Quote:
Originally posted by GonePhishing
Most Christian religions had thought it was more like in Jan. However, the 25th worked well because it is so close to the winter solstice. Thusly, it was good for convincing pagens who were lunar oriented to follow the christian belief. Hence the christmas tree as well... a pagen symbol at the time. Of course, this is all from a H.S. history class... So who know how true or false any of it is.
|
Actually most modern Christain scholars believe his birthday to have been in the summer.
I think the funniest thing about Christians in this country is how little they actually know about their own faith (this has nothing to do with you GonePhishing). Did you know Jesus had 4 brothers, and up to 2 sisters? It's hard to tell if he really had 2 sisters or just one, because the bible never mentions their names.... they are women afterall, so their names aren't important.