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   From: prochoice@here.now   
      
   On 23 May 2004 05:39:59 -0700, rbwinn47@mybluelight.com (Robert B.   
   Winn) in alt.abortion with message-id   
   <7943568.0405230439.7a48a0d1@posting.google.com> wrote:   
      
      
   >> >>   
   >> >> Most of them have some interesting culturally driven differences,   
   >> >> but other than that they are all the same.   Even Christianity stole   
   >> >> from earlier religions and traditions in the early part of its   
   >> >> formation.  "Christmas", is one good example.    Dionisus (Dennis   
   >> >> the short) was ordered by Constantine to research Jesus's birth, and   
   >> >> report back to him and the forming church.   He was unable to come   
   >> >> up with a confirmed date, so the church decided to hijack the   
   >> >> birthdate of a god from a rival religion, 25th of December, in order   
   >> >> to make the newly forming christian church more palatable to   
   >> >> adherents of the rival religion, and thus win more converts. This   
   >> >> even ignored the little verifiable evidence in the bible that   
   >> >> pointed to a spring birth.   
   >> >   
   >> > I think your information is incorrect.   
   >>   
   >> It was also the birth date of the Roman sun god.  Constantine believed them   
   >> to be one in the same.   
   >>   
   >> http://www.rense.com/general46/bef.html   
   >   
   >As I said your information seems to be incorrect.  Christmas started   
   >in England and was originally a Druid holiday called Yule.   
   >Robert b. winn   
      
   He seems to have documentation to support his statement.  Do you have   
   the same?  If so, where is it?   
      
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