Sentences with phrase «pagan holiday celebrating»

Valentine's Day was a «Chrisitanized» version of a February pagan holiday celebrating eroticism (sexual lust) and fertility.

Did you know that Easter was a pagan holiday celebrating the Babylonian fertility goddess, Ishtar?

It's a Pagan holiday celebrating the Spring equinox and a fertility festival (the rabbit and egg being leftover symbols that exist today).

Not exact matches

The holiday has pagan roots and is most often celebrated with bright colors and dancing around a «maypole» or a colorful pole decorated with ribbons.

When Christians woke up to the fact people were celebrating the holiday with pagan symbols most of them got phased out.

It was chosen because the King wanted to celebrate Christ and it coincided with the pagan holidays, therefore allowing the pagans their parties without causing them to riot — look into Saturnalia if you don't believe me

But I argue that even though Christmas is a pagan holiday, Christians must celebrate it.

I believe that Christmas is a pagan holiday, and that Jesus was not born on December 25, but that Christians should celebrate Christmas.

There is usually lots of controversy surrounding Christmas, whether or not it is a pagan holiday, whether or not Jesus was born on December 25, and whether or not Christians should celebrate Christmas, and if so, how.

Are you saying that we shouldn't celebrate Christmas and Easter because they used to be pagan holidays and sometimes are still celebrated that way today?

I know of none of my atheist friends who celebrate Easter with bunnies and eggs and know of no Christians who don't except maybe the JW's, but for the sake of argument I will concede that if they do then yes, they are also co-opting a pagan holiday.

An atheist hates the thought of Christmas because of its religious inflection but will celebrate the holiday with its Pagan purpose.

I am aware that there was A pagan holiday that celebrated the winter solstice... and I'm sorry to disappoint you if you thought you had me beat on your «Jeopardy!» question.

For example, my family I celebrate Christmas with as much gusto as possible... because Jesus has redeemed the pagan holiday.

So today we have Easter, Christmas, Valantines Day, Ground Hogs day, all previous Pagan Holidays converted and Christianized not to mention packaged and merchandized We also celebrate Halloween which is the Death of the Sun god in Pagan belief.

Why celebrate Easter, a pagan holiday?

Instead we celebrate pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter.

In this book, I argue that even though Christmas is a pagan holiday, Christians must celebrate it.

Christians have been telling us to «celebrate Jesus» on this stolen Pagan holiday for centuries.

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).

They celebrated Yule in the winter ages before the Church took over the holiday to promote Jesus... All pagan festivals and holidays were given Christian meaning because the Church wanted to brainwash the masses and make assimilation easier!

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!

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.

Some people use it perhaps in this context, but wheni say say Christmas is a religious holiday in which pagans amd Christians celebrated it, it means that people of varying faiths celebrated it.

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.

If origins did matter, then christians would not celebrate Christmas or Easter because both are based on pagan holidays.

The notion that pagans, centuries ago, were celebrating a Christmas holiday like the modern day version is quite absurd.

No wonder you do nt even know you are celebrating a pagan holiday, you do nt even know about hell!!!!!!!!

Just like Christmas true Christian do not celebrate these holidays that have pagan roots.

The physical practices and times of year may have parallels with pagan holidays, but if used to celebrate Christianity, then they sort of become Christian practice.

Christians should probably stop celebrating pagan based holidays.

Actually, Christianity is based on Pagan stories and celebrates Pagan holidays.

Because in the minds and practice of most Christians, the Christmas tree does not represent a pagan holiday, but represents a time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Throughout history there have been a number of love - related meals or feasts celebrated on that date, including the pagan Feast of Lupercalia, and the Roman holiday honoring Juno, the goddess of women and marriage.

Christians renamed pagan holidays and still celebrate them.