tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6297371952957513797..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: On December Five-and-TwentyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64701493099458210452015-12-06T22:03:54.599-05:002015-12-06T22:03:54.599-05:00I suppose I was exposed so early to C.S. Lewis'...I suppose I was exposed so early to C.S. Lewis's notions of how pagan truths often were dim or distorted pictures of the truth that it never bothered me to see parallels between pagan and Christian celebrations. Why shouldn't our most important festivals echo the age-old celebration of the spring/new year or the midwinter/solstice? Should it not be important to Christians as well as pagans that God so ordered the world as to have an annual cycle that includes both the darkest, coldest time that produces the spark of hope to come, and the ravishing explosion of spring and new life?Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7072479737296689572015-12-06T09:42:11.442-05:002015-12-06T09:42:11.442-05:00The original post is 5 years old. I suspect the a...The original post is 5 years old. I suspect the article AVI found (relinked by GraniteDad) was written to refute the Dan Brown-Jesus Seminar misinterpretions of Paul used to prove that Christianity became the dominant Western religion by a combination of syncretism and government suppression of older competing faiths.<br /><br />It's pretty hard to buy that the man who argued against the logical inclusion of Jewish practices in Christianity and specifically instructed his converts to stop pagan practices to avoid sinning or tempting others to sin, would give wink-nod approval to the practice. Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-69219008286318659212015-12-06T08:38:43.253-05:002015-12-06T08:38:43.253-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49025380448144518322015-12-06T08:37:43.903-05:002015-12-06T08:37:43.903-05:00I noticed that too.I noticed that too.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1907374817372162662015-12-06T01:52:03.052-05:002015-12-06T01:52:03.052-05:00Paul arguably gives permission to spray paint paga...Paul arguably gives permission to spray paint pagan practices with a thin coat of Christianity.<br /><br />And if you do that, probably not going to announce that that is what you are doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-32982408916998250552015-12-05T21:05:15.677-05:002015-12-05T21:05:15.677-05:00Depending on the dates, you might wonder if the fe...Depending on the dates, you might wonder if the feast of Sol Invictus was an imitation of Christmas.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85785156951574235412015-12-05T19:56:38.105-05:002015-12-05T19:56:38.105-05:00GraniteDad - Thank you.GraniteDad - Thank you.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72804596924679564272015-12-05T19:50:49.011-05:002015-12-05T19:50:49.011-05:00Soooo, it's at least 5 years I've been com...Soooo, it's at least 5 years I've been commenting here.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35826839942146733822015-12-05T18:17:45.004-05:002015-12-05T18:17:45.004-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89142258860814560212015-12-05T18:17:25.746-05:002015-12-05T18:17:25.746-05:00Not sure where I read it now but I've seen a s...Not sure where I read it now but I've seen a similar but less detailed argument against the date of Christmas being appropriated from pagan festivals and refering to the notion that prophets were born/concived on the date of their death.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-65943922314629812972015-12-05T17:07:23.717-05:002015-12-05T17:07:23.717-05:00Here's the article link I think: http://www.bi...Here's the article link I think: http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/how-december-25-became-christmas/GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-65864553330152384242010-12-24T00:55:05.599-05:002010-12-24T00:55:05.599-05:00I've read that early Christians didn't cel...I've read that early Christians didn't celebrate at this time, and it recently struck me that that may have been due to their expecting the second coming to be soon. Is this a) plausible, and b) even slightly likely?Sam L.noreply@blogger.com