Do you think they all had a mash up on newyears eve. I bet all the inns were rammed to the rafters
2007-11-14 02:45:41 · 13 answers · asked by Jay 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
HA HA, nobody else got it???
There was no room at the Inn, ha ha
2007-11-14 02:58:51 · answer #1 · answered by Zappster (Deep Thunker) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its somewhat unlikely that he was actually born on that date - but as likely as any other. The reasons why the date was chosen are not certain but are most likely down to people assuming a whole number of years from his death to his incarnation. He died around Passover, in the spring, so a whole number of years means incarnation (conception) also in the spring and birth sometime in December.
This date was suggested first ( as far as we know) near the beginning of the third century and adopted widely somewhere between then and the early 4th century.
There is no proven link to any pagan festival. The Roman festival on 25th December was started by an emperor in the late 3rd century, possibly as a reaction against Christianity, so is not even pre-Christian.
Saturnalia was a different festival all together and was celebrated three days before Christmas. Again there is no evidence of any link between the two. Just speculation. Many web sites have copied these speculative ideas and present them as fact, they never, in my experience, provide any references to real historical data.
2007-11-14 11:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by greenshootuk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus more than likely was NOT born on Dec. 25th. People didn't keep calendars back then like we do now. There wasn't modern paper manufacturing or printing processes. People only knew they were born in the spring, summer, autumn or winter.
Dec. 25 is when we celebrate the FACT that Jesus was born, not the DAY that Jesus was born.
2007-11-14 11:05:41 · answer #3 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually Jesus was not born in December but in March. The Early Church changed the date Christmas is celebrated to compete with the Saturnalia Celebration of the Romans(a festival that makes today's Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations look like a sunday school ice cream social in comparison). I'm not saying it was the right thing I'm just saying it happened.
2007-11-14 11:03:24 · answer #4 · answered by PBFT Philosopher(Anti-Jonas) 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many historians will agree that Jesus wasn't born 12/25--that he was born months before that.
The pagans actually held celebrations around 12/25 long before Jesus Christ was born and the Pope in the 300's declared that Jesus' birth would be celebrated 12/25--this was an effort to make the pagan's transition into Christianity smoother.
2007-11-14 10:55:54 · answer #5 · answered by CorpCityGrl 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
We do not know when Jesus was born. Dec 25 is the date set by the Catholic church many years ago. There is a reason for it-you can research the history.
2007-11-14 10:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Poor Richard 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
more than likely =p
but jesus was not born, as the christian book of ignorance says, on dec 25th. christmas was moved there to coincide with a pagan festival.
2007-11-14 12:45:06 · answer #7 · answered by Adam (AM) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I bet he wasn't, and New Years Eve didn't exist.
Personally.
So it's fantastic for you that you know nothing.
2007-11-14 11:34:12 · answer #8 · answered by Maitreya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would they be pleased that someone who was to tell them to give up evil was born? Surely Christmas is for the stinking shits of the world to drown their sorrows.
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2007-11-14 10:54:51 · answer #9 · answered by miller 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, they were too busy planning the Briss.
2007-11-14 10:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋