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 12/12/18 10:35 AM |
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As for the often touted “Saturnalia/ Sol Invictus” argument, it is based only on a note scribbled on the margin of a page by a monk in the Middle Ages hundreds of years after December 25th was settled on. This was then popularized in the sloppy, irreliable 1800’s work of Alexander Hisslop, who repeatedly distorted and misrepresented his source materials to “prove” his thesis. From there it has become a widespread Urban Legend with multiple varitions, popular in both church and atheist circles. But is it actually true? Archeological and Anthropological Discoveries have cast a lot of doubt on the well-known story. Firstly, Saturnalia was not celebrated on the 25th, per popular legend, but rather was a multi-day celebration that ended several days before the 25th. Sol Invictus, was only declared to be a Roman Holiday in the 200’s AD, by one Emperor to celebrate his favorite minor “god”. It was not a long-standing tradition that people were attached to. The church at the time was still under great persecution and was not engaging in the syncritisim that cropped up later on. It is considered likely that Sol Invictus was actually a Pagan mimicry of Christmas rather than the other way around. (BTW, the Sun/ Son thing only works in English- in Latin it’s Sol and Filius. |
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| 12/12/18 10:34 AM |
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200's AD- First recorded celebrations of Christ's birth and calculations setting the date as December 25th.
500's AD- Old English/Latin form of word "Mass" (meaning "to send") in wide use.
1038 AD- First recorded use of term "Christmas".
1215 AD- Heresy of Transubstantiation (the idea of "sacrificing" Christ at Communion) adopted by the RCC.It is absolutley correct that only God can declare a day to be particularly “Holy” or binding in observance. “Good Days” however, are Biblically instituted by men to memorialize particular Providences of God. These include family days like Birthdays and Anniversaries; national days like Independence Day, Guy Faulkes Day, Cinco De Mayo, etc.; and world-wide days like Purim, the Feast of Dedication, Christmas, Easter, and New Year’s. No one is required to participate in these Good days, so if you choose to ignore your Wedding Anniversary, that’s fine. I just find it odd to celebrate personal Providences and then call out as “inconsistant” those who choose to celebrate the Providential event that history literally hinges on- the reason we call this “The Year of Our Lord, 2018”. 1/4 |
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| 11/17/18 7:32 AM |
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(TMC) @JimI actually believe the entirety of God’s Word should be bookmarked. Including: “If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?” ~ Proverbs 12:11-12 Let’s be honest- if you were truly consistent in your belief that all “legislating of morality” is wrong, you would be an Anarchist. After all, how dare the Government pass laws modeled on such moral ideas as “Thou shalt not kill”, and “Thou shalt not steal”! And how can you stand to get gas from a pump with a seal declaring it to be in compliance with the command “But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have:...”! We still have Murderers, Thieves, and Cheaters - so lets just legalize it all! The truth is that all Law is a Moral declaration that “this” is right and “that” is wrong. “A-moral” law is just as mythical as “objective” journalism. |
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