-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Not being funny or anything,
But this topic started as "Merry Christmas" topic, surely we don't need to bring it down to what day Christ was born, as a lot of topics recently i've noticed end up being bitter. I personally don't feel its important, the date of the holiday is 25th December. Remember, its not the date but surely the holiday that counts :)? Dan On 26/12/06, Pierre Smolarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > -- .: =CATS= Gaming :. .: http://www.catsgaming.com :. .: This email contains information that maybe confidential if your not the intended recipient, please delete this email :. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
