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Originally Posted by petegz28
My brother who is educated in such matters claims Jesus' true birthday is probably closer to April if anything. Despite the attempt of the article above, Christmas was chosen on Dec. 25th to either slap the Pagans or adopt the date to help conversion. This is the time the Pagans celebrated the Winter Solstice. Pagan traditions are found throughout chrisitanity and many experts claim it was done to help convert Pagans to christianity.
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Originally Posted by loochy
Correct.
Christians adopted the already pagan holiday as a good time to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
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Originally Posted by petegz28
Wrong but ok
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WTF? That's what you just said, then you say I'm wrong.
