why the 24th of june?......
any connection to the bible?
any connection to the real meaning of the 4th of july?
st. john's day
by ninja 5 Replies latest jw friends
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ninja
any connection to the sun?
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VoidEater
"Saint John's Nativity was put on the 'eighth day before the Kalends of July'...since June has only thirty days, in our present (Germanic) way of counting, the feast falls on June 24."
"It has often been claimed that the Church authorities wanted to 'Christianize' the pagan solstice celebrations and for this reason advanced Saint John's feast as a substitute."
"Nevertheless, the significance of the feast falling around the time of the solstice is considered by many to be significant, recalling the words of John the Baptist with regard to Jesus: "He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30)."
-Wikipedia
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ninja
anyone who watched zeitgeist knows their explanation the sun was at it's lowest on 22nd december....shortest day.......stops 3 days ....then starts to
"climb" again on the 25th....the birth of the sun
the longest day is 21st of june....it "stops" 3 days.......then starts to descend again toward winter on the 24th......the death of the sun
is it why "john the baptist" said.....he must increase...."jesus"..(the sun) after 25th of december
and I must decrease........the sun after 24th of june?
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ninja
what about the 4th of july....and the change from the julian to the gregorian calendar?
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ninja
remember also john the baptist was born 6 months before jesus