tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post2320758395926746713..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: He must increase and I must decreaseoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-71113032873531852502021-01-19T07:56:28.732-08:002021-01-19T07:56:28.732-08:003. He must increase I must decrease means that fro...3. He must increase I must decrease means that from the time of Nativity of John (summer solstice) day shortens, decreses and from Nativity of Jesus (winter solstice) day shortens, decreses. Both celebrations are yearly, circular because the religion it self is a celebration of a yearly cycle and Jesus represents it.<br /><br />2. The cross is a symbol of a year. Latin cross with 1 long, 2 medium and 1 short sides represent a year and sides represent the lengths of days during solstices and equinoxes. First symbol was fishes (2 of them) and not a fish. It has strong celestial meaning in terms of a great year and astrological eras same as the ram and symbology around it have in earlier Judaism. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635839493295812082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-41785483365076291642018-06-21T10:10:16.940-07:002018-06-21T10:10:16.940-07:00Then take it as the PR manipulation of the early C...Then take it as the PR manipulation of the early Christian church trying to complete with existing pagan rituals and festivals. Theories based on scripture also don't take account of the variations between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The point being made here is that the dates chosen by the church (as opposed to the actual dates of events) were based on replacing the traditional seasonal festivals with Christian equivalents. Like a form of cultural colonialism.Charlotte Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071542719830234199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-25446391446856100102018-06-21T09:04:38.499-07:002018-06-21T09:04:38.499-07:00Christmas Day on December the 25th can be dated ba...Christmas Day on December the 25th can be dated back to the 4th century long before the time of St Patrick. Lambs in Palestine were not born at the time of our spring but actually around December/January. The climate is different there, you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-21198657990131863602017-08-26T10:48:07.351-07:002017-08-26T10:48:07.351-07:00The Gospels are full of allegory. The Gospels are full of allegory. Roberto Masionihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16542170581701867098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-48656781992814470542017-08-07T14:32:04.505-07:002017-08-07T14:32:04.505-07:00As a lifelong student of history, I read your blog...As a lifelong student of history, I read your blogs with great interest, and appreciate that you do extensive research before positing a theory. However, in this case you are trying to draw a correlation where there is none. The theory is unusual, but flawed on 3 major points:<br />1) Jesus was not born on 25 December; that was a myth perpetrated by St Patrick when faced with the Druid festival of the winter solstice, and the fertility rites of Yule. He correlated the 2 events to more easily convert the pagans. The Scriptures state that Jesus was born “while shepherds guard their flocks by night,” which is in the spring, when the lambs are born and vulnerable to predators. The only place that Jesus could have been born during both lambing season and December would have been in Australia, not in Bethlehem. Thus, John was likely born in October and Jesus the following April.<br />2) The Christian symbol of the cross evolved from Jesus, the Christ, dying for our sins on a Roman cross. Originally, His symbol was the fish. While your analysis of the celestial movements is interesting, it is not relevant to the Christian cross. <br />3) John said “He must increase (become greater) and I must decrease (become less)” because he knew that Jesus was the Christ. The Scriptures say that John “leapt in the womb for joy” because he recognized Jesus (the Son of God) even before birth. The Scriptures also state that John said “After me will come one…the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.” Again, this has nothing to do with astronomical placement. ~ Renée Orander Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-50792938498188699372017-05-24T05:45:36.037-07:002017-05-24T05:45:36.037-07:00John/johanne/Oannes(Sumer sage)/Janus(Roman annula...John/johanne/Oannes(Sumer sage)/Janus(Roman annular)/ana.l ~ cana.l (torus tube of time-flow). Summer's Sol/Sheo/desert, Winter's Ice- star?DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-15371671453720973072017-05-22T23:36:25.960-07:002017-05-22T23:36:25.960-07:00Really fascinating. In his book The White Goddess,...Really fascinating. In his book The White Goddess, Robert Graves describes the Druidic Summer Solstice as the moment in the year when the young Oak sapling is struck by thunder and the gnarled Holly tree takes precedence. Hugo Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087381941837743837noreply@blogger.com