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Pleasant_Elephant737 t1_iz7uxaz wrote

For those saying the Christmas and Saturnalia are related: How do you explain the birth of Jesus during a census in Bethlehem? Would there be a census and festival going on at the same time?

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Sad_Blueberry_3868 t1_iz8hij8 wrote

Growing up, I was told in Christian school that he wasn’t actually born at that time of year. They said that Christianity “transformed” the pagan festivals and replaced them with church-centric holidays.

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