Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Pagan beliefs surrounding Christmas


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 6 Sep 08)

  
 Pagan beliefs surrounding Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is safe to say that the Christmas tree is one of the most recognized symbols of Christmas, yet the origins of the Christmas tree are not clear.
It is said that Saint Boniface found a group of pagan worshipping an oak tree and became angry; consequently, he proceeded to cut down the Oak tree.
The origin of the Christmas tree is started in Germany where it was worshiped by German pagans believing in Thor, the Norwegian God of thunder.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pagan_beliefs_surrounding_Christmas   (3193 words)

  
 Christmas and Christmastide: All About Christmas
Christmas, also known as the Feast of the Nativity, literally means "Christ Mass." The feast celebrates Jesus' birth and the Incarnation of the Son of God on December 25.
Christmas is the feast of the Incarnation, the feast celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, true God and true man, as a little baby in Bethlehem, within the realm of history.
Pagans had lots of holy days and we can technically level the charge of "pagan" against any day of the year, because some pagan somewhere celebrated something every day of the year.
www.churchyear.net /christmas.html   (2233 words)

  
 Christmas
During its first 300 years, the church in Rome maintained a staunch position against all pagan beliefs and practices; however, many new and potential converts were reluctant to give up their familiar celebrations.
In the case of the Christmas Tree, this knowledge can enrich the celebration of the ritual for even the most fundamental Christian and revitalize the winter holidays for those who are not.
Christmas is a billboard of a blend of wickedness and Christianity; thus not constituting a complete repentance from all wickedness.
www.atruechurch.info /christmas.html   (3102 words)

  
 Pagan Holidays: Christian Resource Centre (Bermuda)!
Pagan deities were supplanted by (renamed to) deceased Christian saints or enshrined in the days of the week and in the months of the year.
Christmas time is the biggest spending time of the entire year and the most profitable time of the year for businesses.
Pagan worship which has descended from Babylonian mysteries is based on a mother goddess and the birth of her child.
www.nisbett.com /holidays/pagan_holidays.htm   (13245 words)

  
 Is Christmas Christian?
Christmas is the Roman Catholic celebration of a particular mass in honor of the birth of Christ.
Nearly every recorded form of pagan worship which has descended from Babylonian "mysteries" focuses the attention of the worshipper on a mother goddess and the birth of her child.
Christmas, Halloween, and Easter derive from pagan festivals (the Winter Solstice, Samhain, and the festival of the Babylonian fertility goddess "Ashtarte" respectively) and retain, to this day, many of the same characteristics of these festivals.
www.geocities.com /chrisforliberty/christmas.html   (5103 words)

  
 Is Christmas Pagan?
Christmas long ago supplanted the old pagan festivals, and those religions (except where resurrected in bits and pieces to be stewed in a New Age melting pot) are effectively dead.
Christmas is a terrible pollution and curse on mankind, using that holy and precious Name to do the opposite of preach the cross, but to preach life in the flesh.
Christmas is a season when men’s minds are already focused on God, not religiously perhaps, but merely because His birth is the topic of the day.
www.literatureclassics.com /ancientpaths/magazine/pagan.html   (8215 words)

  
 CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS AND THEIR PAGAN ORIGINS
Because the festive aspects of the German-American Christmas, including the tree, were considered pagan, the Puritans in New England shunned them until about 1875.
It is generally acknowledged that the Christmas tree is of German origin.
Part of the modern American picture of Christmas is that of a magnificent sleigh pulled by eight reindeer carrying a bushy-bearded Santa Claus.
www.serve.com /shea/germusa/pagan.htm   (815 words)

  
 Meanings of the terms Pagan and Paganism
He said: "I really believe that the Pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians...all of them who have tried to secularize America - I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.' " Pat Robertson responded: "Well, I totally concur...
A rare use of "Pagan" is to describe a person who does not follow an main Abrahamic religion.
One condemned Christmas' practices as "merely variations of the ceremonies invented by the corrupt pagans of yesterday." It refers to the Christian concept of the Trinity as deriving from "Pagan Babylon." "The religion of pagan Babylon did not disappear...it was passed on down, to 'Mystery Babylon,'...[the] mother of abominations of the earth.
www.religioustolerance.org /paganism.htm   (2737 words)

  
 Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity.
Examples of winter festivals that are believed by some to have influenced Christmas include the pre-Christian festivals of Yule and Saturnalia, and many of the traditions associated with the holiday have origins in these pagan winter celebrations.
However, various local and regional Christmas traditions are still practiced, despite the widespread influence of American, British and Australian Christmas motifs disseminated by film, popular literature, television, and other media.
www.christmas.craftsart.net   (364 words)

  
 Christmas...the Untold Story
But the ancient rituals and pagan celebrations, with all their accompanying symbolism and enactments were by no means replaced with anything that was "Christian." One may claim a pig is a duck hundreds of times, but the pig is a pig, nevertheless.
The early pagan Scandinavians were tree worshipers, and it was only natural that their "Brumalias" or the winter festival of Saturnalia should feature the holly tree and the fir tree, whose wreaths and branches were brought indoors.
Yea, the `Christmas goose' and the `yule cakes' were essential articles in the worship of the Babylonian messiah, as that worship was practiced both in Egypt and at Rome" (ibid.
www.garnertedarmstrong.ws /christmas.htm   (10342 words)

  
 In Worship of Pagan Gods
Christmas coincides with the winter Solstice (Saturnalia), which honors the God of Agriculture--Saturn.
From this, the Christmas tradition of caroling was born.
Yule was symbolic of the Pagan Sun God, Mithras, being born, and was observed on the shortest day of the year.
www.strike-the-root.com /4/wasdin/wasdin30.html   (1209 words)

  
 Christmas Carols, Christmas Hymns, History Of Christmas Carols, Lyrics Of Christmas Carols
Christmas carols are songs whose lyrics are about Christmas or the winter season in general.
A popular western tradition involves children going from house to house singing Christmas carols at each one, and they are usually rewarded with mince pies or an appropriate drink.
Christmas Carols date back to the 13th century when a Roman Bishop announced that a song called ‘Angel’s Hymn’ would be sung at a Christmas service in Rome.
www.dgreetings.com /gift-ideas/christmas-gifts/christmas-carols.html   (487 words)

  
 CHRISTMAS DAYS .COM :: Pagan Beliefs Surrounding Christmas - Yule   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yule was the winter solstice celebration of the Germanic pagans still celebrated by Ásatrúar.
"Yule" and "Yuletide" are also archaic terms for Christmas, sometimes invoked in songs to provide atmosphere.
Indeed, this is the only meaning of "Yule" accepted by either the full Oxford English Dictionary or the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and people unfamiliar with ancient pagan traditions will not distinguish between Yule and Christmas.
christmasdays.com /yule.html   (189 words)

  
 RELIGION: Pagan, Neo-Pagan, Druids, Animism, Shamanism (e-Book, e-Books, eBooks, eBook)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning [solar myths, Christian festivals, Magic, ritual...]
Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their origin and meaning
Paganism and Pagan Survivals in Spain up to the Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom
www.digitalbookindex.com /_search/search010religionpagana.asp   (183 words)

  
 CHRISTMAS
You and I were born into a "ready-made" world.
I certainly never did look up any information about Christmas until I was well into my twenties, and already married.
Please know it is not wise to take any man's word for anything, so prove all things for yourself from the pages of your own Bible.
www.mycog.com /christmas.htm   (10298 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.