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Post by alanseago on Apr 18, 2011 15:32:36 GMT 1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13114124I have lost many nights of sleep wondering about the lifespan of Christ. He is always born on the 25th of December but his death leaps about according to the sighting of the moon. Just how old was He when He died. Even worse, the last supper has now become a moveable feast. More sleepless nights of uncertainty!
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Post by principled on Apr 18, 2011 17:12:06 GMT 1
Alan You'd have thought that the author would have been more interested in what the plates were made of!
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Post by helen on Apr 18, 2011 20:13:56 GMT 1
According to his birth date he was a Capricorn. From what we can glean from the Gospels, he clearly wasn.t a Capricornn like one of my favourite friends or David Bowie. Explain astrology? Not that it bothers much but I am English and this stuff dig's deep!
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Post by jonjel on Apr 19, 2011 12:37:35 GMT 1
Can we really be precise as to the date anyone was born or died 2000 years ago? I somehow doubt that and you can bet your boots dates were changed to suit co-incidence with other festivals even more ancient.
If Easter, the most important christian festival moves around in sync with phases of the moon surely that has to be tied to pagan rituals of some kind that possibly preceded christianity. As Helen said so eruditely, am I bovvered?
I think it is true to say that even a couple of hundred years ago birth and death dates in some country areas were a bit speculative.
As for defining parentage 2000 years ago...................
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Post by alanseago on Apr 19, 2011 20:11:01 GMT 1
Virgin birth? Parentage? Virgin conception is obviously possible. Talk to your local Tampax dealer. Virgin birth, there is no way a baby's head could pass without rupturing the hymen. There were, unfortunately, no gynaecologists present in the crypt. Not surprising, I nearly broke my neck stumbling down there.
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Post by jonjel on Apr 20, 2011 9:06:02 GMT 1
Can you be sure you were in the right place Alan, or was it the black walls gilt cloth and the number of oil lamps and candles burning that gave it away.
Once was enough for a non believer....
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Post by helen on Apr 20, 2011 10:52:26 GMT 1
Hi John and Alan and everybody here, sorry about my last few posts if they seem a little odd. I've a problem with my pancreas and the medicine makes makes me a bit loopy. The Beautiful One (my daughter) is up here with me so all's well. Prepare for the occasional odd post. Helen xx
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Post by alanseago on Apr 20, 2011 10:56:57 GMT 1
It was under a big church in Bethlehem and full of guards in strange uniforms. It was before lunch so I remember it quite well. It was a long time ago, the restaurant close by made a greater impression.
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