Edward Luna wrote: > True... Christ was most likely born in the spring... The Christians chose to > celebrate the birth in late December so their celebration would coincide with > the pagan festival of the winter solstice, when the Sun reaches it's lowest > point in the southern sky.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't it Emperor Constantine who set the date to Winter solstice so that it would therefore be better accepted by his people as it coincide with the pagan calibrations. But his desire to follow Christianity was initially a farce as he feared some sort of uprising as it was the current 'in' thing and he didn't want a revolt etc ? P. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
