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:D much love, [Mmmm]stuttering.john .gc On 12/26/06, Roland E Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pierre Smolarek 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 > > Constanatine won a battle where he was outnumbered when he claimed to see a cross in the sky and heard the words "by this sign you will conquer" he had all his troops but a cross on their shields and won the battle. It wasn't an "in" thing to be Christian until after he declared it the state religion. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
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