At http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2005/caps1123.htm it was said...((((((((((((((("The idea that "Christmas" is the normal time for
lambs to be born is just simply wrong."This attack is a false one, evidently from some person that thinks Christmas is 'pagan'.)))))))))))))))First off, it was not an "attack", just a statement of facts. Secondly, the web sites I quoted were not written by people who even cared about Christmas. they were written by scientific minded people who's only concern was the truth about lambs.In the article that posted to try and "prove" that lambs are born around December 25th, he cites an article written by an online tabloid, but did not give a link to the original source. I went to www.wordnetdaily.com and couldn't find the article he mentioned. I did find articles promoting UFO sightings (articles 38250, 36499, 35272, among others), Nostradamus (articles 43534, 33275, 19155 among MANY others) and Holloween (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19155), but couldn't find the one he cited that allegedly "proves" that December 25th is the "right" season for lambs to be born, or that they mate in June, or anything like that. So it's really not possible for me to cross-examine whether there's any credibility to whether what he quoted matches the original article or not, because I couldn't even verify that the article even exists.But World Net Daily is not a source used by people interested in lambs, and is a site that admits to an agenda of trying to prove that December 25th is the date Yeshua was born. I did find one article from World Net Daily in which they clearly admit to their bias of trying to prove that Yeshua was born on December 25th. Here's a quote from World Net Daily archives, article number 25819 (I'm giving you the reference so you can go look it up for yourself if you want),"Jesus is called many things in the Bible. One of His names is the Lamb of God. And while no one is quite sure exactly when Jesus was born, I believe that name may actually lend credence to the birth date of Dec. 25. I know what you skeptics are going to say. Dec. 25 was chosen by church leaders because it coincided with pagan festivities. It was a way of hijacking those customs and traditions – a way of redeeming them. But hear me out. I'm going to tell you why I think Dec. 25 could well be the actual birthday of the Messiah."
so in this article, World Net Daily ADMITS to their bias. And note this article, trying to prove December 25 is the right time for Yeshua's birth, also happens to use the word "Lamb" here, even though its not the article quoted earlier.
I quoted articles from CREDIBLE EXPERTS in the field of raising lambs (not a tabloid), giving full links to the sources so you could read the whole thing for yourself, written by people who are experts in lambing and who have no agenda on Christmas. Their only concern is to be successful at lambing.The article written at http://www.biolreprod.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/1/85 , calling Fall the "wrong" time for lambs to be born and Spring the "right" time has no commentary in it on Christmas. It was written by people involved in the profession of raising lambs, who's only desire is to be successful at what they do. Now if the only evidence one can find is that lambs are only born in December is from an online tabloid, you haven't got much. And the other problem with that article is that if lambs aren't born between June and December, as the World Net Daily claims, then what do we do about all those farmers who claim they're experiencing 2-4 times as many lambs being born in the spring than in December? And I suppose to ignore the eye-witness testimony of these farmers because of some unverified World Net Daily article written by someone who admits they are trying to prove that Yeshua was born on December 25th?
If my only "proof" that Yeshua was born on December 25th is a tabloid article that requires me to say that all farmers who are claiming they experience more lambs born in the spring than any other time are all "liars" with an agenda to disprove Christimas, lets face it, there just isn't much evidence there at all.The articles at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7174545&dopt=Abstract and http://ars.sdstate.edu/sheepext/sd99/99-1.htm are more articles written by those who could care less about whether the birth of lambs coincides with Christmas or not. their only desire is to be successful at raising lambs, so they need to know the TRUTH, not some agenda driven bias.Shalom, Joe