Flame thread? ROFL! -----Original Message----- From: john @ GamersCoalition [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Merry Christmas
GamersCoalition.com no longer wants to be affiliated with this flame thread. :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 > -- [Mmmm]stuttering.john .gc "Together we spawn." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gamerscoalition.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
