Winter solstice
August 13, 2010 at 6:37 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2010 at 6:42 pm by Captain Scarlet.)
After moving steadily southwards in the sky the sun reaches an end to it's winter cycle on the 21st of December, the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. For 3 days the sun appears to stand still in the sky before apparently rising again on the 25th. Thanks to our understanding of celestial mechanics we understand why. Does this trouble christians? On the face of it it offers an explanation of the resurrection myth. Instead of a miraculous event it was really mysticism that the resurrection refers to
