I believe most Christians realise that Jesus' birthday is unknown. Like I said earlier, whatever date is chosen to celebrate His birth will have probably been used for some other celebration. Surely you can see that. Dec 25 is not a mystical date.
Regarding the Maddona and Child, I do not subscribe to the R.C. paintings which show people with haloes. The closest I would come to defend is simply to say it was their method of defining the Biblical personalities. They could have used a pointing arrow just as effectively.
Jack PETER CHARLTON wrote:
December 25th, Christmas day, brought to you by the same people who brought you the Trinity, the same people who where used to celebrating the birthday of thier Sun god on December 25th. Though we are not given the date of Jesus birthday, we are given the day of his death and the age at death, working back takes you to Jesus birth being late September or October. What did you think of my little picture of the Catholic Maddona with child, and how the child looks like the Sun? Pete
