-Caveat Lector- A few points
1) paganism did not infiltrate Christianity - Christianity absorbed paganism. It may be a subtle difference - but it is a difference. It was not pagans fooling Christians into celebrating their holidays, it was Christians taking over pagan holidays, in order to ease the conversion of pagans to Christianity - much the way the Romans would allow other peoples their own gods, as long as they understood that those were just other names of the Roman gods. 2) EVERY agricultural mythos celebrated the concept of cyclical rebirth, as it follows the seasonal growing cycle. Usually the god or hero dies (often sacrificing himself) and his body becomes the staple food of the people - rice, or coconuts, or whatever. The sacrifice often happens at the winter solstice to ensure the return of the sun, and the growing season. The Jesus story is a slightly later and more sophisticated model of this story. 3) Santa Claus only sounds like Satan's claws in English. Santa Claus however does sound like "St. nickolas" if you say it fast and run it together. 4) for the origins of the specifics of the Santa Claus myth look into the stories of the laplanders, where their shamans would eat red and white garbed mushrooms (amanita muscaria) and their visions included things like flying reindeer. >Jesus Christ said to His disciples, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really >my disciples. Then you shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and the truth will make you FREE" >-- free from the shackles of error, superstition, mythology, and pagan >deception! (John 8:32). Jesus also said heaven isn't a place, it is an attitude, a feeling in the heart, that to act like Jesus is to be in the kingdom of heaven. All else is religious bullshit imposed by churches and priests. That is the truth to set you free. on 12/19/02 11:35 PM, iNFoWaRZ at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The Shocking Pagan Origin Of Christmas! What is the TRUE ORIGIN of Christmas? > Where did it come from? Did you know Jesus Christ was born nowhere NEAR > December 25, but that was the "birth day" of the sun-god, "Sol Invictus" or > "Mithras"? Did you know December 25 was the concluding day of the pagan winter > festival called the "Saturnalia"? Where did "Santa Claus" come from? The > "Christmas tree"? How did this pagan feast become connected with > "Christianity"? Here is an amazing "whale of a tale"! -- -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - ----- -- --- -- - - - ---- - -- - - - -- ---- -- - -- - Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
