Palestinian priests share messages of hope and resistance as they celebrate a scaled-down Christmas in Jesus' birthplace
  • mercphilby
    23·
    16 hours ago

    Everyone knows Jesus was not born on December 25th, and yeah, it was stolen. I can make a YouTube video too. 🙄

    • bricklove@midwest.socialEnglish
      31·
      15 hours ago

      That doesn’t make it a stolen pagan holiday. Are you a professor of Roman art and Archeology like Steven Hijmans, one of the scholars cited in the video? The medium of presentation doesn’t make the information invalid.

      • expr@programming.dev
        1·
        5 hours ago

        It’s far from cut and dry, and there are multiple schools of thought and conflicting interpretations. Steven Hijmans is a revisionist. Traditionally, it’s indeed believed that it was originally a pagan holiday in celebration of Sol Invictus.

        Steven Hijmans presents an alternative interpretation of the various texts that challenges this understanding. He may or may not be correct, but nevertheless, one should not assume that his views reflect a consensus among historians.

      • mercphilby
        14·
        15 hours ago

        No scholars have ever gotten it wrong, or argued for something in favor of what their beliefs are, despite it being a well documented topic.

          • mercphilby
            13·
            14 hours ago

            Hehe. Naw, it’s widely accepted and documented. You can find this information easily.

            If you try hard enough, you can find info on how the earth is flat… with sources.

            So believe what you want. Idgaf

            • lud@lemm.ee
              5·
              14 hours ago

              I honestly don’t care. Who gives a fuck if a holiday is stolen or not. It isn’t even about Christ anymore. It’s about Santa.

              Also claiming stuff like that and refusing to provide sources and complaining about people who do, should just fuck off.

              • mercphilby
                15·
                14 hours ago

                Sure sound like you care. Also sound like any “sources” I give you will dismiss.

                • Grapho@lemmy.ml
                  21·
                  12 hours ago

                  I won’t present you with evidence unless you believe me without evidence, at which point, you don’t need evidence anymore.

                  • mercphilby
                    11·
                    10 hours ago

                    So you, an ML, believe Jesus is both real and born on Dec 25th, and that Christmas was not strategically placed on that date as a way to suppress another holiday in that period?