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easter is celebrated at the time it is because the catholic church was trying to convert the pagans. They tried to steal the pagan's thunder by celebrating certain holidays at the same time that pagans did. Hopefully, they could distract people from the pagan ways and gain attention. Christmas is also celebrated at the same time as another pagan holiday. The time Christ was born is really in April or May (can't remember, but it was on TLC) about 6 years before the BC/AD split. Some scientists determined this through historical records and things having to do with the starts and skies. The BC/AD split is wrong because when someone (sorry I forget the guy who first put it all together) made the calendar he guessed at the year Jesus was born and missed by a little.
edit: actually, now that I think about it May 20 sounds like the right date. Not absolutely sure so if anyone else saw the same thing I did please share.
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