I recently saw a question that stated that Mithras (or whoever) was really born on Dec 25. The tone of the question was directed at how we Christians are wrong to celebrate Christmas on the day that is suspected to be the birthday of a diety that vanished centuries ago.
However, how can you know that you're right? The modern calander that we use was created in 1582 by Pope Gregory IX (or some number) who reformed the Julian calender, which in itself was not the original calander. Days and months have been moved and added for centuries until this point. So, no holiday is actually celebrated on it's original day (yes, not even Christmas and Easter).
So, I ask those who think that Mithras was born on the 25th. HOw do you know or is this just another smug attempt to boo Christians for our beliefs? The days have been moved around enough that you can have it completly wrong. For all you know, he was really born in the spring too.
2006-12-07
07:09:52
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