Ask a Question
or
Create a Poll
  1. Home /
  2. Questions /
  3. Social Sciences
  4. / Religions
  5. / Religions A - Z
  6. / Christian Religions
  7. / Jesus Christ

by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on November 18th, 2007

Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today

Question

Help answer this question below.

If Jesus was born on December 25th of the year -1 since there are 6 more days until January of year 0, what day of the week was he born on?

  • Like
  • Report
Share:
Other

Answers. Showing one answer.

  • by leetmeat on November 19th, 2007

    leetmeat

    Christmas as we know it now has nothing to do with it's original origins. It was originally a feast to celebrate the Babylonian god Marduk. Where they would disguise the king and take a common beggar or a criminal and pretend he was king for a week. And then at the end he would be sacrificed to Marduk in place of the real king. This would take place around the end of December(of course they didn't use the same calender as us, so it didn't always coincide). This custom of celebration then made it's way around the region eventually to Egypt, where it was picked up by the Romans. In Rome it was used as a tribute to Saturn. When Rome became Christian, this did not stop the pagan holidays and celebrations. To cope with this, the Church changed their meaning. Christmas then became the celebration of the birth of Jesus. And that's the short version of where christmas came from.

    Comments

    • So the King of Fools celebration really was a king of fools to agree to it! lolz

      LarryH54

      by LarryH54 on February 14th, 2011

    1 comment | Post one | Permalink

Want to attach an image to your answer? Click here.

Did this answer your question? If not, then ask a new question or create a poll.

More Questions. Additional questions in this category.

You're reading If Jesus was born on December 25th of the year -1 since there are 6 more days until January of year 0, what day of the week was he born on?

Follow us on Facebook!

Related Ads

Related Questions

Professionally Researched

Answerbag

a Demand Media company