Do you think most Christians understand the historical connection between paganism and Christmas?

[Anonymous]

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/saturnalia

[Lliam]

No. Most Christians know nothing about history. The only thing they are taught are interpretations of the Bible and whatever nonsense their ministers provide.

It is funny how some sects preach that Halloween is a pagan/Satanic holiday (LOL) but don't understand all the pagan traditions behind Christmas, or even why Christmas is celebrated in December.

[Asker]

Yes!

[NamerOfStars]

Yes- enough to know it has nothing to do with Saturnalia; it was about YULE.

If you're trying to make this point, you need the right kind of pagan.

[Asker]

So, you must know more than actual historians on this topic? What are your sources?

[purplepoppy]

If you look at people who celebrate Halloween in the old way today, they don't dress up as monsters or sacrifice kittens. It's spent in quiet reflection remembering lost ones. Demonisation of Halloween is a recent American Christian thing steming from racism towards the Irish.

[RavVid]

I am sure they mostly don't, despite female figurines sitting on top of Christmas trees which should give a bloody good hint on what is about. Abortions peak 2-3 months after the 25th.

I point it out to people by running summer solstice harvest festivals on the 22nd or 21st Dec (Southern hemisphere) to celebrate fertility with a sacrifice of beer to the soil..

It goes back a lot further. Judaism comes from Canaanite paganism. Baal etc. So that means Judaism is a pagan variant and since Christianity and Islam arose from Judaism they must be pagan too.

[Hussar]

Christmas on December 25th can be traced back to at least the 2nd century before Sol Invictus was recorded. Saturnalia is irrelevant, Christmas trees are German Lutheran and didn't appear until the 16th century. You're parroting fringe 19th century academics.

[strateguy632]

No because it got changed. They are not celebrating the pagan stuff.

If i steam vegetables and then boil the leftovers ti make soup is the soup "steamed vegetables "?

[LiamJHayden]

Probably not most, but those who go to churches in which the pastor/minister/reverend actually teaches the entire Bible do.

[Asker]

I'm impressed by any Christian leader who teaches the reality of the pagan roots! Bravo!

[In_Trance]

Probably. And they clearly don't care

[Subgurl]

The denial is real

[Agape93]

Nope