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Originally Posted by Monterrey
Christmas is so absolutely pagan. How anyone calling themselves a Christian can celebrate the celebration of Sol Invictus is baffling to me.
No Biblical scholar, with a sincere desire for truth, can honestly say Christmas is not pagan.
In Revelation 2 we see a command not to eat meat sacrificed to idols. The problem was not the meat but where the meat came from.
Kinda like christ mass.
Pagan at its core. |
Revelation 2 says not to eat meat sacrificed to idols. What does that have to do with having an annual celebration of Jesus' Birthday? I don’t know anyone making sacrifices for anything on December 25th. If you would like to make that point about meats sacrificed, what do the epistles teach us about what is sold in the shambles? I believe it says to ask no questions for conscience's sake. Why then are Christians trying to investigate and research pagan history?
I have never heard of Mithra until AFF, and that is 40 years of life in a Pentecostal denomination. I have heard refutations of Christmas trees, Santa Clause, etc. and I can understand why those things are controversial. However, celebrating the birth of Christ should be a good thing. How old is the tradition of Mithra’s birth on December 25th?
Over 1000 years ago a pagan religion celebrated on December 25th and suddenly we are condeming brethen for idolatry that have no knowledge on the subject, because something an encyclepedia article says or a youtube video they watched. It seems that people like casting stumbling blocks in their brothers' way. I think we have much bigger fish to fry.