Comments on: Christmas – Is Jesus Really the Reason for the Season? http://www.goatstar.org/christmas-is-jesus-really-the-reason-for-the-season/ A guide from an ex-Christian to Bible errors, Bible contradictions, Bible atrocities, etc... as well as general problems with Christian beliefs Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: capella http://www.goatstar.org/christmas-is-jesus-really-the-reason-for-the-season/comment-page-1/#comment-145841 capella Thu, 19 May 2011 17:46:01 +0000 http://www.goatstar.org/christmas-is-jesus-really-the-reason-for-the-season/#comment-145841 I actually agree with you. It's a celebration of god, but which god? Thousands of years ago the original god was the Sun itself. Later it was gods that were imagined as anthropomorphic and eventually Mithra the Sun god's birth was celebrated on that date until Constantine converted to Christianity from Mithraism and thus moved Jesus' (the light of the world, go figure) birthday to that date around 300 BCE. So Jesus is a new comer as far as these birth celebrations go. The latest in a long line of imagined gods who's birthday was celebrated near the Winter Soltice day. I actually agree with you. It’s a celebration of god, but which god? Thousands of years ago the original god was the Sun itself. Later it was gods that were imagined as anthropomorphic and eventually Mithra the Sun god’s birth was celebrated on that date until Constantine converted to Christianity from Mithraism and thus moved Jesus’ (the light of the world, go figure) birthday to that date around 300 BCE.

So Jesus is a new comer as far as these birth celebrations go. The latest in a long line of imagined gods who’s birthday was celebrated near the Winter Soltice day.

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