Re: Wizard Churches

"gjw" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:04:13 -0700, "Tony" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>Having a celebration on Dec. 25th is fine. Saying it is the celebration of
>>Christ's birth is a lie.
>
> No it isn't. For instance: just because you have a party on June 13th
> to celebrate your god doesn't mean that we can't throw a party on June
> 13th to celebrate _their_ god.

And they've really gone out of their way to make sure that everyone knew
that Dec. 25th was ONLY the celebration, eh?

Deceit is part & parcel of christianity. Decieving yourself is the biggest
part. Christians are usually rather good at that.

> Healthy competition. Let the best god win. ;)

I'd say Ba'al is doing decently, but Mannon is outperforming both.

>>>From the descriptions given, it is quite clear that
>>Jesus was'nt even born in the winter, yet they want to have the
>>celebration
>>of his birth conveniently happen at the same time as a pagan celebration?
>
> They had no idea when Jesus was born. They had to just pick a date. So
> they chose one which was already a day of festivals, and which
> (conveniently) allowed them to supplant a pagan tradition with their
> own christian tradition.

Actually, it is known that it was some time during the spring. Closer to
Easter.

> It's not as if there was any historical date (such as an actual birth
> or a battle) associated with the previous faiths' choice of that date
> That time was chosen for many, many different religious groups, in may
> parts of the world, simply because it was the time of the winter
> solstice, the beginning of Winter. And the changes in seasons have
> always marked a time for festivals.

And christians apparantly felt so weak about their own religion that they
had to co-opt another celebration rather than offer one of their own.

Right - let the best god win. Or is it the SNEAKIER?


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