True origins of modern day beliefs
...born by the Virgin Mary, and in Christian’s eyes, Gods son. However, is it necessarily Christian to observe the holiday Christmas and its rituals? The World Encyclopedia says-“The first mention of Christmas occurred in A.D. 336 in an early Roman calendar”. If one is to think about it, if Christmas was important to observe and uphold, wouldn’t Jesus, or one of his disciples have mentioned it? In fact the Bible ignores this practice because it is not truly of Christian doctrine. Jesus in fact did though instruct his followers to observe a memorial of his death. (1 Corinthians 11:24-26) The Catholic Encyclopedia says-“Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church…The first evidence of the fest is form Egypt.” Also contradicting the Bible is the date of Christ’s’ birth. It is said in the Bible, that Shepard’s were still in the fields at night, so it could not have been Jesus’ birth date because, as the Encyclopedia Britannica stats, that would be a cold rainy season in that area of the world. So in essence, the Shepard’s would not be out with their flock. So if not of a Christian origin then where did Christmas come from? In Roman times one of their favorite festivals was Saturnalia, which started December 17 and concluded with the ‘birthday of the unconquered sun’ on December 25. In some time in the fourth century the Roman Church decided to make December 25 the day to celebrate the day of the ‘sun of righteousness’ and therefore Christmas was created. To back this, The New Catholic Encyclopedia says-“On December 25, 274, Roman Emperor Aurelian had proclaimed the sun god [Mithras] principal patron of the empire…Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.” So Christmas, recognized as a pagan holiday was outlawed in 1643 by the British parliament and in 1659 in Massachusetts, but was restored at a later time by both. It wasn’t until the mid-19th century that Christmas was then practiced in a larger way. Easter is a widely known holiday where people paint eggs and have Easter hunts for the eggs that the “Easter Rabbit hides”. This holiday is celebrated to commemorate Jesus’ resurrection after death. In the Bible, Jesus told his followers to commemorate his death, which was on Nisan, 14 A.D. 33 by celebrating the lords evening meal each year on that date (1 Corinthians 11:24), and in fact never said anything about his resurrection. So why then do people celebrate his resurrection which was on Nisan 16th? The true origination of is in fact unknown to a great majority of people, but also like Christmas, is pagan. Since Jesus or God did not say to observe this holiday, then where did this holiday come from? The book Great Catholic Festivals, written by Jesuit James L. Monks on page 33 it says, “It often happens that when pagans are converted to Christianity they retain some of the customs of their former life and Christianize them, as it were. The pagan Anglo-Saxons used to celebrate a festival of their goddess of spring, who was named Eostre. When they became Christians and ce...