tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2439969388072993450..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Merry Christmas SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40082066141063764922017-12-27T19:58:58.201-05:002017-12-27T19:58:58.201-05:00Didn't realize that linking was not turned on ...Didn't realize that linking was not turned on in the comments here so the link follows:<br /><br />http://accurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/08/evidence-for-accuracy-of-bible.htmlBillBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593147581583316765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-6532501245232914382017-12-27T19:57:08.580-05:002017-12-27T19:57:08.580-05:00A blog that I have read often, Anglican Curmudgeon...A blog that I have read often, Anglican Curmudgeon, has done an admirable job of trying to get a close shot at the date of The Nativity. A. S. Haley who writes the blog is a Canon Lawyer. The link to a consolidating page for some of his research that includes this dating is <a rel="nofollow">Evidence for the Accuracy of the Bible</a>BillBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593147581583316765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-67129656740110439482017-12-25T13:18:17.561-05:002017-12-25T13:18:17.561-05:00Merry Christmas all. SiG, thanks for all your insp...Merry Christmas all. SiG, thanks for all your inspiration.<br />DifferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-9929325556859661072017-12-25T08:59:50.086-05:002017-12-25T08:59:50.086-05:00Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas!Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-71713638789911019552017-12-25T03:05:45.246-05:002017-12-25T03:05:45.246-05:00Merry Christmas to you and yours good sir.Merry Christmas to you and yours good sir.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-85120818399025809542017-12-24T20:59:45.993-05:002017-12-24T20:59:45.993-05:00Merry Christmas! Be safe. 73!
-Don FMerry Christmas! Be safe. 73!<br />-Don FAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-49454037970279492782017-12-24T17:28:03.440-05:002017-12-24T17:28:03.440-05:00Merry Christmas SiG and Mrs. SiG and all the reade...Merry Christmas SiG and Mrs. SiG and all the readers. Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693579680266086557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-80544625451243464432017-12-24T16:37:07.727-05:002017-12-24T16:37:07.727-05:00The date does not matter and best guess is the spr...The date does not matter and best guess is the spring equinox to coincide with Passover, when everyone went home to visit the temple and pay their tax. But I won't argue it. You're right in that the day or the season is unimportant. The Light of the World, the Light of Christ, is not dependent on man's traditions or the hours that our modern temples of greed (shopping malls) remain open. It transcends all. LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-21516033117420781252017-12-24T13:18:03.844-05:002017-12-24T13:18:03.844-05:00I have seen at least one other source claiming tha...I have seen at least one other source claiming that December 25th is the actual date, but it's long enough ago that I don't remember the actual argument. Since I'm not qualified to comment on the accuracy, I can't.<br /><br />As that author I quoted says, I think if it mattered, it would have been clearly spelled out in the gospels. What matters is the purpose of the birth and that's covered in hundred of pages of text. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-69833494291188715782017-12-24T13:00:28.178-05:002017-12-24T13:00:28.178-05:00"Eight Days Before the Kalends of January&quo..."Eight Days Before the Kalends of January" ~ The Earliest Sources for the December 25 dating of Christmas <br /><br />http://gloriaromanorum.blogspot.com/2017/12/eight-days-before-kalends-of-january.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-56395116871853922192017-12-24T11:46:07.983-05:002017-12-24T11:46:07.983-05:00Right back at ya, SiG.Right back at ya, SiG.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.com