In a message dated 3/1/2007 1:48:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suggest you look up solar calendars and sun worshipping. Specifically the festival of Sol Invictus and Mithraism, which actually competed with Christianity in the beginnings. The bottom line is that Christmas coincides with the solstice because this was good to market Christianity to the peoples who were already worshipping and having festivals around those dates.
j ========= And they wanted people to forget their pagan practices and switch over. Easier to do that with an overlay than a completely different date. Marnie aka Doe <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
