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2008-12-21 Olde Tyme Religion

Jesus was born in June: Australian scientist

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "...the Quran notes that Mary went into labor during the summer time as she was instructed by the Angel to eat dates"

Because we should base our science on the psychotic break of a slaver/child rapist who lived six hundred years after the events in question.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-12-21 01:18|| 2008-12-21 01:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Eh, I still wouldn't have everything all together by then. May as well have it now.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2008-12-21 08:59|| 2008-12-21 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Many theologians have speculated aspring or summer birth previously because the shepherds were in the field. A winter birth was the rainy season. December 25th was a Roman pagan holiday, Saturnalia, I think, and the Roman Catholic Church adopted this date to get the people to celebrate something worthwhile because people are loathe to give up partying. It's the reason for the season that matters.

Posted by Danielle 2008-12-21 11:10|| 2008-12-21 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Danielle,
IIRC 12/25 was the birthdate for Mithra, one of the main competitors of early Chritianity. Like Christmas trees, the early christians simply took good ideas from the pagans and made them their own.

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-12-21 15:19|| 2008-12-21 15:19|| Front Page Top

#5 When h0ver d00ds usually appear?

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