It's not just all about Santa or the Elf on the Shelf, or the pretty decorations but it's about
the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.
Not only does it take place during the pagan - turned - Christian holiday, it features
the birth of a savior.
I'm celebrating
the birth of my savior.
Not exact matches
Paul and the Romans made the rumor
of a crucifixion into a
savior story by usurping other existing traditions, such as the Mithraic virgin
birth, and death
of the sun god Mithra.
The Roman Emperor Aurelian blended Saturnalia with a number
of birth celebrations
of savior Gods from other religions, into a single holy day: DEC - 25.
The basic f ing premise
of Christianity is that a ruddy angel came down to impre.gnate a chick so she could give
birth to the «
savior».
Surely, the act
of the Godhead in bringing to
birth the destined
savior and ruler
of the world in such humble fashion is the single most winsome moment in redemptive history.
In an inscription from 9 C.E. found in Asia Minor, Caesar is spoken
of as «our God» and as a «
savior» who brought «peace» throughout the earth, and whose
birth was «good news» to the world.
Attis
of Phygia: Virgin
birth on December 25, considered the
savior who was slain for man's salvation.
hinduism, absurdity
of follower's
of hindu Mitra sim, pagan
savior ism labeled as Christianity, Word, GOD, means nothing else but truth absolute, having nothing to do with hinduism, absurdity
of birth.
@jf well your information about the New Testament is about as accurate as your Old Testament knowledge, The prophecies
of the Old testament concerning Christ could not have been written after the fact because we now have the Dead Sea Scrolls, with an almost complete Old Testament dated 100 - 200 years before the
birth of Christ, Your interpretation
of God at His worst shows a complete lack
of understanding as to what was being communicated.We don't know what the original texts
of the New Testament were written in as to date there are no original copies available.Greek was the common language
of the day.Most
of the gospels were reported written somewhere in the 30 year after Christs resurrection time frame, not the unspecified «long after «you reference and three
of the authors knew Jesus personally in His earthly ministry, the other Knew Jesus as his
savior and was in the company
of many who also knew Jesus.You keep referencing changes, «gazillion «was the word used but you never referenced one change, so it is assumed we are to take your word for it.What may we ask are your credentials?Try reading Job your own self, particularly the section were Job says «My ears had heard
of you but now my eyes have seen you.Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes»
A gigantic, human - hating killing machine is sent back in time to kill the woman who will one day give
birth to the
savior of humanity in the future human vs. robot wars.
The through line
of episodes one, two, and three is the gradual corruption
of Anakin Skywalker, a slave boy recruited by the Jedi knights and viewed as a possible
savior of the republic because
of his virgin
birth (how's that for upping the ante?)
Her
birth ignited a major conflict, as the infant was viewed by some as a
savior and by others as a herald
of the end.
Sony's The Star combines both tropes into one faith - driven package with its tale
of a donkey named Bo (The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun) and his goofball animal pals, preaching the previously unsung role that beasts who sing Mariah Carey songs played in the
birth of our lord and
savior.