Re: Millennium

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From: John M. Aldrich
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 00:00

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> Neil Harrington wrote:
> 
> > Noe Gutierrez, Jr. <no...@SPAMKILLERci.bryan.tx.us> wrote in article
> > >       Boy, wait 'til somebody brings up the fact that no one really knows
> > > exactly when Christ was born. Best estimates are now something like
> > > springtime of about 6 B.C., aren't they?
> >
> > Right, somewhere between 4 and 6 B.C. is the consensus, and, as you say, in
> > the springtime. "Christmas" is evidently the Christian adoption of a pagan
> > day celebrating the winter solstice.

What's really funny about all this is that if the nutcase Christian
millenarians are correct and the world is supposed to come to an end on
Christ's 2000th birthday, then it's already happened.  I didn't notice
anything... ;)

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From: "John M. Aldrich" <figh...@cs.com>
Subject: Re: Millennium
Date: 1997/06/21
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