Are you suggesting rabbit eggs have nothing to do with Jesus? Norm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > >
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