wayne penner
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In the West we are about to celebrate the birth of the spiritual leader Jesus by spending lots of money and getting drunk.
Astrologers know that Jesus was almost certainly NOT born on 25th December.
We celebrate the birth of the Persian God of Light (or Sun) Mithradates (or Mithra), who was born of a virgin on 25th December, the last day of the Feast of Saturnalia in Roman culture. Mithra was the highest of the Hellenic gods.
The Roman emperor Aurelian first brought all the holy days into one day, 25th December. Later, in 426 AD, the emperor Constantine (who was the first to convert to Christianity) proclaimed that Jesus was born 25th December knowing that the people were used to celebrating the birth of gods on that day, and a few decades later everyone had forgotten about Mithra and celebrated Jesus’ birthday instead.
Historically the 25th December makes no sense. Jesus was born during the Roman census, probably in 4 BC, and the Romans, being practical people, did not hold the census in late December when the roads were frozen and commerce was almost at a standstill. The Roman census was taken just after the harvest, in late September or what we now call October (the months refer to the 7th and 8th months respectively but the Roman year started in March not January).
There were no shepherds shivering on the hills “watching their flocks by night”.
Ho Ho Ho …
Astrologers know that Jesus was almost certainly NOT born on 25th December.
We celebrate the birth of the Persian God of Light (or Sun) Mithradates (or Mithra), who was born of a virgin on 25th December, the last day of the Feast of Saturnalia in Roman culture. Mithra was the highest of the Hellenic gods.
The Roman emperor Aurelian first brought all the holy days into one day, 25th December. Later, in 426 AD, the emperor Constantine (who was the first to convert to Christianity) proclaimed that Jesus was born 25th December knowing that the people were used to celebrating the birth of gods on that day, and a few decades later everyone had forgotten about Mithra and celebrated Jesus’ birthday instead.
Historically the 25th December makes no sense. Jesus was born during the Roman census, probably in 4 BC, and the Romans, being practical people, did not hold the census in late December when the roads were frozen and commerce was almost at a standstill. The Roman census was taken just after the harvest, in late September or what we now call October (the months refer to the 7th and 8th months respectively but the Roman year started in March not January).
There were no shepherds shivering on the hills “watching their flocks by night”.
Ho Ho Ho …
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