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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
Following up to mrtravel > :
>Tim C. wrote: > >> Following up to "Dave" > : >> >> >>>Even today many Christians are >>>****ed that the birth of Christ is associated with a pagan holiday at all. >> >> >> Which day would they suggest as an alternative? > >They could pick a day around the CORRECT time of the year One which doesn't already have any non-christian events associated with it? -- Tim C. |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
Following up to Tim C.
>>> Which day would they suggest as an alternative? >> >>They could pick a day around the CORRECT time of the year > >One which doesn't already have any non-christian events associated with it? when is the correct date? -- Mike Reid "Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity" Don Cupitt (theologian) "Christmas is the christianisation of the solstice" M.Reid(self appointed expert) "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/happyxmas.htm" |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
>>But if you were a Christian who felt very strongly that the birth of >>Christ >>should be solemnly and religiously CELEBRATED, and should have it's own >>legal holiday date specifically assigned for that celebration . . . > > ...like December 25th? > -- > Tim C. > Only if you want to **** off a lot of Christians by associating the birth of Christ with a pagan holiday. -Dave |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
>>>>Even today many Christians are >>>>****ed that the birth of Christ is associated with a pagan holiday at >>>>all. >>> >>> >>> Which day would they suggest as an alternative? >> >>They could pick a day around the CORRECT time of the year > > One which doesn't already have any non-christian events associated with > it? Uhhh . . . yeah. Like I wrote before, it would be more appropriate to celebrate the birth of the Christ child on Easter. All evidence seems to suggest that the actual birth may indeed have happened ON Easter. But December 25th is definitely ouside the range of Mid-March to Early April. WAY outside. -Dave |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
"The Reid" > wrote in message ... > Following up to Tim C. > >>>> Which day would they suggest as an alternative? >>> >>>They could pick a day around the CORRECT time of the year >> >>One which doesn't already have any non-christian events associated with >>it? > > when is the correct date? > -- Nobody knows. Best educated guess by serious Bible scholars is March 21st, 4BC. The "4BC" part is fact. The actual day of that year is not set in stone. But it was sometime between March 13th and April 3rd, nclusive. -Dave |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
Dave wrote:
> Uhhh . . . yeah. Like I wrote before, it would be more appropriate to > celebrate the birth of the Christ child on Easter. All evidence seems to > suggest that the actual birth may indeed have happened ON Easter. Really? Which date? Is there some evidence indicating he was born on a Sunday? |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
"mrtravel" > wrote in message news > Dave wrote: >> Uhhh . . . yeah. Like I wrote before, it would be more appropriate to >> celebrate the birth of the Christ child on Easter. All evidence seems to >> suggest that the actual birth may indeed have happened ON Easter. > > Really? Which date? > Is there some evidence indicating he was born on a Sunday? Best evidence seems to point to March 21st, 4BC. I don't know if that was a Sunday or not, as I threw away my 4BC calendar a couple months ago. -Dave |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
The Reid wrote:
> when is the correct date? That Jesus of Nazareth was born? I have two, the commonly accepted of 25 December -4 and 15 September -7. I don't know the source of the second date but I've been aware of it for a very long time. __________________________________________________ _________________ Thank God I'm an Atheist. < http://geocities.com/dancefest/ >-< http://geocities.com/iconoc/ > ICQ: < http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 > ---> IClast at SFbay Net |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
Icono Clast wrote:
> The Reid wrote: > >> when is the correct date? > > > That Jesus of Nazareth was born? I have two, the commonly accepted of 25 > December -4 I hope it is commonly accpeted that Jesus was born on Dec 25 when common evidence points to a spring birth. |
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays???
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mrtravel > wrote: >Icono Clast wrote: > >> The Reid wrote: >> >>> when is the correct date? >> >> >> That Jesus of Nazareth was born? I have two, the commonly accepted of 25 >> December -4 > >I hope it is commonly accpeted that Jesus was born on Dec 25 when common >evidence points to a spring birth. i.e. The shepherds with thier flocks would not have been out in winter, but would be out in spring. -- Rich Greenberg Marietta, GA, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 770 321 6507 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red & Shasta (RIP),Red, husky Owner:Chinook-L Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. www.panix.com/~richgr/ Asst Owner:Sibernet-L |
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