We know christianity stole christmas, easter, and valentines from pagan holidays and rewrote them in an effort to squash other beliefs. We also know that "in god we trust" was a propaganda campaign that started well over 100 years into US history.
Has there been any recent ideas or festivals stolen by christians and rewritten to their liking?
2007-12-15 02:10:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For the unenlightened:
christmas is a stolen celtic winter solstice celebration
easter was an anglo-saxon fertility ritual
and valentines day was a Roman orgy, later renamed by Dope Gelasius in 496 C.E.
2007-12-15 02:19:51 · update #1
IDiots are trying to steal science by pretending that ID is science.
2007-12-15 02:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by Fred 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All the holidays from major "Christianity" has been "stolen" from pagans. The reason was to get the pagans land and money. They would enter a new land with an army of whoever was in charge politically at the time. Check out the land, people, and pagan beliefs. Then tell the people "Christianity is for you. See, we have similar beliefs (which they just included like trinities or immortality of the soul)." If that did not work well enough, they had the army come in with a sword to their throat and offered the choice of convert to Christianity or lose weight fast; about the weight of your head!
In contrast, Jesus and 1st century true Christians never killed anyone. Their warfare was not physical but spiritual and did quite well.
2007-12-15 10:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by grnlow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity stole nothing from anyone. Since when did pagans own the calendar and all the dates on it?
Christ mass-celebration of the birth of Christ
Easter- most Christians call it Resurrection Sunday, it is the resurrection of our Lord and Savior
Valentines Day is named for St Valentine who was a Catholic Christian, not a pagan
2007-12-15 10:16:02 · answer #3 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Say rather that God has always had a voice among all peoples, and many celebrations of old paganism, point prophetically to Jesus Christ, and you will be nearer the truth.
We recognize the FULFILLMENT AND SUBSTANCE of these things, while some still prefer to worship the shadows, the weak and beggarly elements. It's very sad in a way........
2007-12-15 10:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, they stole rock music and made it lamer by calling it "Christian Rock."...
2007-12-15 10:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
HOW DARE YOU!!!!!
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2007-12-15 10:21:39 · answer #6 · answered by kooky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋