Paul,

It seems to me that you may have had a bad experience with Christianity. You
should try to find a good Christian Church. Hopefully, one day you will
understand the importance of the birth of Jesus and what he has done and is
currently doing for the world.

Merry Christmas and Best Regards,

-mij


"Paul Schlyter" wrote in message
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In article QSamf.136$z21.131@fed1read04, Mij Adyaw wrote:

So the Star of Bethlehem was..... a made-up story, to try to make the
birth of Jesus seem Really Important. Sorry.

The birth of Jesus was extremely important. Some day, you will realize
that importance.

Nah - the important event here wasn't the birth of Jesus. The
important event was the decision by the Roman Empire to make
Christianity its State Religion. Without that, Christianity would
probably have been an extinct religion today, and some other religion
(islam?) would have become the dominant religion in the western world.
Or perhaps Christianity would have been one among the many branches of
"New Age" - these people enjoy trying to revive extinct religions...

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