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Re: OT The Roots of Christmas
good research there Rick.
as a SUNN (amplifiers/cabinets) Worshipper i look for all things relating
to sun sunn sunking etc. here is a good graphic of the Christianity/Sun
God connection(and a good song to boot)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eaWtNhdihk&feature=channel_page
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from a scholar I know:
>"Don't forget the root of Christmas too! December 25 is actually
>the birthday of the Persian Sun God, Mithras, not Jesus. Constantine,
>basically fabricated Christmas as part of his political strategy
>to unite the Roman Republic, because it was comprised of so many mystery
>cults, Roman gods, diverse beliefs, etc, and he needed to bring the
>people together under a common state religion. Since Constantine
>worshiped the Sun God (Sol Invictus or Mithras), he basically swapped
>birthdays, giving that birthday to Jesus, and also making the Solar
>calendar week start on Sunday (Sun = Sun God = Sol Invictus, Mithras,
>etc). People go to church today on Sunday, because of Constantine,
>though the original Christians likely worshiped on Saturday. But back to
>Christmas, people lit candles in worship of the Sun God, brought in
>trees as a part of Mithras workshop, and gave gifts as part of the
>festival in honor of the agriculture god, Saturn. Even the story of
>Jesus, the resurrection, the whole bit, is all a clone of the story of
>Mithras, which precedes Christianity by over 600 years....and it goes
>deeper into Zoroasterism, with an almost duplicate story of a man who
>was born a god-child, was sought to be destroyed by dark forces, birth
>was marked by miracles, was religiously active in his 20/30's,
>professed a belief of resurrection, judgment day, heaven and hell,
>etc....all 600-1000 years (and debatably longer) before the dawn of
>Christianity. Mithraism, the official religion of the Roman empire in
>274 CE was actually the main rival of Christianity during this time
>(4th century AD), because they were identical in many respects.
>Christianity won out because of Constantine's political campaign to unit
>the republic under one monotheistic state religion. So, Christmas is
>basically a past-together holiday of Saturn and Mithras celebrations,
>along with the Sol Invictus mystery cult"
>
>
>I had also heard that the Solstice celebration amongst many of the
>Northern shamanic tribes involved the ritual burning
>of the largest felled tree in the forest (the Yule Log) and that the
>Solstice celebration was the biggest party of
>the year. I had heard (and I don't know if this is verifiable)
>that Constantine moved the official celebration of
>Jesus of Nazareth's birth to the 25th in order to allow for these
>celebrations to continue but in a Christian way
>without upsetting all of his subjects.
>
>Fascinating stuff. I think that the cooption of myth and ritual
>happens continually with
>conquering and conquered peoples.
>
>This is highly evidenced in the African rituals that were coopted by the
>slave owners in the Caribbean and North and
>South America.............
>
>..................all a part of our sometimes violent heritage as human
>beings.................let's just hope that
>some alien race doesn't come along (ala 'Day the Earth Stood Still') and
>take us to task for
>our heritage.
>
>Peace to all of you, whatever you believe.
>
>Rick
>