Yes. And all of this leads me to the following conclusion: Many people judge Christianity and religion in general negatively, and rightly so because of the hypocrisy they see.
But, then they are not really judging Christianity, because a counterfeit form of something is not the real thing. Tom C. >From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus >Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:01:05 -0700 > > > 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 > >----- > >Which reminds me that in Ravenna, Italy, there are two late Roman >baptistries, both dating, I think, to the 5th century. Both contain >original Roman mosaics in the ceiling, naturally depicting John >baptizing Jesus. In both scenes, John is assisted by the river god >Jordan. And in one, Jesus is slightly hermaphroditic, with small >breasts. Elsewhere in a Roman mosaic in Ravenna, Jesus is depicted >similar to the depiction of Apollo, who was hermaphroditic in one of his >manifestations. > >Joe > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
