Originally posted by vistesdI'll say this much...you're halfway right, at least accoding to what I know...you're right, Christianity moved the celebration of Jesus' birthday to December to compete with other religions, but there is another explanation why Jesus was probably not born in December, although far less obvious...any ideas?
Tough one! (I should probably leave this for reader1107...) I will say “false.” I don’t know if anyone knows, but I thought that the December date was chosen to compete with pagan winter solstice rituals...
Originally posted by wittywonka🙂 I agree with false. I had heard that some scripture scholars believe it was more like March, because in the winter the shepherds would certainly not be out in the fields. It could have been July for all we know. The idea behind attaching the birth of Jesus to a pagan holiday was (from what I've been told) to make conversion of pagans easier or more palatable or whatever. They're already celebrating, they insist on celebrating, so we'll just give their celebration a different meaning. etc.
True or false: Jesus was probably born in December.
Originally posted by wittywonkaIt requires you to take literally that there were shepherds resting in the fields at night, which would
I'll say this much...you're halfway right, at least accoding to what I know...you're right, Christianity moved the celebration of Jesus' birthday to December to compete with other religions, but there is another explanation why Jesus was probably not born in December, although far less obvious...any ideas?
lend credence to summer months.
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