Actually, even though the exact date of Christ's birth is unknown,=20
December 25 was chosen for the specific purpose of pre-empting a pagan=20=
holiday that occurred on the same date. Be reminded that this was the=20
work of the Catholic church, and was an example of its great power=20
before the Orthodox split and Protestant Reformation.
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On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 07:19 PM, John Goggan wrote:
>
>
> "Michael J. Hu=DFmann" wrote:
>> what about Christmas? That's as pagan a holiday as it gets, with no
>> biblical justification for choosing December 25 whatsoever.
>
> Um, so because we don't know the exact date, it must be pagan? I'm
> confused... Some friends of ours adopted a child in a situation where=20=
> they do
> not know his exact birthdate -- so they picked a day to celebrate and=20=
> now do
> that each year on the same day. Does that make his birthday any less
> important? Does it make it pagan?
>
> Just because we may not know someone's birthday doesn't mean that he=20=
> didn't
> have one, right? :)
>
> - John...
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