Happy birthday Jesus!

[Rightguide]

Him? After all, his resistance opinion is gotta be worth at least a plugged nickel. Or was that a plugged butthole? Maybe for him it's the same thing?

Being "uptight" might have a completely different meaning in his case.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Him? After all, his resistance opinion is gotta be worth at least a plugged nickel. Or was that a plugged butthole? Maybe for him it's the same thing?

There seems to be a lot of that goin' on 'round these-here parts.


It must be a byproduct of all the chappin'-n-chafin' . . . .

 

[Wilson23]

Christ was probably born sometime from March through May. The shepherds were in their fields, which wouldn't have been the case in December. Evidence suggests 25 December wasn't observed until the 4th century.

12/25 was observed -- as the Roman Saturnalia.

 

[YDB95]

Christian writers like Hippolytus (early 3rd century) already placed Christ’s birth on December 25, well before Constantine.

No, they didn't, or at least Hippolytus didn't. What you are likely referring to is a later interpolation of his work. What he actually wrote was, "For the first appearance of our Lord in the flesh took place in Bethlehem, under Augustus, in the year 5500; and He suffered in the thirty-third year." No mention of any specific date or even a month.

 

[Rightguide]

No, they didn't, or at least Hippolytus didn't. What you are likely referring to is a later interpolation of his work. What he actually wrote was, "For the first appearance of our Lord in the flesh took place in Bethlehem, under Augustus, in the year 5500; and He suffered in the thirty-third year." No mention of any specific date or even a month.

In his Commentary on Daniel (early 3rd century), Hippolytus tries to calculate the date of Christ’s birth based on biblical chronology. He dates the birth to the year 5500 since creation (using the Alexandrian calendar), which corresponds roughly to AD 2–3 in our calendar. He then says Christ suffered (was crucified) in His thirty-third year, which fits roughly with the timing of the Passion around AD 30–33. Hippolytus’s work is among the earliest surviving sources to assign a specific date for Christ’s birth, he proposes December 25 (the Roman calendar’s “winter solstice”). He links this date to theological symbolism, the idea that Jesus was conceived and born on the same day as the "creation" or the "new sun" of righteousness.

 

[ll74]

In his Commentary on Daniel (early 3rd century), Hippolytus tries to calculate the date of Christ’s birth based on biblical chronology. He dates the birth to the year 5500 since creation (using the Alexandrian calendar), which corresponds roughly to AD 2–3 in our calendar. He then says Christ suffered (was crucified) in His thirty-third year, which fits roughly with the timing of the Passion around AD 30–33. Hippolytus’s work is among the earliest surviving sources to assign a specific date for Christ’s birth, he proposes December 25 (the Roman calendar’s “winter solstice”). He links this date to theological symbolism, the idea that Jesus was conceived and born on the same day as the "creation" or the "new sun" of righteousness.

Yah, you have one piece of literature that is contested.

Christmas is mostly about winter solstice...meant to help Romans convert to christianity when they converted.

It doesn't matter .....your religion matters to you.

That's fine. Nobody owes you anything for that.

 

[Wilson23]

Many pre-Christian cultures had a winter solstice holiday. The religious significance varied from culture to culture, but the real purpose was always the same -- to provide a festive break in the winter.

 

[Bray123]

Many pre-Christian cultures had a winter solstice holiday. The religious significance varied from culture to culture, but the real purpose was always the same -- to provide a festive break in the winter.

Also, storage of perishable food was an issue. So a ceremonial consumption of all the foodstuffs that were about to rot anyway made sense.

 

[RoryN]

Be careful with comments like that because the little pansy bastards will rat you out for advocating violence upon their tiny percentages….


How much longer until they show up with stupid fucking comments about people who are not they posting here on Christmas???

^^^
My post reportings and "Who Posted During Christmas" threads continue to trigger after all these years.

This warms my heart like hot cocoa. ️

 

[Saint_Ann]

^^^
My post reportings and "Who Posted During Christmas" threads continue to trigger after all these years.

This warms my heart like hot cocoa. ️

Christmas Eve is Christmas, Rory.

 

[ll74]

Christmas Eve is Christmas, Rory.

No it isn't.

Hence the qualifying word behind it

 

[HisArpy]

Christmas Eve is Christmas, Rory.

He still has to learn about the international date line in skoo.

 

[ll74]

He still has to learn about the international date line in skoo.

Did you sacrifice the proper lamb to the demigod?

 

[Philthy_Phil]

 

[Philthy_Phil]

 

[Philthy_Phil]

 

[Philthy_Phil]

 

[Philthy_Phil]

 

[Wilson23]

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Boy, he really DOES hate Jesus, doesn't he?!

 

[Saint_Ann]

No it isn't.

Hence the qualifying word behind it

You always have Rory's back.

 

[ll74]

You always have Rory's back.

Not about Rory.

Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas

New years Eve is the say before New Years.

The word eve means before

But you can ignore words as you need and then blame me for calling you out......it's kinda the way the forum works.

 

[ll74]

He still has to learn about the international date line in skoo.

If it's Christmas Eve where you are, then it's not Christmas.

This isn't rocket science.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Not about Rory.

Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas

New years Eve is the say before New Years.

The word eve means before

But you can ignore words as you need and then blame me for calling you out......it's kinda the way the forum works.

As a holiday goes, many many people celebrate on the eve. Except Thanksgiving. There is no Thanksgiving eve. Oh, and there's O Hallows Eve. But I'm sure Rory appreciates your undivided loyalty.

 

[ll74]

As a holiday goes, many many people celebrate on the eve. Except Thanksgiving. There is no Thanksgiving eve. Oh, and there's O Hallows Eve. But I'm sure Rory appreciates your undivided loyalty.

Christmas Eve isn't Christmas.

However you need to accept that isn't my or Rory's issue.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Christmas Eve isn't Christmas.

However you need to accept that isn't my or Rory's issue.

I'm not the one post shaming or standing up for someone post shaming. Maybe the distinction is beyond your comprehension capabilities.