We're coming up to the fourth week of Advent, so - let's post something. How about: when is the Nativity. This is coming up because Kevin Sorbo, a man I used to admire, lately tweeted that "atheists" shouldn't celebrate Christmas. Mike Cernovich and others have responded that it is a secular celebration of joy which we don't have to name "Christmas". Still more are commenting that most of this stuff is midwinter paganism.
Our local gym has menorahs, stars-of-david, and evergreen decorations with nary a cross nor manger in sight. Equity trumps inclusion, as ever. And they wonder why the young generation despises Christians and resents Jews. At least they've spared us rainbows this time.
Previously I'd been aware of Hippolytus insisting on 25 December - with the assumption of the 25 March Easter. I'd also been aware that Clement in Alexandria had been aware of several dueling days for this Mass.
What Andrew McGowan is larnin' me here is that Origen... gave up. Origen anticipates modern Salafists on Muhammad's birthday: G-d is eternal, He has no birthday. Leave these things to the pagans; leave these things to the liberals. The Puritans, later, would agree.
If Sorbo wants to be play Puritan then he'll likely not even see evergreens allowed anymore.
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