Of course, Christians themselves apparently come up with the idea that religions have expiration dates—their contrived BC/AD division in history. Has Christianity therefore entered its own late, BC-like era?
I don’t understand what you mean. 1 AD is the beginning of a religion, not the end of any other religion. BC, ‘Before Christ’, doesn’t refer to any non-Christian religion expiring, does it?
Historically Christians have made life hard for adherents to other religions because they believe they have the final, authoritative revelation from the right deity, hence the implication that all of the other religions lost legitimacy and expired long ago.
I don’t understand what you mean. 1 AD is the beginning of a religion, not the end of any other religion. BC, ‘Before Christ’, doesn’t refer to any non-Christian religion expiring, does it?
He likely had something like the Old Covenant/New Covenant distinction in mind. Out with Judaism, in with Christianity.
Historically Christians have made life hard for adherents to other religions because they believe they have the final, authoritative revelation from the right deity, hence the implication that all of the other religions lost legitimacy and expired long ago.