Yea it is actually (funny). At least you had better have a sense of humor.
I think it is bad because I was never taught that side of the story as a
Christian. I was led to believe it was Jesus' birthday and Satan (opps I
mean Santa) was an important part of that celebration.
Kris
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Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: lightwork-l OOPS!
> In a message dated 8/6/99 10:21:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > We may think we are but it is just a warmed over pagan celebration.
> >
>
> You make that sound like a bad thing! <g> Actually most of your holidays
are
> based on pagan holidays. When the Holy Roman Empire was taking over Europe
> and conquering the pagans, the pagans would not yield their holidays, so
> ultimately, the Church adapted it's calendar to "Christianize" the pagan
> holidays. The pagans had no problem accepting another God. Jesus was very
> similar to many pagan gods, including Dionysus, Apollo, Bel, Lugh, Pryderi
> and Mabon. Many pagan cultures adapted their view of gods from other
cultures
> there were exposed to, including their conquerors. Since they all shared
this
> world view their wars were almost never about religion. The Christians
didn't
> share that view and had many wars for religion. They didn't realize until
it
> was too late that Christians were not saying here is our god, another one
for
> your to worship, but here is our god, we think the only god, and yours are
> all devils and it is not illegal to worship them. The gods that would not
be
> given up by the pagans became saints, like Brigit.
>
> Funny how the world turns out, isn't it?
>
> Pagan Love,
>
> Christopher
>