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As I walk the halls of CityData and poke my head into the digital Salon where Christianity is being discussed as it relates to 21st century celebration of resurrection and the marketing holiday known as Easter, I pause to reflect and repost an old comment for perspective:
As to the timing of Christmas i.e. Christ's birth which someone mentioned earlier, the key is they were collecting taxes about the kingdom and this would have occurred (ironically enough) in April so they adjusted the birth time (for their own pagan co-marketing celebration convenience) , but one thing is for sure, like death (for us mortals) we all pay the tax man!
Celebrate Tax Freedom Day! In my State, I am now earning money for myself - all the prior days work for the year were for the government.
As I walk the halls of CityData and poke my head into the digital Salon where Christianity is being discussed as it relates to 21st century celebration of resurrection and the marketing holiday known as Easter, I pause to reflect and repost an old comment for perspective:
As to the timing of Christmas i.e. Christ's birth which someone mentioned earlier, the key is they were collecting taxes about the kingdom and this would have occurred (ironically enough) in April so they adjusted the birth time (for their own pagan co-marketing celebration convenience) , but one thing is for sure, like death (for us mortals) we all pay the tax man!
Celebrate Tax Freedom Day! In my State, I am now earning money for myself - all the prior days work for the year were for the government.
Now where are those chocolate eggs....
I thought the Romans were doing a census, not collecting taxes at the time of Jesus' birth.
My educated guess is they didn't do this in the winter, but they might have done it in fall, after the harvest.
They were inextricably related, the census was used to provide property related information for taxation purposes. Here is history / summary of the process.
They were inextricably related, the census was used to provide property related information for taxation purposes. Here is history / summary of the process.
The Wiki article casts doubt on the whole census business, something I have heard before. Not dates are given in either article that would give one any indication of what month of the year Jesus was born.
The Christian's stole from the Pagans. Originally, there was no celebration of holidays with Christians. Pagans celebrated and enjoyed life. Christians believed the celebration was to come after life. Christ's birthday was set at the winter solstice, because pagan's celebrated at that time, and it was considered a way to garner support for the Christian religion to celebrate Christ's birth at the winter solstice, even though it was believed Christ was born in the spring. Easter was set at the Spring (Vernal) equinox.
The Christian's stole from the Pagans. Originally, there was no celebration of holidays with Christians. Pagans celebrated and enjoyed life. Christians believed the celebration was to come after life. Christ's birthday was set at the winter solstice, because pagan's celebrated at that time, and it was considered a way to garner support for the Christian religion to celebrate Christ's birth at the winter solstice, even though it was believed Christ was born in the spring. Easter was set at the Spring (Vernal) equinox.
Sigh! We know, we know, and we've known for a long time. Do you have any other "news", like how the Chinese invented fireworks?
There is NO mercy for Grammar Nazis, but a special place in Hell. I'll see if I can sneak you a fan.
Thanks, you're a pal!
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