pagan origins of Christmas documentary

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[dirtyjew1974]

@damienbrennan1 historicaly jews did keep beards so thats why Christ is depicted with one. it was only later on that not all jews wore beards.

[dirtyjew1974]

@damienbrennan1 yeah too many people have tunnel vision on the matter and dont want to look from another angle and really dont even make constructive arguments, just quick to judge. thanks!

[damienbrennan1]

@edmas17 your funny. Its the name that was given to celebrate the birth of christ, which IS in the bible. The word Catholic, isnt in the bible either, these names evolved with time. Catholic meaning universial church (for all people). The word Pope isnt in the bible either but Peter was the first Pope.

[damienbrennan1]

Lighten up! Happy Christmas, God wants us to smile. Stop judging and start loving.

[damienbrennan1]

@dirtyjew1974 Your spot on, these people are missing the point and are way judgmental. 

[damienbrennan1]

@VeryImagesozo God knows mans heart and if we have a christmas tree simply for decoration and we celebrate christmas with Jesus in our minds and hearts, it will not bother him. God is not a dictator with a big stick. If you want to worship God in song, in prayer in dance it is all -good. Where in the bible does it mention protestant religions? where in the bible does it mention that Jesus had a beard? man don't be such a square

[damienbrennan1]

@dirtyjew1974 I agree, first person to speak any sense on this page!

[dirtyjew1974]

@edmas17 thats just it, it doesnt get in the way because at this point they arent looked at in that light. eveyone puts up a tree but in saying that who worships the tree? who worships the yuel log or a reef? the answer is nobody really. those sybols hold a particular meaning to pagans but to Christians their decoration for festivity purposes. pagans put lights up to celebrate light but Christians celebrate Christ being the light but its both celebrated using acuall lights in symbolism.

[dirtyjew1974]

@edmas17 The first refference to celebrating the birth would be the wise men. if you read from the nativity onward youll see refferences. the 3 wisemen were the first to celebrate and worship and braught gifts at the time of the actual birth itself so yes there is a refference and it started the very day he was born. 

[dirtyjew1974]

@VeryImagesozo it dont say in the bible for people to do that but Christians arent celebrating paganism on Christmas although there are some traditional pagan symbols envolved, Christians are celebrating the birth of Christ. most people Christians included dont even know the history of the tree and the yuel log etc. the just use them as festivities.