Since every single thing about xianity is pagan, why wouldn’t their holidays be pagan?
They believe in gods that have relatives – that is about as pagan as pagan gets.
They believe in gods that produce children with humans – that is about as pagan as pagan gets.
They believe in a man that is also a god – that is about as pagan as pagan gets.
They believe in a devil – that is pagan.
Their beliefs of heaven and hell are virtually identical to the afterlife beliefs of several different pagan belief systems.
Their belief in human sacrifice (or in their case deicide) is pagan.
Their belief in the consumption of human flesh and blood is pagan.
So I reiterate: if the entire core of the xian belief system is pagan, why wouldn’t their holidays be pagan as well?
***Just as a side note: the birth story found in Luke claims that the child was born during the Census of Quirinius, which began on September 12th of 6 CE and lasted approximately 7 weeks. This means that the child would have had to have been born at some time between September 12th and October 31st of 6 CE. It can even be narrowed down further.
The first chapter of Luke claims that Zechariah was part of the eighth priestly division. This means that his first week of Temple service would have been either the week before or the week after Shavuot, which is approximately mid-May – mid June each year; and his second week of service would have been approximately mid-November – mid-December each year. His wife became pregnant shortly after one of his service weeks: late May – late June or late November – late December. Later it tells us that Mary became pregnant 6 months after Elizabeth. Ergo, Mary would have given birth in either late August – late September or late February – late March.
The birth story in Luke completely eliminates December 25th as a possibility. And since the story claims the child was born during the Census of Quirinius, he would have had to have been born at some time between September 12th and September 30th of 6 CE. However, wouldn’t it be ironic if the xian hero was born on October 31st? LOL ad infinitum!
The date of December 25th obviously came about through sources outside of the xian writings. For what reason? Who cares? Pagan is as pagan does.
Aw this is so sad. Who does
@Yohanan ben Yaaqov work for, the Muslim? Looks like a Torah.
What do you guys thiink? Its fun to even look at. Jesus Christ spoke in the simplest farm metaphors on the planet earth with an infinite intellect. Do you think he cares about uncles and crops? I'm just curious. Where do we assume in the scifi era family relations with any cetainty?
Zeus produced real life rape-babies. That makes Heracles/Hercules a super-human Half-God. That's why I think that Christ was Before Moses, Christ Was in Creation. Christ's Divine Nature is no Creation.
The Chalcedonian Creed sets out how there is Fully man and Fully God. Or is it the Nicene? I don't check every day.
In fact, Jesus Christ in any Bible has only ever said Hades. This is the understanding of the people around as hellenism spread from Rome to the East and the whole Greek world, and Romans adopted all the greek Gods with Roman names. Hades and the God of the Underworld yes, would be a metaphor. Zeus did have a Mount Olympus of the gods.
I'm just curious about this one, is there pagan God sacrifice? God ordained the sacrifice at ever occasion, from knowing it would happen, to communicating it would happen...
Ya the Romans persecuting the first Christians made many stories of kidnapping and killing babies for blood. I think the Eucharist Could use some distance in the living faith tradition.
