(urth) An Old mystery ...
Son of Witz
sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Thu Dec 4 21:44:42 PST 2008
On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:49 PM, James Wynn wrote:
>
>> Absent their astrological connotations, this silly theory could not
>> be
>> seen to correspond to the Christ story at all. Nor is the Crucifixion
>> observed on December 22nd, as this theory requires, or even "three
>> days"
>> before he resurrection--it's "the third day".
>
> This theory shows shocking naïveté about cosmology considering the
> interest its creator must have had in the subject:
>
> "Thirty years after Christ's birth he was baptized. Thirty days
> after the Sun is born he enters the sign Aquarius, the water-bearer
> (Baptismo). "
>
> Actually this count is off by 5 days, but lets leave that aside.
> 2000 years ago, the Sun entered Aquarius around (guessing) 40 days
> or more later than it does today. This holds true for all the other
> dates assigned to astrological signs.
>
> There is much to recommend the connection between cosmology and
> myth, but this explanation is like trying to present Quantum Physics
> through Nancy & Sluggo cartoons.
too funny.
I don't know shit about it. it's fun to see it punctured so readily.
you geeks who can keep track of the stars positions over eons are too
cool for school.
I did quickly google that one cause I couldn't remember the better
presentation I saw.
anyway, I guess I'm naive enough to find the notion interesting, but
not interested enough to check it's veracity.
probably makes more sense filtered through bongwater. ;)
~witz
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