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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple
If that person is fictional, how do you explain Xmas and Easter?
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easter is the christian version of the spring celebration of the vernal equinox, and has been celebrated by astronomically intelligent humans for thousands of years before jeebus.
Christmas is the christian version of the celebration of the winter solstice, and has also been celebrated by humans with astronomical knowledge for thousands of years before jeezy-creezy.
those two dates were just convenient points by which to supplant "pagan" rituals taking place on these "holy" days.
this does not in any mean there was not a man named Emmanuel who was called The Christ. Just means that humans have developed their rituals concerning this man to suit their own needs and agendas.