Christmas is supposed to be a warm, happy time of year for people, but not for me. Since I was a kid I have always had an aversion to it. It seems odd to me that when Christmas came around each year I would have a depressed feeling. I guess it shouldn’t seem odd, since it was the confusing, materialistic spirit of Christmas that really got me down. Finally, I think I understand why I would always feel that way. Call me Scrooge or call me a heretic, but I can no longer accept or celebrate Christmas.
History of Christmas’ Beginnings
In the Roman Empire, Mithras was associated with the sun, and was referred to as the Sol Invictus, or unconquerable sun. The first day of the week — Sunday — was devoted to prayer to him (Sun Day). Mithras was born of a rock and not of a virgin woman as is commonly claimed on the Internet, but December 25 was celebrated in the cult of Mithraism as Sol Invictus’ day of birth. Mithraism was the official religion of Rome for some 300 years. The Roman church later adopted Sunday as their holy day, instead of the Sabbath, and December 25 as the birthday of Jesus. It is not really known what the actually birth date of Jesus was, though there is much speculation.
Where did the Name Christmas come from?
Christ in Christmas is a Greek invention and is supposed to be the interpretation of mashiach a Hebrew word. It is said that Christ means the “anointed one”. The Messiah’s name wasn’t even Jesus or Christ for that matter, it was Yeshua which means salvation of God — the name “Jesus” actually has no meaning and was a transliteration since there was no direct translation of the name Yeshua.
The correct translation to the Greek was already known 400 years before Yeshua, and can actually be found in Acts 7:45. How and why the emperor of Rome and the Roman church (or whoever) renamed Yeshua to “Jesus” is anyone’s guess. However, there is an accurate translation of the name Yashua in English — it’s “Joshua”. No one to this day knows why most of the translations have continued to use the transliterated Greek name Jesus. The so-called celebration of Jesus’ birthday, Christmas, is not the birthday of the Jesus at all, but was the celebration of the pagan god Mithras and even the Christmas tree is part of a pagan celebration that was passed down to us.
Materialism — the Real Reason for the Season!
The only good that might come of it is the fact that Christmas generates more jobs and heats up the economy. Another good thing might be the gathering together of relatives and loved ones for happy times together — which seem to be getting rarer all the time. But on the other hand, it fuels materialism, which is a great evil, and helps create debt for many families who are deceived by the fierce marketing machine of big business.
The Younger Generation and Christmas
Children become fed up with the story of Santa Claus as they get older and they realize that he was only a made-up story and the “real”, hidden reason for Christmas was the birth of Christ, who they equate with Santa Claus as a made up character also. So until the churches begin changing the stories and telling the real truth about the beginnings of Christianity, they will continue losing their youth who are idealistic and can see through the lies and fabrications of the Church of long ago.
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