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Re: Muslim woman teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave
So you speak for "most people" of faith then? Or, is that "most people", people that are like minded with your opinion?
j-mac
I'm not "anti-Christian". The Gospel of John suggests that 14 Nisan was the day of Jesus's execution. Outside of the Roman province of Asia, 14 Nisan was the Preparation Day for the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread that begins on Nisan 15, now also called Passover.
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means "the birthday of the unconquered sun". John Chrysostom commented on the connection: "They call it the 'Birthday of the Unconquered'. Who indeed is so unconquered as Our Lord . . .?"
It is generally accepted that Jesus was not born on Dec. 25. It may not have been chosen to "compete" with Pagan holidays or even Jewish holidays. Most likely it was because the Church saw a discrepancy because of Mary being visited by Gabreil in the sixth month after John the Baptist's conception which was considered to be around Autumnal Equinox, placing his birth around Summer Solstice. I've seen different thoughts on Jesus's actual birthday that contradicts this. May 20, April 19, or April 20 would render this scripture to be fallable. While the Church merely chose Dec. 25 for the celebration of Jesus's birth, it still seems arbirtrary to me. Sure, Jewish tradition often celebrates births and deaths (beginnings and endings) and this was held over from that tradition, most people don't believe that the Annunciation is the accurate time that Jesus was conceived.
So you speak for "most people" of faith then? Or, is that "most people", people that are like minded with your opinion?
j-mac