When was Jesus actually born? Chapter Two: Why December?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Why is the Western world's most famous birthday celebrated on a seemingly-arbitrary date? As Ben, Matt and Noel discover in the second chapter of this special two-part holiday series, the power structures of ancient empires experienced a progression of conspiracies, geopolitical subterfuge and good, old-fashioned numerical miscalculation in their quest to give the global public a specific birthday for Jesus Christ. (Spoiler: they all knew December 25th was not Jesus's actual birthday, and created a fiction that continues today.)
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:06.8 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.1 | A production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. |
| 0:27.8 | My name is Noel. |
| 0:28.9 | They call me, Ben. |
| 0:30.0 | We are joined as always with our super producer, Andrew the Triforce Howard. |
| 0:34.9 | Most importantly, you are you. |
| 0:36.8 | You are here. That makes this, the stuff they don't want you to know. Hold the phone, call the wise men. This is part two in a special two-part series. And please, please, please. If you haven't listened to part one, before you listen to the rest of this get thee to thy podcast |
| 0:55.5 | platform of choice and check out the first part of when was jesus actually born oh yes this |
| 1:03.8 | episode all magi that's all we're doing no i'm just just playing. The Wise Men Magi are, they hold a special |
| 1:12.4 | place in, in my heart. I don't know, but you guys. Great gift givers. It was super big into |
| 1:16.8 | Mur, the gum resin, Mur, which was a huge, huge deal. It was sort of the crypto of its day. |
| 1:23.3 | Frankencents is the only reason I know that word. You all know Frankencent? |
| 1:28.3 | He's a guy. |
| 1:29.0 | It's his street name. |
| 1:30.5 | I don't know much. |
| 1:32.5 | This is part two. |
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