Why is Christmas celebrated on December 25th? Most people assume that it has always been a Christian holiday and that it is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. But it turns out that Jesus was not born on December 25th. However, a whole bunch of pagan gods were born on that day. In fact, pagans celebrated a festival involving a heroic supernatural figure that visits an evergreen tree and leaves gifts on December 25th long before Jesus was ever born. From its early Babylonian roots, the celebration of the birth or "rebirth" of the sun god on December 25th came to be celebrated under various names all over the ancient world. You see, the winter solstice occurs a few days before December 25th each year. The winter solstice is the day of the year when daylight is the shortest. In ancient times, December 25th was the day each year when the day started to become noticeably longer. Thus it was fitting for the early pagans to designate December 25th as the date of the birth or the "rebirth" of the sun.
The truth is that thousands of years before there was a "Santa Claus", there was another supernatural figure who would supposedly visit a tree and leave gifts every December 25th.
His name was Nimrod.
The celebration of December 25th goes all the way back to ancient Babylon.
According to ancient Babylonian tradition, Semiramis (who eventually became known as the goddess Astarte/Asherah/Ashtoreth/Isis/Ishtar/Easter in other pagan religions) claimed that after the untimely death of her son/husband Nimrod (yes she was married to her own son), a full grown evergreen tree sprang up overnight from a dead tree stump. Semiramis claimed that Nimrod would visit that evergreen tree and leave gifts each year on the anniversary of his birth, which just happened to be on December 25th.
This is the true origin of the Christmas tree.
On Bibletools.org, Mike Ford describes this ancient pagan tradition about Nimrod this way....
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After Nimrod's death (c. 2167 BC), Semiramis promoted the belief that he was a god. She claimed that she saw a full-grown evergreen tree spring out of the roots of a dead tree stump, symbolizing the springing forth of new life for Nimrod. On the anniversary of his birth, she said, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts under it.
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On that same site, John Plunkett described the ancient pagan myth regarding December 25th in this manner....
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From many ancient writings, considerable is learned of this man, who started the great organized worldly apostasy from God that has dominated this world until now. Nimrod was so evil, it is said he married his own mother, whose name was Semiramis. After Nimrod's untimely death, his so-called mother-wife, Semiramis, propagated the evil doctrine of the survival of Nimrod as a spirit being. She claimed a full-grown evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead tree stump, which symbolized the springing forth unto new life of the dead Nimrod. On each anniversary of his birth, she claimed, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts upon it. December 25th was the birthday of Nimrod. This is the real origin of the Christmas tree.
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From this original fable peddled by Semiramis (the "Queen of Heaven") came the tradition for pagans to go out to the holy "groves" and leave gifts for Nimrod (who later came to be worshipped as "Baal") at an evergreen tree.
Does that sound like a "Christian" holiday to you?
In fact, in his classic work "The Two Babylons", Alexander Hislop describes the Babylonian origins of Christmas on page 93....
"Long before the fourth century, and long before the Christian era itself, a festival was celebrated among the heathen, at that precise time of the year, in honor of the birth of the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven. It may fairly be presumed that, in order to conciliate the heathen, and to swell the number of the nominal adherents of Christianity, the Roman Church, giving it only the name of Christ adopted the same festival. This tendency on the part of Christians to meet Paganism halfway was very early developed; and we find Tertullian, even in his day, about the year 230, bitterly lamenting the inconsistency of the disciples of Christ in this respect, and contrasting it with the strict fidelity of the Pagans to their own superstition."
In fact, the name "Yule" is the Babylonian word for "infant" or "little child" as Hislop describes on pages 93 and 94 of his book....
"That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival is beyond all doubt. The time of the year, and the ceremonies, with which it is still celebrated, prove its origin. In Egypt, the son of Isis, the Egyptian title for the queen of heaven, was born at this very time, 'about the time of the winter solstice.' The very name by which Christmas is popularly known among us -- Yule-day -- proves at once its pagan and Babylonian origin. 'Yule' is the Chaldee name for an 'infant' or 'little child'; and as the 25th of December was called by our Pagan Anglo-Saxon ancestors, 'Yule-day,' or the 'Child's-day,' and the night that preceded it, 'Mother-night,' long before they came in contact with Christianity, that sufficiently proves its real character. Far and wide, in the realms of Paganism, was this birthday observed."
So when you offer "yuletide" greetings, you are actually acknowledging Nimrod's birthday.
The truth is that the pagan holiday of "Yule" has been celebrated by the pagans of northern Europe from late December through early January for centuries and centuries. Yule logs were traditionally lit throughout northern Europe to honor the pagan god Thor. The festival would continue until the Yule log burned out - which could take up to twelve days. This is where we get the so-called "12 days of Christmas".
In fact, Wiccans, neo-pagans and even many witches still celebrate Yule to this day. Many of them think it is incredibly funny when Christians use the pagan word Yule. Yule is one of the most important holidays for them. The following excerpt was taken from a website on witchcraft:
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Birthday of the Twins:
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Birthday of the Twins, Heru Sa Aset and Bast, children of Aset [Isis]. Origin of Yule and Christmas. On Winter Solstice Asar [Osiris] dies. Aset [Isis] with the magick help of Nebt Het [Nephthys] creates a Djed Pillar [artificial penis] for Her husband and impregnates Herself. For three full days (December 22-24) Asar lies dead and the Twins grow in Aset’s belly. On this day (December 25th) the Twins are born, the reincarnation or resurrection of Their Father. The green tree is a symbol of the green-skinned Asar, God of fertility and vegetation. The colored lights are symbols of Aset, Goddess of magick and divine light. Red, green, and white are the traditional candle colors of Bast (this was Her birthday alone for several thousand years of early Kemetic history), later being adapted to red for Aset (the color of the Mother’s menstrual flow), green for Asar (the color of vegetation), and white for the Twins (the color of pure light).
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So where did Christmas come from?
Well, the truth is that the word "Christmas" is not actually found anywhere in the entire Bible.
In fact, the word "Christmas" was not even invented until about a thousand years after Jesus left this earth.
The Catholic Encyclopedia even admits this....
"The word for Christmas in late Old English is Cristes Maesse, the Mass of Christ, first found in 1038."
But Jesus was not even born on December 25th.
The reality is that it would have simply been far too cold for shepherds to be out with their sheep at night in Israel on December 25th.
The vast majority of Christian scholars now acknowledge this.
So when was Jesus actually born?
Based on the information we have in the Scriptures, it appears that it is most likely that Jesus was born in the fall. In particular, it seems most likely that Jesus was actually born during the Feast of Tabernacles as the video posted below demonstrates....
So how did December 25th come to be celebrated by Christians?
Well, by the time the Roman Empire legalized Christianity in the 4th century, most of the other religions in the empire were celebrating the birth of their gods on December 25th.
Leading up to December 25th in ancient Rome, a festival known as Saturnalia was one of the biggest celebrations of the year. Saturnalia was a festival during which the Romans commemorated the dedication of the temple of their god Saturn. This holiday began on the 17th of December and it would last for an entire week until the 23rd of December.
Saturnalia was typically characterized by gift-giving, feasting, singing and lots and lots of debauchery. The priests of Saturn would carry wreaths of evergreen boughs in procession throughout the pagan Roman temples.
Later on, the Romans also started holding a festival on December 25th called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, which means "the birthday of the unconquered sun." Basically it was a way for the empire to consolidate all of the December 25th "sun god" birthdays throughout the empire into one holiday.
In the year 350 A.D., Pope Julius I declared that the birth of Jesus would be celebrated on December 25th from then on. There appears to be little doubt that Pope Julius was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans to convert to Catholicism.
However, the new holiday did not really take off with Christians at first. The widespread celebration of December 25th by Christians did not really get going until 378. It was apparently then dropped in 381 and then resurrected in 400.
But the truth is that December 25th was celebrated as the birthday of scores of pagan gods long before it was ever associated with Jesus.
As we discussed earlier, the celebration of December 25th goes all the way back to Nimrod (who eventually came to be worshipped as Baal).
Baal worship spread throughout the known world and provided the basis for all other pagan religions. The following are just some of the pagan gods that had "birthdays" on December 25th....
Mithras
Horus
Attis
Dionysus the son of Zeus
Tammuz
Hercules
Perseus
Helios
Bacchus
Apollo
Jupiter
Sol Invictus - (The "Unconquered Sun")
When the Roman Catholics decided to make December 25th a "Christian holiday" in the fourth century, they simply adopted a long standing pagan holiday and kept most of the same pagan traditions.
For example, the ancient Babylonian "Christmas tree" became known as a symbol of fertility throughout the ancient world. The pole, balls, and tinsel (phallus, testes, semen) represented various aspects of male fertility, while wreaths were always fashioned in a circle to represent female fertility.
In "The Two Babylons", Hislop describes some of the ancient traditions surrounding the Christmas tree on page 97....
"The Christmas tree, now so common among us, was equally common in Pagan Rome and Pagan Egypt. In Egypt that tree was the palm-tree; in Rome it was the fir; the palm tree denoting the Pagan messiah, as Baal-Tamar, the fir referring to him as Baal-Berith. The mother of Adonis, the sun-god and great mediatorial divinity, was mystically said to have been changed into a tree, and when in that state to have brought forth her divine son. If the mother was a tree, the son must have been recognized as the 'Man the branch.' And this entirely accounts for the putting of the Yule Log into the fire on Christmas Eve, and the appearance of the Christmas tree the next morning."
That sure puts a different spin on Christmas traditions, now doesn't it?
Most Christians don't even realize that God warned us about such things in the Bible.
In Jeremiah 10:1-4, God warns us against putting up these decorated trees like the pagans were doing....
Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel. This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter."
The Puritans understood this. It comes as a surprise to most Americans to learn that the Puritans once banned Christmas trees in many areas of the United States because they were considered so pagan.
According to ancient Babylonian tradition, the springtime fertility festival of Ishtar (Easter) was a time when the "Queen of Heaven" was believed to become impregnated. Nine months later the sun god would be "born" or "reborn".
To the ancient Babylonians, these holiday trees came to be worshipped as the "Queen of Heaven", and gifts were brought to the "groves" of trees that had been grown in her honor and placed beneath them as offerings.
The Babylonians also used wreaths to represent the nativity of the sun, since they were objects that depicted the "womb" of the Earth mother.
Early Christians completely rejected these traditions. In the 3rd century, Tertullian wrote the following about these pagan celebrations....
"On your day of gladness, we [Christians] neither cover our doorposts with wreaths, nor intrude upon the day with lamps. At the call of public festivity, you consider it a proper thing to decorate your house like some new brothel. We are accused of a lower sacrilege because
we do not celebrate along with you the holidays ..."
The truth is that the celebration of December 25th and most of the accompanying traditions have always been pagan.
But many Christians will protest and say that it is okay for them to celebrate December 25th because to them it is all about Jesus.
That was the same excuse that Aaron used when he and most of the rest of the people of Israel worshipped the golden calf while Moses was up on the mountain getting the Law of God. Aaron actually said that the worship of the golden calf was being done to the Lord as we read in Exodus 32:5....
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD."
But we know how that turned out.
God was not pleased.
At all.
In fact, He was furious.
In the same way, God is not pleased when we celebrate pagan holidays and keep traditions that have been pagan for thousands of years.
For even more on the pagan origins of Christmas, check out the following YouTube video....
To Joshua:
In reference to your post on Exodus 32:5, the word used for “Lord” there IS in fact Yahweh according to Strong’s:
http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&query=Exodus+32%3A5§ion=0&translation=str&oq=exodus%252032%3A5&new=1&sr=1&nb=ex&ng=32&ncc=32
Furthermore, when the calf is made, Aaron tells the people that the idol IS God, the one which led them out of Egypt.
@ Logan
Thank you.
@Bob Christmas
That is a very skewed and very wrong thought process. If you believe that than you must also believe that without any previous action those actions would not be plausible so saying that without Christ that would not happen is just a very misled argument. There is no way that string of arguments is valid at all.
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@Tomm “Why do we have the Bible if it doesn’t matter whether we follow it?”
I wasn’t knocking Exodus. My point was that the author drew conclusions out of a passage in Exodus that are irrelevant. Another poster showed that they were taken out of context. The truth is that not every verse is supposed to be taken literally anyway. Jesus himself used hyperbole. We have to understand the authors intent.
My main point is that we are set in our beliefs… us, and them. The only thing that I am grateful for this story is that maybe some people on the fence will make decisions or choose to investigate further.
Shalom.
I don’t think God is going to send all of you to hell for celebratong Christmas or putting up a Christmas tree. What you put up was back then and what is happening is in the now today. God knows our hearts, minds, souls and the very essence of our beings. And in the bible he says if you will seek him he will show you the secrets that he has to show you. I do believe seeking him is the answer in all things not worrying about trees and past customs. He knows our nation is feeling hopeless and downtrodden with dispair in so many places. He is a loving God vengence is not what he has shown me but love, kindness, and compassion when I have needed it most. Diagnosed with MS and other chromosome abnormalilities and having a husband in prison who has had half his brain removed and is more chromosome abnormal than me I have learned God gives us choices. The choice is to reach for him or not it is up to you!
@Luke
You are sounding like you believe that many ways lead to the One True God. Remember Yeshua said, 6 יהושע said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
He is the Word, He pre-existed the world, and as such demands that His followers do NOT learn the ways of the heathen or of the nations.
His people were instructed to NOT worship God as the peoples around them did. I think this applies today just as much as it did then.
If we want to be with Jesus Christ, all truths must be done by His followers. I think it is clear that all the traditions that has no relation whatsoever in the kingdom of God must be denounced nor practiced. Truth and error must never come hand in hand and will never be to a faithful believer.
I found this article very interesting, and it agrees with a lot of the research my family and I have done in the past year on the folklore & history of the Twelve Days of Christmas. We wanted to know if there was more to the Twelve Days than the famous Christmas carol, and we had no idea how much more there was to know!
It’s true that pagan winter solstice celebrations had a profound influence on the Church’s decision on when to fix the dates of Christmas and Epiphany — the period of December 26-January 6 coincides with the beginning and end of Saturnalia, yuletide, etc. This 12-day period is the Twelve Days of Christmas, and this was for many people in past centuries the real heart of the Christmas celebration — instead of one day, it was a season of feasting & gift-giving, with many elements of past pagan celebrations included. It is ALL connected and cross-pollinated. Santa was influenced by Odin, who was influenced by Jupiter, etc…
Our family is not religious, but we enjoy Christmas, and also the practice of giving gifts on the Twelve Days. To us, it’s fun, and also a way to remember the complex roots of the Christmas tradition. We are trying to popularize this concept and spread the word about the origins of Christmas and the Twelve Days, through our website, http://www.twelvedays.com. There’s a lot of info on this subject in the booklet that’s included in our 12 Days gift box sets, and in the coming days I’m planning to upload all of that information to our site.
@Hannah, etc.
I agree with you completely that Jesus Christ is the one true God, and I do not make light of John 14:6; yes, His Way–His teaching, His appearance on earth as God in the flesh, His blameless, sinless life, His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, His crucifixion, His resurrection, and His gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit–is the only way for salvation. (And by “salvation” I mean restored relationship with God, pardon from our inevitably sinful nature in order to be seen as good in the eyes of God, and, of course, admission to Heaven to be in God’s presence for eternity.) I am sorry to have sounded like I believe otherwise from my past note. Let me try to clarify.
I do not understand my practicing those Christmas traditions that include a lighted and decorated fir tree, ornaments, decorations of boughs and holly, and a wreath on the door to be my learning of the ways of the heathen. I understand my practicing these traditions to be participation in American and Western culture–I see it to be part of our culture much more than those originating cultures, in light of the significant cultural remove–but even more, participation in family traditions that are centered around a celebration of Christ’s birth and, more generally, the miracle of His incarnation and all that encompasses (especially, and ultimately, the miracle of Christ’s intercession for man by bearing the burden of all sins for all of mankind for all time).
Learning about the pagan origins of the Christmas traditions I have always practiced, and their original pagan symbology, does not render my practice of them pagan. The traditions I practice are symbols of MY reasons for practicing them. This, of course, does not make all things right; my reasons for traditions such as these are made right by being symbols of Christ to me, signs pointing toward God, encouraging me to give glory where glory is due: to God.
I said that even the pagans of old touched on themes (life, rebirth, renewal, etc.) that are ultimately of God. I believe that even the most pagan of pagans can evidence God’s reality, reaching out toward something beyond themselves, which is appropriate since God wants us to reach out in order to know Him: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7). They reach out BUT they miss the mark; they take the familiar actions of asking and seeking and knocking, but are not addressing that which they ask to the right One, not seeking in the right direction, not knocking on the right door. What I have meant here is what some call “common grace,” the evidence of God’s goodness and glory that reaches all men, even those men who will in the end be damned. It is indeed an important distinction: evidencing God’s reality (even His existence as Jesus Christ) without recognizing it as God; versus acknowledging God’s reality as Jesus Christ.
I am encouraged and moved by your exhortation and concern for me to “preach Christ crucified” and nothing other than that, and, again, am sorry to have distressed you (and any other reader too) with any ambiguous prose! May those who seek, seek the right thing, and find the right One. God bless you.
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Wow! That’s a lot to ponder. But it seems very clear in the bible where God stands on this. For those who are ignorant, perhaps there is no consequence, but we have now been made aware and therefore cannot claim ignorance. I see no choice but to be held accountable now. I just really did not know God condemned it and did not view it fully as the compromise with paganism that it really is. God does want us to be separate from the world. I really thought it was okay to celebrate Santa and the christmas tree if you maintained what Christmas is really about. To please God, we must do everything with complete faith. If a christian has any doubts about celebrating christmas in the usual fashion, then it is wrong for them.
Excellent Post!
Most people who read this will simply choose to deny the fact that the very first commandment is to “Honor NO OTHER Gods” than the true God, Jehovah, Yahweh etc…
By celebrating Christmas and Easter, people are actually doing something that God hates, which is giving “honor” to false pagan Gods through the promotion of traditions and ceremony that have their origins rooted in paganism. And not to mention Christmas is BASED ON A LIE people. Who is the “Father of the Lie”? Why would God want you to celebrate a holiday that is not only based on a lie, but actually started in worship to a false God? The only thing that has changed is the name. From Nimrod to Jesus. I bet God just loves that…Hypocrites!
Excellent article with content that mirror what other likewise writers say regarding the deception of christmas. Can anyone still have a clear conscience to “celebrate” Des 25 after reading all these articles , including this one , that confirms the Pagan origin of it all ? We don`t celebrate our OWN little Des 25 celebration , because we choose to , NO , we celebrate because we have been indoctrinated as small children to believe and practice christmas. Nobody came from another planet where christmas is celebrated , and brought it with them to planet earth , No No No , we were all indoctrinated into this practice. What a shame , yet the evil one still try to convince Christians to go along with this practice as if nothing is wrong with it. Fortunately , not all Christians fall for these lies forever. May Yahweh the God Almighty help us all to get to know the TRUTH about all the deceptions in this evil world , including those from the Catholics , who created the christmas idea according to this and many other similar articles.
This is a classic theme in all successful religions – they all consume what was before and claim it as theirs. This allows the new religion to assume supremacy before all that was before. If you notice also, all through Europe there are statues in Catholic churches for the Black Madonna and child. In actuality, these were Venus in the Roman gods, which the Christians could not dispell people from worshipping, so hence the mother and child in Christianity as well. In Islam, Mohammed had first considered Jerusalem as the center of his new religion, but could not convert the Jews, so gave up and made Mecca the center. As you know they have a Kabbah built around a meteorite that fell from the Cosmos literally. Originally, there was a pagan (pre-Islamic religion) surrounding the stone, that Mohammed simply incorporated into Islam.
The story of Jesus’ birth is a good account from Matthew’s gospel. Mary and perhaps Joseph gave some accounts in Bethlehem. We always see greeting cards with a pregnant mother on a donkey and the husband, alone. When at tax time, most of their produce is converted to money to bring to the Romans. Nobody traveled alone unless they were stupid because of robbers on the road. They probably had a huge contingent of family and neighbors. Therefore, there might have been lots of eyewitnesses at that birth.
Keep in mind that when the Wise Men showed up at Mary, Joseph and Jesus were might back at home in Nazareth, not still in the manger like in greeting cards, two years after his birth. The family split to Egypt to hide from Herod, who killed all the males of two years old…Herod was trying to hedge against Jesus not to survive as the King of the Jews, according to the scriptures of Isaiah for his scholars, Herod took it personally, because it was his name as ruler, The King of the Jews.
I don’t do much for Christmas at all, other than to have dinner and give some music and dinner with my family….I’ve got pretty good to ignore the holiday, I’m always glad to get past the holidays. Getting much better to do nothing. Forth of July’s myth is just as troubling for me. I’m an iconoclast. I’m not very much fun at holidays.
Hi
You are right about the date of Jesus’ birth. You are also right about the Catholics co-opting a pagan holiday.
Nonetheless, despite the foibles of my forbears, I believe.
Thank you for the informative missive.
Dr. T
And have a happy holiday – whichever way you choose to go.
Two points. 1)For the article. Doiong calculations using the Jewish calender, Julian calender (used by the Roman world at the time of Christ) and the Gregorian (our present calender, as well as time lines in the Bible and the works of Josephus, it looks as is Jesus was born at the end of March by our current calender.
2) The 12 days of Christmas reply. The 12 days of Christmas doesn’t refer to 12 days leading up to the holiday, but the 12 following the holiday. The 12 ends at the celebration of the Epiphany.
Good Folks; Happy holidays to you. You do realize that there is nothing in Christianity that does not have its origin in previous religions of the “superstitious” local folks? It isn’t just Christ Mass that has its origin in previous Pagan beliefs. There is nothing that you have not lifted from us!
I appreciate that people celebrate the transition from dark to light, whatever their denominations. Still, no one can claim the exclusive rights to the celebration of light. It is an ancient knowledge that no religion can lay claims to. Living in the north, I don´t need anybody to tell me to celebrate when the day turns longer…
Love you all! God Jul!
the truth is the truth and cannot be watered down or changed. not all will make it into the kingdom only those with a pure heart and clean hands. after reading this can your heart be pure and hands clean if you practice ungodly things?
If we were to choose different days on which to celebrate Advent there would most likely be other pagan holidays that coincided. If we chose other symbols or decorations there would also be pagan traditions that used them also. Symbols and dates are somewhat limited and coincidence is inevitable. Take the swastika for example…before the Nazis adopted it as the symbol of their murderous regime, it was common in the art and symbols of native america. Does this mean that we can’t associate it with the Nazis? Certainly not. What really matters is what the symbol and date means to you. It’s the heart that God looks at–not the external symbols. It’s not the actual date that matters (remember that the date for easter varies based on lunar cycles). It is the event that you celebrate and who or what you honor on those dates.
So relax and enjoy looking at at Christmas tree as a symbol of the Christ who died and rose again–the acacia that shelters all who draw near. See those gifts under the tree as reminders of the undeserved gift of salvation, of love that gave its life for us, of purity that picked up our filth and carried it away. Remember the God who step into our world and lives among us.
Merry Christmas!
WB
Let’s listen to what Paul says about the matter:
Col 2:16-23 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the thins that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
Mary is right, He knows our hearts. So therefore let God be judge.
Sense there is no god, all this conjecture is a waste of time. People have been worshipping gods or a god because either they are afraid, does not understand, or another human wants to subjugate his peers based on his interpretation of a god or gods. This goes back before the birth of Christ and after.
The only thing we as humans can do is research why and research the origins of god myths.
This will make our common human history available to everyone and hopefully stop the untrue stories that get spread around about gods or god that never existed.
Yay for the strange wreaths, tree, presents, “Christmas” name, ornaments (which I will never look at the same way again), a burning ceremonial log, and the fact that we don’t know when Jesus was born.
I could do a celebration on July 17th and decorate the house with fish and hay. And I could even call it Barnfubhunzulala.
The day would be focused on when Jesus was born, how He grew up, and how He saved us. It shouldn’t be focused on an artificial (or real) tree that stays in your house for a week or on a circlet of branches that you hang on your door.
Whether you call it Barnfubhunzulala, Lulakiniya, Christmas, or any other strange name, the meaning will still be the same.
(You don’t even need to designate a [holi]day for such a ceremony; time was made for us by God and we use it to organize things so we remember them)
I love watching people argue over the meaning of the nonsense in the bible. You guys that think there’s some dude in the sky taking care of us are just ADORABLE!!!!
This research on the origin of christmas is not only astonishing, it is great work.This is the truth of the matter however much some try to justify it that it doesnt matter to Jehovah God.Giving praise and glory to lifeless pagan gods not only earns Jehovah’s wrath like it earned the ancient Israelites, but it also makes us God’s enemies.As Jesus taught, we should worship Jehovah in spirit and truth.
It was pretty cool to learn about all this stuff, i still haven’t read all of it but it seems very enlightening. Also when i came to the bottom and looked at all the comments i was disgusted to see all these stupid Christians sqobling about how wrong all of this was and how not to listen to it and just warship “the one and only god” lolz i mean do these people really think that some old Geezer in the sky is watching over them???
According to wikipedia Hislop’s book “The Two Babylons” is speculation at best. Semiramis lived centuries after Nimrod. He ties a bunch of stuff together that sound fascinating but are more fantasy. It’s interesting how much precise information the writer has that is over 4000 years before old, but doesn’t know Jesus’ birthday.
If you google the origin of Christmas you will find people of the Muslim and Jewish faith using the same Hislop information. I found that interesting. Mr. Hislop was a protestant minister trying to connect the Catholic church to “Babylon”. Now you have Jehovah’s Witnesses using to same info and saying “Christendom” is “Babylon the Harlot”. As far as I know wasn’t everybody pagan but the Jewish people at the time. So anything can be considered pagan if it predates Christ.
isn’t this what Christ came to do, over come evil and bring truth, I think it is awesome that Christ over rides these pagan ideals,if this is at all true,Jer. 10 if you read the whole chapter is talking about statues, no where in the bible does it talk about nomid and after his death what took place,is it not funny how one is spending so much time studing into this evil man? We have to be so carefull what we read and believe outside the bible,there have been many wolfs in sheeps clothing trying to discount what
Jesus came to do
You wrote this article like it is new news!
Guess you need to educate you American audience…
I think there are a lot of things we do today that we call Christian traditions that are inaccurate, especially if we base it on the Bible. On the other hand, there a lot of things in the Bible that we no longer practise today, like the burning of animals as sacrifice or not eating pork because it it unclean, etc.