People all over the world celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25th. But why is the Nativity marked by gift giving, and was He really born on that day? And just where did the Christmas tree come from? Take an enchanting tour through the history of this beloved holiday and trace the origins of its enduring traditions. Journey back to the earliest celebrations when the infant religion embraced pagan solstice festivals like the Roman Saturnalia and turned them into a commemoration of Jesus’ birth. Learn how Prince Albert introduced the Christmas tree to the English-speaking world in 1841, and discover how British settlers in the New World transformed the patron saint of children into jolly old St. Nick. This documentary explores the origin of Christmas and how it came to be the way we know it today. The documentary also incites the thought as to how Christmas is on one hand a result of social, cultural, and political influences (hence somewhat obscuring the apparent purpose of the festival: Christ’s Mass), and on the other hand a influence over people’s lives (particularly consumerism).
The Rockefeller’s are as pagan as paganism ?
YOU hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about YOU, when he said, 8 This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.
@josiejump64 XD wow
Mark 16:15
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
16:14-18 The evidences of the truth of the gospel are so full, that those who receive it not, may justly be upbraided with their unbelief. Our blessed Lord renewed his choice of the eleven as his apostles, and commissioned them to go into all the world, to preach his gospel to every creature.
quit fucking preaching.. having your own beliefs is good and all but damn! dont make me look at it… go watch venomfangx and leave the respectful watchers alone!
I am the Lord your God,who brought you out of the land of Egypt,out of the house of slavery; Do not have any other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol,whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath,or that is in the water under the earth.You shall not bow down to them or worship them;for I the Lord your God am a jealous God punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,
Hey Greeman3. 🙂 You’re welcome, I try my best.
Thank you for posting this, iam glad to know the truth, i just wish everyone could get along, religion, as well as cultures have borrowed things from other societies. It happened and will continue to do so.
I can understand why some christians would be upset seeing this, But remember all religions no matter what, are trying to do the same thing. Be closer to God simple as that.
Thank you for telling the truth.
awesome
there is no evidence whatsoever that jesus was born in dec 25 . in fact, 25 Dec was actually the celebration of god of sun which was the God of roman before christian came. you guys need to study your history. just because your parents are christian then that makes you christian????…think about it…
Jeremiah 10; 2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,.. for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5.. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Hey Monkey Man
“Ye do err, not knowing the scritures, nor the power of God.”
Jesus Christ, Matthew 22:29.
Put your foot through that television set Monkey Man and read a Bible. I said a Bible, not a NIV or any one of those other comic books.
@lemiul What a lot of nonsense!
Jesus Christ never commanded us to “celebrate” his birth. He told us to “remember” his death. That “baby” in that manger couldn’t save anybody. it took the “man” Christ Jesus to die on a cross to save us from our sins.
Nobody knows when Jesus was born although you can get kind of close (within about a week) using the Bible. Using the Bible you can nail his death down to the hour.
Jesus died on the cross the same day Noah’s Ark settled in the Mountains of Ararat.
How is it a logical fallacy? If you read it, and someone disagrees with you, but we both have good points, who is right? One person is reading it inaccurately. Most of the people who disagree are different types of Christians. So, who is right, and how is this an accurate way for a God to show the world that he’s the true one? It failed utterly because not even his own believers agree.
And you claim it is 100% accurate. Adam and Eve couldn’t populate a world, but you just ignore reality?
Um, so Jesus’ birth time is not evidence of the bible being inaccurate in some way?
If you believe the bible is 100% accurate, you are extremely closed minded. In fact, there is no point in discussing anything, because you’ve already got your mind set. I showed a few examples, and you just ignored them.
I never claimed the entire bible is completely false, or anything like that. There are definitely parts that are inaccurate, and more parts that fly in the face of the laws of the universe.
Bible needing interpretation does not make it inaccurate, that is a logical fallacy. You did not explain anything at all, rather you claimed something and failed to provide evidence. And I do believe the Bible is 100% accurate, you haven’t shown me anything to prove otherwise. Either way, this is not the place to have this discussion as it’s not condusive to proper dialogue. Name a time and proper venue and I would be happy to have a more indepth conversation with you.
Just an overview of what I’ve said.
Bible needs interpretation, which makes it inaccurate (at least in some ways). I pointed out minor errors, and major errors like Jesus’ birth. I explained why many of the bibles morality is not used in today’s culture, as there are a few horrifying stories in the bible too.
Maybe you don’t like how I’m interpreting the bible? See the above.
Do you really think the bible in 100% accurate in everything it states? How am I misinformed on these?
-While no one is telling you to believe anything in the Bible- Not true
-teachings instead of relying on vague inferences-
Are you debating inaccuracies, or the teachings? They are two different things.
Look at the beginning of Matthew, and the Luke, and compare the genealogy and birth of Christ (the two are totally different in how he gets to Bethlehem, and how he gets to Nazareth).
I am still going to hold to my view the bible in innacurate in some things, because it is. I already showed you that, despite what you think.
It needs interpretation, and that leads to inaccurate reading. That has been my point, despite the teachings.
Both your posts show an incredible amount of misinformation and lack of knowledge. While no one is telling you to believe anything in the Bible, perhaps it would be good to know something about it’s teachings instead of relying on vague inferences from others before you pass judgement. For someone decrying the morality of the Bible, there is something immoral about slandering a belief system you know obviously know little about. Your best course of action is research and study.
I may be wrong on the beheading part. I read a good bedtime story from the bible about two people beheading someone in his sleep. From what I remember the story never explained if that was a good thing, or a bad thing, they just left to pray, or something (unsettling story). This is another problem that makes the bible morality inaccurate. It misses many moral situations that happens to people. People say you get morals from religion, I disagree. You ‘can’ get ‘some’ morals, not all.
What year do you think Jesus was born?
You’ll find that some of the morality from the bible is not used much at all today, and it’s frowned on by most society, beheading, human/animal sacrifice, that kinda stuff.
If the bible is in need of interpretation, is that not a sign of inaccuracy somewhere?
How many kinds of Christians are there? Are you telling me that it is accurate when the religion itself can’t agree with each other? Love thy neighbor…or, love thy Jew neighbor? Which one?
You said “There is actual information about Jesus’ borth that is in disagreement between two people in the bible”, which would be? As for the fact that you don’t feel morals are “accurate”, that is an illogical statement since for this statement to be true, you’d have to be able to measure the “accuracy” of morals. I think you mean “applicable” but then that is a subjective measure, not a factual one.