Agnes (12-19)
Antonio E. Gonzalez
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Actually:
- Christians (specifically Roman Christians) invented Christmas as a
counter to the more popular pagan Saturnalia; it's no coincidence most
"Christmas traditions" have pagan roots . . .
- No, Jesus was not born on Christmas; the evidence points to either a
Spring (Biblical) or Summer (astronomical) birth . . .
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- "The difference between young and old is the difference between looking forward to your next birthday, and dreading it!"
- Jesus Christ - The original hippie!
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Blinky the Wonder Wombat
> It seems Trout has a lot to learn . . .:
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> <http://comics.com/agnes/2008-12-19/>
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> <http://preview.tinyurl.com/a2r83e>
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> Actually:
>
> - Christians (specifically Roman Christians) invented Christmas as a
> counter to the more popular pagan Saturnalia; it's no coincidence most
> "Christmas traditions" have pagan roots . . .
>
> - No, Jesus was not born on Christmas; the evidence points to either a
> Spring (Biblical) or Summer (astronomical) birth . . .
>
Not just Saturnalia- most religions at the time had Sun festivals to
mark the darkest days of the year and the beginning of the lengthening
of the amount of daylight.
Mike B
> No, Jesus was not born on Christmas; the evidence points
> to either a Spring (Biblical) or Summer (astronomical) birth . . .
Don't know if this is still considered the case, but the evidence
was also considered to point to the event taking place about
4AD, rather than #1.
Don Del Grande
I've heard 4 BC, which came about because that is the date of Herod's
death, according to historical evidence, but as there is no evidence
other than Matthew's gospel that he was king when Jesus was born, that
date comes into question.
Also, a number of people have been trying to use the Bible's reference
of the "star of Bethlehem" (something that would have been low in the
West when approaching Bethlehem from the West, but rising night by
night until eventually it would be overhead) to see if there is an
astronomincal explanation; three planets were near each other for a
time fitting this description (for example, Mars, Venus, and Mercury
are close to each other in the eastern sky in November of 9 BC), and
there is growing evidence that it was Halley's Comet, which has been
documented as being seen in China in 12 BC.
-- Don