TAKE CHRIST OUT!
Christmas is coming..Christmas is coming!
Families will be gathering to celebrate the “birth of Christ/Jesus.
And as with Thanksgiving gatherings, COVID 19 will destroy many celebraters.
About this time, we’ll be hearing cries of “Put the Christ back in to Christmas”, with concerns that Santa Clause is gaining ascendency, with toy-giving and riotous celebrating, with little or no concern for the “real” reason we celebrate the 25th of December. The birth of Jesus the Christ.
Hogwash!
Jesus was no more born on this date than I.
I’ve already discoursed on this earlier.
But I’m not concerned about His day of birth, only in so much that we stop celebrating it on December 25th, a pagan holiday!
The 25th of December was a celebration day for among others, Mithras..Tammuz and Saturn, and the advent of the winter solsltice.
Tammuz was a Sumerian fertility god.
The day devoted to Saturn there was lot of drinking, carring on and exchanging of gifts
We’ve all heard of Yultide blessing!
Yule is the Babylonian name for “infant”
Isis is said to given birth around this time (day would change from year to year in the third week of December, depending on the winter solstice beginning).
It wasn’t until the 4th Century AD that “Christmas” was universally observed.
It was due to the misplaced zealousness of the Roman "christian" church to convert pagans, using their days of worship and giving it a “christian” conversion, thus removing some obstacles to changing from “heathenism” to catholicism..not a step above.
God considers the worshipping of pagan holidays an abomination!
So I say keep the gift giving and celebrating, and call the day anything you want other than “Christmas”..which as you know means Christ’s birth.
Let’s declare it SANTA CLAUSE DAY and enjoy good cheer and celebrate life, but take the Christ out of Christmas!
I’m sure Paul would agree, for he says let every day be a celebration to our God..not to gods..bob