Backwoods Hillbilly Removed From Show About Backwoods Hillbillies For Being A Backwoods Hillbilly.

[snrjefe]

Well, it can't really go back much further than 1 AD, right?

[Ben Kenobi]

Well, it can't really go back much further than 1 AD, right?

The Canon was only set early 4th century, and promulgated in the Vulgate late 4th. Beyond that documentation is hard to find since the Church was underground and records have been lost. The Feast of the Nativity may be older, or it may have arisen then. Epiphany is actually older and evidence for it dates to Clement. The latest date for the 25th originating a feast of the Nativity comes from Antioch and Crystostem in the late 4th.

Before that we simply do not know.

[Aeson]

In order for me to do so that would require me to give up my Canadian citizenship. As I am legally permitted to retain Canadian citizenship, I can only conclude that I am also permitted to remain loyal to the Queen of England insofar as there exists no conflict between her and the State of Texas. Should such conflict arise, I would have the same decision to make as my Loyalist ancestors.

No. There is a conflict with the law. You can't maintain loyalty to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, yet here you are saying that you will. It's clearly a lie if you take the oath.

[snrjefe]

But we do know that there were "mid-winter" festivals thousands of years prior. I'd be more comfortable with the argument that god chose that date because it was already a celebratory time than no one celebrated at all until the nativity feast.

[self biased]

GUYS.

[self biased]

STOP.

[self biased]

ARGUING.

[self biased]

WITH.

[self biased]

BEN KENOBI.

[self biased]

it makes y'all way worse than him. for real real. not for play play.

[Berzerker]

The fact that it was something the Catholic church celebrated. Most 19th century English protestants considered Catholicism to be paganism.

19th century protestants thought Dec 25th was pagan because Catholics celebrated it as Jesus' birthday?

True, the calendar depends on the solistice, as for the sphinx, why do we build giant clocks? Do we worship the god of the 12? Having something large pointing to the solistice is a good way to keep time.

The Sphinx was not a giant clock, its evidence pagans celebrated the vernal equinox long before Christians and Jews

[self biased]

19th century protestants thought Dec 25th was pagan because Catholics celebrated it as Jesus' birthday?



The Sphinx was not a giant clock, its evidence pagans celebrated the vernal equinox long before Christians and Jews

banplz

[snrjefe]

Fine by me. I'm going to bed anyway.

[Aeson]

That it annoys you just makes it all the more fun Self

[molly bloom]

Are you still going to punch them in the face if they're Jewish and don't celebrate Christmas?

No. Be polite, wish them 'a Happy Hanukkah, Christ Killer', then punch them.