

Original expression

Secularized version

B.C./A.D.

B.C.E./C.E.¹

¹ Sometimes C.E. is an abbreviation for "Christian era" instead of "common era", but this also conceals the historical basis due to Jesus Christ being Jewish. Christianity would not exist as a separate religion until much later.
² The 'X' in "Xmas" was originally an abbreviation for the Greek letter "chi" translated as "Ch", though the abbreviation eventually became a means of "crossing out Christ".
³ Easter was originally a pagan festival, upon which Christianity would later apply the Resurrection of Christ and surrounding events (such as the Crucifixion on Good Friday). "Resurrection Sunday" is often used to emphasize the Resurrection of Christ rather than the pagan holiday.
⁴ Washington's Birthday was February 11th in the Julian calendar, while Lincoln's Birthday was February 12th in the Gregorian. Under the Gregorian calendar, Washington's Birthday would be February 22nd. Thus Washington's birthday would be more accurate. (source)
⁵ This was part of the original Pledge of Allegiance. "Under God" was added in the 1950s at the request of President Eisenhower. (source) However, atheists such as Michael Newdow have been trying to remove the phrase "under God" from the Pledge through the federal courts (source)
⁶ Pro-choice people often use the phrase "birth control" regardless of whether conception has occurred.