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Like #Jesus, were several pagan gods also #born on #December25th and visited by #threekings the night of their #birth?
#No, and here is why:
You see, the Bible never states that Jesus was born on December 25th. This was made up. Some scholars believed that December 25th was decided upon by early Christians as a counter to both the Saturnalia (a Roman pagan holiday in honor of Saturn that lasted several days, and
heavily influenced our Christmas celebrations) and Mithras' birthday (though there is reason to doubt that Mithras was actually thought to have been born on December 25th. Same goes with Horus and most, if not all other so-called dying and rising gods).
However, there was a
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