Tanakh [Hebrew Scriptures] vs. Christmas
Jeremiah 10:2-5, “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen…For 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. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, which it move not. They are upright as the palm tree…“ “December 25th has always been a Sun worship holiday. When the sun was on its lowest dip on the horizon and the days grew shorter in the winter, the sun worshipping people feared that the sun would not return. So they held certain festivals around the time of the Winter Solstice when the sun began to return. December 21st is the shortest day of the year, and the following 3 days after it are exactly the same length. On December 25th, the day starts to become longer again, and the pagans called that day the ‘coming of the Sun’.”
What Does Christmas Have To Do With Jesus? [Miscellaneous][Holidays]
Filed by Frank at September 5th, 2008 under Religion