As a Heathen, it always delights my heart during the Yule Season (we call it Yule) to see so many people honoring the gods by tradition and practice. I’m saddened that they mostly don’t understand where the “Christmas” traditions came from, but still, I think that our gods must appreciate so much honor done to them in the season anyway. I know that to the “pagan” gods (I prefer the term Heathen) the important thing was following the traditions, there was not as much emphasis on what was in your heart while doing so. Our ancestors that wrote about their Heathen values have made it clear that actions matter more than thoughts or intentions. So, I think the actions of the vast majority of people do show honor to their ancestors gods, even if that was not their intention. I would think that if you are Christian you would not want to be honoring other gods, certainly not once you understood that you were doing so by following the Yule traditions. Decorating the trees, gift-giving, honoring “Santa Claus” even out of commercialism or fun. Just about everything people associate with “Christmas” is from a Heathen or Pagan religion. In my household, we light the Yule Log, from ashes left over from the previous Yule. We make Wassail and sing songs, and leave out gifts of honey and milk for the spirits of the woods and for Red Thor when he comes on the 6th day of Yule (December 25th).

Since I’m not a Christian, I don’t participate in Ash Wednesday (for example); and while on one level I appreciate most people in the country practicing all of our Yule Traditions, I would think that unless you ARE Heathen or Pagan, you might not want to keep honoring our gods every year on “Christmas”!

If dates are not important why then witches and wizards do not celebrate Christ’s resurrection on the same day we celebrate? And they they can not, because we don’t honor the same LORD.

Therefore if 25th December is a pagan festival rather than Christian date of our saviors birth , then we should not even bother to celebrate because its not a fundamental truth for salvation. We have 365 days per year to give to the needy, show our love and practice benevolence. In fact not of those good deeds will save us, unless GOD is gracious to us.

Catholic Church has its roots in Roman paganism, in fact most rituals in the Roman Catholic Church are pagan. From the the worship of the saints (idols), prayers to the death, sacraments, the holy Sabbath rest to Sunday rest etc. So what do you expect?

Compare Aron and Moses? same tribe, same culture, but different believe. Moses believed that love and obedience were imperative for his success.

As our LORD said “Be careful with the doctrine of the Pharisees” (any other doctrine that opposes JESUS doctrine)

If you are a Roman Catholic, pagan, atheist, wizard etc. know that the LOVE of GOD – YAHWEH is sufficient to save you from hell.

GOD loves the sinner because he is LOVE
Lets then repent and reconsider the words of our LORD “Salvation is not far”

With love
LP

If you are waiting for someone to prove the reality of God to you, you will probably not realize it until it is too late and you find yourself on the other side of death’s door wishing someone, somehow, had gotten through to you. The onus is not on anyone to prove it to you; if you don’t want to believe it and then find out the hard way you were wrong, go ahead.

However, if you really DO want to know if God is real, it’s simple. Just ask. If you are truly committed to learning the truth, you will get an answer. Get alone some night or day, outside or inside, get on your knees or stand up straight, but ask with a genuine attitude of really needing to know – “God, are you there? Please find some way to communicate with me that I can understand for sure it is you, and not just someone trying to convince me. Don’t let me find out the hard way after it’s too late to live a full life in your love. Please find a way to let me know now, you are real, and help me to live the life you planned for me to live.”

After all, even the best scientists don’t start out with conclusions; they start out with questions. And don’t let arrogance get in the way. Why go to hell trying to prove you are right when in fact you are not?

Maxine

Guess you need to educate you American audience…”

Well, if it was written 20 years ago, it’ may be harder to believe seeing as new information, evidence or connections are being made all the time. It’s not like the author was telling about this new exciting thing called “gravity.” It’s a statement made with the more current facts and findings. I am sure that if this article was written in let’s say 1974, there may have been a heck of a lot less information out there and therefore be missing a lot of what we know today. Facts change, to which books and reports are re-written.

I learned that Christianity now surpasses Buddhism and Hinduism in idolatry(which WERE greatest idolaters of all world religions), but now Christianity is Number 1. So much for the Protestant Reformation.

Let’s get rid of all those false images of Jesus with long hair and beards and even if we knew what Jesus looked like, we are still prohibited from making ANY image or likeness of Him. Of course, this is only one area of idolatry, but at least it’s a good start.