Im a bit religious, and wasnt trying to come off like a jerk, and now that i look what i wrote i guess i was, sorry......and wanderer, yeah the spelling thing does piss me off more than the thread, cause the thread itself could have the excuse of being lighthearted fun, but for the spelling in the thread there is no excuse, there are too many outlets to fix it, its reallll simple, especially when they are key StarWars terms
Actually fishy he was born in 0or1, B.C. meaning before Christ, and A.D. Meaning. anno domini-- In the year of the Lord. Check any history book you want, the modern day calender is divised into these two pieces when Christ was here and before he was, and seeing how he died at the age of 33, my statement was exactly correct.
So if YOU want to correct somebody, make sure you check you facts first
My source? How the hell should i remember that?
Well here are a few possible sources
Lots of books...
Common known facts admitted to by the Vatican at a time (the 7 B.C. thing) Possibly at least, i'm not sure about it anymore heard about it. Don't know for sure.
Wikipedia
Discovery Channel
National geographic
My old school books..
God I don't know, do a search on Google i'm sure you'll find lots of sites with the info on it.
The original topic is stupid and alread been done. Why bother being formal about it? Let's continue this debate. I've been told it was February, but at the very least I know it wasn't December 25th, which was originally a Roman holiday, Saturnalia. More or less an orgy of food and carnal lust over the course of a week in which the Christians would never participate. Somehow or another, the original practice was done away with (I mean, come on, how many holidays do Romans need to have orgies?) and Jesus' birthday was attached to this date.
I mean, if Jesus was born on the night of December 25th, in the desert, we'd be reading stories about the three wise men who froze to death in the harsh desert nights.
LMAO at the roman orgy and frozen wise men thing.
Im with you on that Janus, i dont know the exact date, and while i dont disagree with fishy on the exact date, i cant agree either, #1 b/c ive studied catholicism my entire life and never once heard any mention of this, and #2 It just seems a little convienent and made up that he was born on the 7th in the year 7, and let me guess, at 7o'clock? And I belive our modern calender is based on the aztecs design, is that right?
Originally posted by Darth_Janus
The original topic is stupid and alread been done. Why bother being formal about it? Let's continue this debate. I've been told it was February, but at the very least I know it wasn't December 25th, which was originally a Roman holiday, Saturnalia. More or less an orgy of food and carnal lust over the course of a week in which the Christians would never participate. Somehow or another, the original practice was done away with (I mean, come on, how many holidays do Romans need to have orgies?) and Jesus' birthday was attached to this date.I mean, if Jesus was born on the night of December 25th, in the desert, we'd be reading stories about the three wise men who froze to death in the harsh desert nights.
Roman and German holidays...
A lot of things in Christianity were changed to better fit the groups they were trying to convert...
Kings popes, religious sects... The bible is changed a lot by a lot of people.. Mostly to convert more people.. The greatest lie or possible lie of all is of course Jesus... And the only real thing that can still be argued as most of the other things are common knowledge to everybody that wants to know..