It hurts very much to see non christians do their little "research" on the origins of OUR<(*cough coucgh*who said that?) beloved holiday christmas. the facts are: yes. the early church, on having converted many pagans, placed christmas, and valentines day and such on the dates of pagan holidays. that is the facts. however if you are not Catholic you will not know WHY the early Christians did this. The early christians understood what it means for very large cultures to suddenly convert their religion, and they wanted to replace their old traditions with new ones that they could cherish and understand in the same way. For example; if there was a tree they belived to be spiritual or significant in their pagan beliefs, the apostles would bless the tree and consencrate it to God, so that it did not take away the tradtions but instead replaced it with a christian one. for Christmas, instead of celebrating the sun god on dec. 25th, the new christians celebrated the birth of Jesus. opinions?
2006-11-02
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