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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: [OT] The dumb and the guilty (Was Re: How many ....)
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:49:24 +1000
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The Doctor wrote on 16/4/24 9:30 am:
> In article <htiTN.845006$1t2.649582@fx05.ams4>, Hornplayer9599
> <Hornplayer9599@aol.com> wrote:
>> On 4/15/2024 08:44, Blueshirt wrote:
>>> Hornplayer9599 wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/2024 05:38, Daniel65 wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> YEAH!! Especially considering Christ was born 25th Dec .... 
>>>>> so those  last few days of 1 B.C. WEREN'T anything B.C.!!
>>>>> ;-P
>>>> 
>>>> Friendly amendment here.  Christ wasn't born on Dec. 25th.
>>> 
>>> You'd be surprised how many 'Christians' don't actually know 
>>> that!
>>> 
>>>> That's just the day The Church chose to celebrate His birth.
>>> 
>>> Yes, they just made it up as they went along... and ignored the 
>>> biblical evidence for a spring birth, like the lambs in the 
>>> field.
>> 
>> No, there was an actual reason behind the date...and The Church
>> has acknowledged it for centuries (if fact, I don't think it was
>> ever denied).  It was chosen to align with the winter solstice,
>> when several other pagan(?) celebrations were taking place.  The
>> rationale being that the non-Christians would see what the
>> Christians were doing, and out of curiosity take an interest in
>> it...with a possibility of conversions.
> 
> christ was born when shepherds were tending their flocks at night!
> 
> That would be winter!

WHAT?? Out in the Cold/Snow?? Don't the shepherds tend their sheep in
the Spring/Summer/Autumn??
-- 
Daniel