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» Ecko_Wolf - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

Now, all good little Christian boys and girls know that Christmas is the day Jesus was born...
But theologists have Discovered that Christ was born somewhere in April! So why did it change?
All I know is this:
The Pagans were celebrating Yule (a major seasonal marker on the 25th) a LONG time before.
Did the Christians just feel left out? Or was it another plot to Convert Pagans, so mutch so that they threw out all memory of their Lord's Birthday?
-Ecko_Wolf

-- posted by Ecko_Wolf

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» pink101 - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by Ecko_Wolf:

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The story of Christian theosophy fits in perfectly with the pagan legends of the sun god; so, the Winter Solstice is a good time to celebrate Christmas.
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-- posted by pink101

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» Tel Asiado - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by Ecko_Wolf:

Interesting post Echo_Wolf.

I've been trying to think where I read offline about Christ birthday on April day but my mind escapes me, but I have this link which you or any of our readers might be interested to visit:

http://www.toolong.com/christmas.htm

We should keep in mind that, really, it was in those pagan settings that Jesus made his appearance, was born.

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» Tel Asiado - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by pink101:

Uh huh.

It's good to know and discuss technicalities of Christ's birthday, birth month or year, Pagan envrionment and their festivals at that time. Aside, to some of us also, only focus of the season is simply the significance of his birth...

G'day!

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» pink101 - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by telstar:

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Yupper, some people do not like to be confused by the facts.
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-- posted by pink101

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» Tel Asiado - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by pink101:

That's true Pink101. And too, some people also don't care about the facts, just the meaning. I was talking to one lsat Sunday.

G'day! ;)

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» CraftedClarity - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by Ecko_Wolf:

Unless I am mistaken, the change in date of the Christmas celebration to match a popular pagan celebration (the solstice) is pretty much a matter of historical fact. My personal belief is that Christ was born in the springtime, but I agree with others here who point to the primacy of His teaching as being of far greater importance. His use of parables was the stroke of a master teacher--parables "level the intellectual playing field" and bring complex concepts within the grasp of nearly every human being regardless of their intellectual abilities. How fitting, how loving, for one whose mission was to save all people to teach divine truth in a way that all people could understand.

-- posted by CraftedClarity

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» Tel Asiado - Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff?

In response to Christ's Birthday... A Ripoff? posted by CraftedClarity:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts Michael.

What a thoughtful continuity to pick up a subject with the title "Christ's Birthday" and in less than a week, we will be celebrating Easter week.

Tel

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