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Re:Global warming (Score:5, Interesting)

by orclevegam (940336) on Monday December 24, @01:00PM (#21807688)

You know, the celebration of Jesus’s birthday?

Interestingly enough there is no record of when Jesus was born. One of the original dates that early Christians believed was March 25th, which also corresponded with the date he was believed to have been crucified. Early Christians also did not celebrate the birth of Jesus because they believed saints didn’t celebrate their births. The Christian church however has never been one to pass up an opportunity to subsume a competing religions holidays, and late December was a time when almost all cultures celebrated some kind of festival (Yule, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus, etc.). It made it much easier to convert people to Christianity if they got to keep most of their old holidays (see also Easter, corresponding to the Spring equinox and many cultures fertility holidays [ever wonder about easter eggs?]).

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