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I Chapter Three Astrotheology in the Arab language and call her Chaamu-that is, Core, or virgin-in Arabic. And the child who is born of her they call Dusares, that is "only son of the Lord." And this is also done that night in the city of Elusa, as it is there in Petra, and in Alexandria. 22,12 I have been obliged to prove this with many examples because of those who do not believe that "The Epiphany" is a good name for the fleshy birth of the Savior. 90 ~ Epiphanius
Epiphaneus states "22,8 And how many other things have been done and are being done because of, and in testimony to this calculation, I mean of Christ's birth?" . Here he admits that Christ's birth is based on solar calculations, and then caveats in a shallow attempt to show Christ as the original reason for the December celebrations. Christian Ratsch Ph.D. further relates in Pagan Christmas : In Egypt, Kykellia is called "the rite of Isis." Like the smudging nights, this is a twelve-day feast. It begins with a torch procession in honor of the birth of Horus, the son of Isis: "The birth of the new sun is the intended meaning, and that was connected with the announcement of the sowing [of wheat] in the earth, freshly fertilized (with dung) and flooded by the Nile" (Vossen 1985, 72f). The sowing was done on December 27, during the feast celebrating the ascension of Horus to the throne. The meaning of the name Isis is equivalent to "Earth". 91 "' Christian Ratsch
Christians believe that all of these attributes and many more are only applicable to Jesus Christ but, as we can see, this is simply untrue. There are at least 30 ancient deities who are all thousands of years older than Jesus and share a great degree of commonality with him. 92
HE IS RISEN INDEED This great story can be found in nature. In the spring and summer, the sun in the sky is large and the days are hot and long. During the fall and winter, the sun is farther away on the horizon (smaller) and the days are shorter and colder. During the summertime, the northern hemisphere tips toward the sun as the earth rotates on its axis. Because of this tipping of the axis, the sun appears to be larger on the horizon and the days are longer and warmer. During the wintertime, the northern hemisphere tips away from the sun and we experience colder months as the sun appears smaller on the horizon and the daylight hours grow shorter and shorter.
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The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis 51.22.3 -12. trans. by Williams, 1994. Pagan Christmas by Ratsch, ct al , 2006, pg . 150- 1. The Christ Conspiracy, 1999, and Suns of God, 2004, by Acharya S, pg. 105-25; The World 's 16 Crucified Saviors, by Graves, 1876.
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