Re: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie

The solstice was 25 December when the Julian calendar was established in 45
B.C. but that calendar is off by a day every ~128 years so by Nicea in A.D.
325 it was off by ~3 days. (Why the 21st rather than the 22d then? I'm not
sure but the solstices & equinoxes don't occur at exactly the same time &
date each year - I think because of orbital eccentricity &c.)

Needless to say, this is not a vote in favor of the movie in question.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Roberts" <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>
To: "Roger G. Olson" <rogero@saintjoe.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie

>
> I did not know two things among others;
>
> a. 25th Dec is the Winter solstice- in my ignorance I thought it was 21
> Dec
>
> b. I did not know Jesus was born on 25th Dec.
>
> Still, so long as drivel is put out to defend the Gospel elsewhere we
> cannot be
> surprised.
>
>
> Michael
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger G. Olson" <rogero@saintjoe.edu>
> To: <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:54 PM
> Subject: [asa] Zeitgeist - the Movie
>
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Sorry to interrupt the niggling about the nuances in our common belief in
>> Creation and the Gospels, but I just heard about yet another attack on
>> our
>> common belief from the artistic media, namely a movie titled "Zeitgeist -
>> the Movie" : http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/transcript.htm
>>
>> It appears to be complete "conspiracy theory" nonsense. The Virgin
>> Birth,
>> Incarnation, twelve apostles, death, Resurrection after three days, are
>> tied to Bronze Age astrological phenomena and the Sun god. Yoicks!
>>
>> The reason I bring this up is that a student cited heavily from this
>> movie
>> transcript in a paper he was writing on the Big Bang and origins. He
>> seems to have latched onto this nonsense as a reasonable argument for
>> rejecting the God of the Bible.
>>
>> The movie is likely campy nonsense, but such nonsense is often scarfed up
>> by those looking for yet another excuse to reject the Divine.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> --
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