Sentences with phrase «from pagan holidays»

They were just co-opted from pagan holidays and do not require worship in magic man in the sky to have fun on those days.

But if you do, then there is a lot to be learned from pagan holidays, and a lot of joy and festivity to be celebrated.

Most Christians want to stay as far away from Pagan holidays as they can, thinking that participating in pagan holidays is participation with the world.

The religious also don't want to realize that «Christmas» was stolen from the Pagan holiday of «Winter Solstice».

Not exact matches

Since the 1860s, German historians, theologians and popular writers had argued that German holiday observances were holdovers from pre-Christian pagan rituals and popular folk superstitions.

And also stole all the its holidays from pagans?

Oh the poor persecuted christians that don't even realize a good 90 % of their so called holiday comes from the pagans.

Let's be honest, with the drinking the brawling over stuff in the stores, this holiday is more like the pagan one that the christians stole from them how many thousand years ago.

All the other stuff about Easter (as a holiday), eggs, rabbits etc are directly stolen from pagan fertility symbols that are relevant to the return of earthly fecundity in the Spring.

Since Christians show no respect for others, why should we show any respect for their (stolen from pagans) holiday?

Christmas is a stolen holiday, stolen from the Pagans by the Christians who were desperate to at least have something to offer.

These are ALL taken directly from the pagan / heathen Yule holiday, which predate the arrival of Christianity in Europe.

And the pagans co-opted their holiday from someone else.

There are a lot of holiday customs which are also referred to as pagan even though they lack a religious element, or developed entirely from Christian elements.

(3) Yes, the date was moved from the traditional date (March) to the new tradional date (December) to overlap some pagan holidays — again, to help convert the pagans who were more likely to convert when they didn't have to give up their feasting, singing, and gift giving with conversion.

Could someone please show me from the Bible where it says a pagan holiday can be redeemed or has been redeemed?

But more than that, and here is the best part, and also the part that explains why I revel in pagan holidays, through the grace of Jesus, if He can redeem me from my slavery to sin, why can not He also redeem stories?

So even the «Biblical» holidays were redeemed from pagan practices.

No it's not your Christ wasn't even born in December it was stolen from other pagan holidays, especially the winter Solstice.

I believe that Pagan holidays and pagan rituals and pagan beliefs, and all the old stories and tales and myths from pagan religions are actually the cry of the divine image of God in man to return to what was Pagan holidays and pagan rituals and pagan beliefs, and all the old stories and tales and myths from pagan religions are actually the cry of the divine image of God in man to return to what was pagan rituals and pagan beliefs, and all the old stories and tales and myths from pagan religions are actually the cry of the divine image of God in man to return to what was pagan beliefs, and all the old stories and tales and myths from pagan religions are actually the cry of the divine image of God in man to return to what was pagan religions are actually the cry of the divine image of God in man to return to what was lost.

Easter is derived from the Pagan / Wiccan holiday called Ostera.

All Saints Day on November 1 is probably a sort of spinoff from Samhein - the most sacred holiday on the Pagan / Wiccan Wheel Of The Year, which is October 31.

I'm not Christian anymore, but I celebrate it as a family day, because you know, quite frankly, we need at least one of those each year (and besides, whatever name it has, it was co-opted by Christians from a much older, pagan holiday, so it's fair game).

Willing to celebrate and embrace a holiday that was stolen by the Catholics, from the Pagans, a ritual that has trickled on down to the Protestants over the last 300 years, which has more to do with ancient s - ex worship than with anything else!

From the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of LaFrom the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of Lafrom the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of Latin.

Third, the pagans this holiday was stolen from wasn't atheistic, but polytheistic in nature (greco - roman culture).

I find it extremely funny that there are christians on here that do nt know that christmas was a holiday stolen from the pagans.

Some traditions of Christmas were taken from pagan celebrations, but the holiday itself is about the birth of Christ.

You said, «I find it extremely funny that there are christians on here that do nt know that christmas was a holiday stolen from the pagans.»