Sentences with phrase «many pagan traditions»

The base of the tree (which is, I would note from a theological perspective, an entirely pagan tradition) was made up of eight large books, representing the eight nights of Hannukah.

Perhaps that's why pagan traditions remained even as Christianity took hold.

It's thought that it was merged with German pagan traditions in the 15th century when they became Roman Catholic therefore merging the bunny with Easter.

I consider myself a descendant of the Roman people and feel I would have been much better off being raised according to pagan traditions.

Happening in the Spring is where it co-opts the Germanic pagan traditions.

Too many lies along with Pagan traditions ad Greek mythology are taught in the churches today (Christmas, Easter, Eternal torment in Hell, etc.) This evil plague called religion must go.

the Christmas tree is of pagan tradition,..

Shedding blood to wash sins is a pagan tradition and belief.

Christmas is based on a pagan tradition & was usurped by christians, to celebrate Jesus birth!

However, please know that there are some Christians who do not follow pagan traditions or observe pagan holidays.

And just as God has made me into a new creation, so also I take the pagan traditions of Christmas, and rethink, reimagine, rework, and recreate them all to point to the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Halloween, Christmas, and Easter are Pagan traditions.

I know that Easter and Christmas were pagan traditions adopted by a pagan King to help win over the Christian population of the time.

A true Christian would not partake in these pagan traditions

It was the Neoplatonists who, though in the main adhering to their pagan tradition, put forward some sort of a philosophy of religion.

The myth and tradition of Santa Claus has its creation rooted in European Pagan traditions.

If you live in this world and use the names of the days of the week like everyone else, you are using pagan traditions and customs.

In my experience, for example, those who are most concerned with getting rid of all pagan influences in Christianity, are also those who tend to be the most judgmental and critical toward those Christians who still incorporate some of those pagan traditions and customs.

In particular, he said, he began to see much of the Old Testament as unoriginal stories that had been told in many pagan traditions.

Just as Paul wrote that the Law was given to lead people to Jesus (Gal 3:24), so also, other religions and pagan traditions and ideas about creation and the afterlife and defeating evil were given to lead people to Jesus.

As Walter L. Nathan has observed, the art rejected by these three church fathers was not the «entirely new pictorial language» of a mature Christian art but the Christian art of their time, which had «borrowed freely» from the late classical pagan tradition.

And a great many people have attacked atheists about them celebrating Christmas, in our secular way, with the pagan traditions that make up most of the Christmas holiday.

A tree nor Santa have anything to do with christianity and if you knew anything about your holiday you would know that it is based off of pagan tradition largely.

And Christians wiped out Pagan traditions after appropriating the tree, mistletoe, and other customs.

Paul did, and he was talking about a group of women who were spreading False genealogies and pagan traditions.

such a Cinko demayo celebrated by followers of hindu Catholic ism, pagan compound of hindu pagan traditions and hindu corrupted teachings of Israelite.

That said, I don't consider an observation of Yule (fact: this was a Germanic pagan tradition LONG before the birth of Christ) or Eostre / Ishtar / Easter (all sorts of convoluted Roman and pagan traditions regarding celebration of spring and death / resurrection were happening around this time of year prior to Christ's existence) to be favoring one religion over another, since so many different religions are involved in those mixes.

just another made up pagan tradition of the catholic that has zero historical meaning outside the catholic church

In Pagan traditions, this time of year is a time of preparation for the coming year.

Birthday celebrations are a pagan tradition.

In Pagan traditions, fasting is not a reflection of suffering, nor is it meant to remind us of anything more important than self, it is a means of preparation of self, usually for some ritual.

The concept of Halloween has changed over the years, the once simple pagan tradition has transformed into a «big business» venture for the...

Most Christian holidays and traditions are based on early Pagan traditions, and were melded together to ease the transitions for the Masses.

I am a Dedicate of The Wild Blackthorn Pagan Tradition.

Mithra resembled Jesus Christ in many sorting out the pagan traditions; paganism, asatru, odinism, teutonic, egyptian magick, isian, discordianism, erisian, strega, stregharia, hedgewitch

The United States: A Country founded on Paganism Satire by Pagan Jim Originated: 20 March 2005 Additions: 18 Jan. 2010 sorting out the pagan traditions; paganism, asatru, odinism, teutonic, egyptian magick, isian, discordianism, erisian, strega, stregharia, hedgewitch

Marina Abramovic's exhibition is comprised of several video projections, which explore how sexuality and the human body were employed in Balkan pagan traditions and culture throughout history.

Thus some Wiccans identify as both Wiccan and Pagan, while others use only the broader term Pagan to distance themselves from the popularity of Wicca or to signal an inclusion of other Pagan traditions.

I am a Dedicate of The Wild Blackthorn Pagan Tradition.

I am a Dedicate of The Wild Blackthorn Pagan Tradition.

Most Christian holidays and traditions are based on early Pagan traditions, and were melded together to ease the transitions for the Masses.

Not exact matches

The return to colorful and enjoyable pagan «Germanic» traditions promised to revitalize family celebration.

So because these ideas and traditions had a lengthy history, Nazi propagandists were able to easily cast Christmas as a celebration of pagan German nationalism.

Early Christians wanted to convert pagans, Shaw said, but they were also fascinated by their traditions.

In fact a great many «Christian» traditions and teachings are taken from «pagan» sources.

If she was hired as a gift wrapper for the holiday season, she would have also expected to decorate packages with Santas, elves, pagan seasonal symbols like holly, and probably a lot of things that refer to the Christian tradition of Christmas — angels, doves, 3 wise men and stuff like that.

no records) Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe otherwise.

Most of what passes for Christmas traditions are in fact Pagan / Heathen, like the lighted and decorate tree, candles in the windows, wreath on the door, caroling from door to door, exchanging gifts, etc..

Familiarity with stories of cures by similar methods in Jewish and pagan literature may have influenced the tradition of this miracle, so different from Jesus» usual practice in the Synoptic narratives.

Women can lead rituals (and in many traditions are actually above men) and participate as equals (or superiors) in 99.9 % of all «Pagan» traditions.