On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, Felix Miata via tde-users wrote: > >I'm a firm believer His birth was not in December as much by how the >tradition of celebration on 25 December came about: > >"Jesus was most likely not born the 25th of December. He was probably >born in the fall. That was a date that was adopted by the church >because it was the winter solstice and it was already a popular holiday >in the Roman Empire. So the date for the 25th of December was really >adopted from the pagans." >https://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/media/e/1245/f/6/t/are-christian-holidays-really-biblical- heh... Like always, convenient cultural appropriation And, now a Most Sincere Happy New Year to all you TDE'rs who follow the Gregorian calendar. (WARNING! Thread drift!!) Jonesy ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx