TEC
The very first comparison between Christ and all the other god-myths... is that they share a December 25th birthday. That is false on all accounts, and as a former jw, everyone here knows this, especially as pertains to Christ. And if the makers of this have to resort to false comparisons to make their case, then they do not have a case to begin with. Bad research or simple dishonest, to promote their agenda.
mP:
Can you explain how the church so easily adopted this birthday if it was sooo wrong in the 300s ?
WHy does Josephus tell us taht the 12 tribes of israel are the same as the the zodiac ?
As Josephus says (Antiquities, 3.8 ): "And for the twelve stones, whether we understand by them the months or whether we understand the like number of the signs of that circle which the Greeks call the zodiac, we shall not be mistaken in their meaning." (Josephus, 75.)
Earlier than Josephus, Philo ("On the Life of Moses," 12) had made the same comments regarding Moses: "Then the twelve stones on the breast, which are not like one another in colour, and which are divided into four rows of three stones in each, what else can they be emblems of, except of the circle of the zodiac?" (Philo, 99.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthstones
The first century Jewish historian Josephus proclaimed a connection between the twelve stones in Aaron's breastplate , the twelve months of the year and the twelve signs of the zodiac. [1] Translations and interpretations of the passage in Exodus regarding the breastplate have varied widely, however, with Josephus himself giving two different lists for the twelve stones [2] (Kunz argues that Josephus saw the breastplate of the Second Temple, not the one described in Exodus). [3] St. Jerome , referencing Josephus, said the Foundation Stones of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:19–20) would be appropriate for Christians to use. [4
He also tells us that many of the other 12s in the jewish religion are the zodiac. The temple in Jerusalem points east.
Jesus own local synogogue close to his home in nazareth has a zodiac in it.
Zodiac Wheel Mosaic in the great
synagogue of Tzippori, 5th century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzippori Tzippori (Hebrew: ?????????, ?????? ), also known as Sepphoris, Dioceserea and Saffuriya (Arabic: ?????? , also transliterated Safurriya and Suffurriye) is located in the central Galilee region, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north-northwest of Nazareth, in modern-day Israel. [1] The site holds a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that includes Assyrian, Hellenistic, Judean, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, Arabic and Ottoman influences.
Interest on the part of Biblical archaeologists is related to the belief in Christian tradition that the parents of the Virgin Mary, Anna and Joachim, were natives of Tzippori, at the time a Hellenized town. [2] Notable structures at the site include a Roman theater, two early Christian churches, a Crusader fortress that was renovated by Daher El-Omar in the 18th century, and upwards of forty different mosaics. [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Alpha
Zodiac Wheel Mosaic in the great 