Sentences with phrase «pagan roots»

I realize he claims that his form of Gnosticism is ancient with pagan roots, and that the official Christian Church rejected early Gnosticism, to its eternal detriment.

Halloween is the holiday equivalent of Wicca — a 20th century invention that pretends to have ancient pagan roots.

Anyways I have always thought that Christian morals were strange, since they mostly come from pagan roots.

Im waiting for more attacks on Christians in your articles, I'm sure Christmas is coming so you can dissect that holiday and search for pagan roots as you do in everything.

But thank God, I have pagan roots too!

You can find pagan roots in Jewish and Christian religions as well.

The religious festival of All Hallows» Eve seems to have ancient Pagan roots, but in the church it marks the start of three days of remembrance for the hallows (saints) and family members who have died.

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.

Muslims understand that Halloween has Pagan roots and in several fashions is a celebration of things we believe is wrong or bad such as fear of this world, death, and mythical false things.

Did you know it has pagan roots?

It's an interesting article particularly when one does consider the pagan roots.

They do this because they know about the pagan roots of «Easter» and think that it detracts from what the significance of the resurrection of Jesus.

To the contrary, it has pagan roots.

It all has pagan roots.

I have never understood the point of looking for evil, pagan roots or whatever in holidays so we can avoid them.

John Ankerberg writes: «We would be hard - pressed to find a day to celebrate that did not have pagan roots.

how ever their is good news because animism and atheistism can coexist together just look at the ecosist they are atheist who believe the nature is sacred, that it is alive but not conscience, eventual the entire human race will return to the pagan roots, of revering the nature and not a sky god who sits above nature, this is false nature created gods

But the biggest issue for Christians is the claim that Jesus» resurrection - the faith's central tenet - might have pagan roots.

Note: After doing a lot of reading, research, and thinking on the topics in this post, I wrote a follow - up post about the pagan roots of Christianity here and some of my concluding thoughts about Zeitgeist the movie.

Christmas has pagan roots — lots of them.

So, if you want to get an idea of what the authors insist are the pagan roots of most of our religious practices and compare them to the New Testament and early Church, get this book.

Not because Frank Viola wrote a book about the pagan roots our church practices.

, and I wrote one specifically about the Pagan roots of our Christmas traditions (Christmas Redemption).

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

Much of the symbols and rituals in Christianity have pagan roots, and I believe that they have been redeemed by Jesus, in a similar fashion as we.

It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated in Britain and Ireland from Celtic harvest festivals which may have pagan roots and that this festival was Christianized as Halloween.

That would be murky and awkward — definitive proof that the «holiday» has kept its original erotic and pagan roots.

It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated in Britain and Ireland from Celtic harvest festivals which may have pagan roots and that this festival was Christianized as Halloween.

(Chances are you have some pagan roots up in there!)

By the 20th century it seems that Mothering Sunday had lapsed in much of Europe, and was never introduced to America, as the Puritans thought poorly of many festivals particularly those with pagan roots.

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