On Jan 1, 8:48*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:29:29 -0500, Harry
wrote:



...to the many good christians he

The Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord is a Christian celebration of
the Brit milah (ritual circumcision) of Jesus, eight days (according to
the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days)[1]
after his birth, the occasion to on which the child was formally given
his name, Jesus,* a name derived from Hebrew meaning "salvation" or
"saviour".[2][3]

The circumcision of Jesus has traditionally been seen, as explained in
the popular 14th century work the Golden Legend, as the first time the
blood of Christ was shed, and thus the beginning of the process of the
redemption of man, and a demonstration that Christ was fully human, and
of his obedience to Biblical law.

The feast day appears on 1 January in the liturgical calendar of the
Eastern Orthodox Church[4] and of the Eastern Catholic Churches of
Byzantine Rite. It also appears in the pre-1960 General Roman
Calendar,[5] and is celebrated by some churches of the Anglican
Communion and virtually all Lutheran churches.

From wikipedia.

* He was never formally given the name "Jesus."

And you point is...?

"Jesus lived in Galilee for most of his life and spoke Aramaic and
possibly Hebrew and some Greek.[117] The name "Jesus" comes from an
alternate spelling of the Latin (Iesus) which in turn comes from the
Greek name Iesous (??s???). In the Septuagint ??s??? is used as the
Greek version of the Hebrew name Yehoshua (??????, "God delivers" from
Yeho Yahweh [is] shua` deliverance/rescue) in the Biblical book of
the same name, usually Romanized as Joshua. Some scholars believe that
one of these was likely the name that Jesus was known by during his
lifetime by his peers.[118] Thus, the name has been translated into
English as "Joshua".[119]"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus

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The Feast of the Unholy Foreskin? I always thought it was a weird
thing to celebrate but OK.