数人はそこにだれでもイエス・キリスト(p)を聞いたずっと前にクリスマスの形態の起源がヨーロッパで異教そして祝われてことを意識する。 どんな日イエス・キリスト生まれたがあったか誰も知らない(p)。 聖書の記述から、ほとんどの歴史家は彼の生れが9月におそらく起こったこと、過ぎ越しの祝いの後のおよそ6か月を信じる。 彼らが同意する1つの事は聖書がその夜の分野の彼らのヒツジをがちである羊飼いを記録するのでイエス・キリストが12月に生まれたことはほぼ不可能であることついている。これはJudeanの冷たい冬の間に起こってがかなりまずない。 従って12月25日のクリスマスとしてキリストの誕生日を、祝う私達はなぜか。 答えはクリスマスの異教の起源にある。 古代バビロンでは、Isis (性質のある女神)の息子の饗宴は12月25日に祝われた。 騒々しいパーティを楽しみ、貪欲な食べ、飲み、そして贈答はこの饗宴の伝統だった。 ローマでは、冬至点は多くの年キリストの生れの前の祝われた。 Romansは冬休日を呼んだ 「Saturnalia」、土星に、農業の神名誉を与える。 1月では、それらは観察した Kalends 死上の生命の勝利を表した1月の。 この全季節は呼ばれた ダイスNatalis Invicti Solis, 誕生日 Unconquered日曜日の。 祝祭の季節は大いにmerrymakingによって示された。 それは古代ローマにMummersの伝統が生まれたことである。 Mummersは戸別から旅したダンサーおよび着せられた歌手のグループであり彼らの隣人を心に抱く。 これから、carolingのクリスマスの伝統は生まれた。
北欧で、私達が今クリスマスの崇拝の一部分を考慮すること他の多くの伝統は関係者がキリストを聞いたあることがずっと前に始まった。 北欧の異教徒は知られていた自身の冬至点をとして祝った Yule. Yuleは異教の太陽神、Mithrasの象徴的、観察された、年の最も短い日に耐えられる. 太陽神が育ち、成熟したと同時に、日はより長く、ウォーマーになった。 Mithrasおよび太陽を来年再現するために励ますように蝋燭をつけることは通常だった。 巨大なYule丸太は日曜日を記念して燃えた。 単語 Yule
自体は「車輪」を、日曜日の異教の記号である車輪意味する。 Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual. Holly berries were thought to be a food of the gods. The tree is the one symbol that unites almost all the northern European winter solstices. Live evergreen trees were often brought into homes during the harsh winters as a reminder to inhabitants that soon their crops would grow again. Evergreen boughs were sometimes carried as totems of good luck and were often present at weddings, representing fertility. The Druids used the tree as a religious symbol, holding their sacred ceremonies while surrounding and worshipping huge trees. In the year 350 AD, Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is little doubt that he was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans (who remained a majority at that time) to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a but easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them. Christmas (Christ-Mass) as we know it today, most historians agree, began in Germany, though Catholics and Lutherans still disagree about which church celebrated it first. The earliest record of an evergreen being decorated in a Christian celebration was in 1521 in the Alsace region of Germany. A prominent Lutheran minister of the day cried blasphemy: “Better that they should look to the true tree of life, Christ”The controversy continues even today in some fundamentalist sects.
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Shadowofears said on 28 December 2006:
Christmas festivals today incorporate many other pagan customs, such as the use of holly, mistletoe, Yule logs, and wassail bowls. The Christmas tree itself is the most obvious aspect of ancient pagan celebrations which were later incorporated into church rites. Scholars believe that the Christian celebration was originally derived in part from rites held by pre-Christian Germanic and Celtic peoples to celebrate the winter solstice. The Christmas tree, an evergreen trimmed with lights and other decorations, because it keeps its green needles throughout the winter months, was believed by pre-Christian pagans to have special powers of protection against the forces of nature and evil spirits. The end of December marked the onset of a visible lengthening of daylight hours - the return of warmth and light and defeat of those evil forces of cold and darkness. The Christmas tree is derived from the so-called paradise tree, symbolizing Eden, of German mystery plays. The use of a Christmas tree began early in the 17th century, in Strasbourg, France, spreading from there through Germany, into northern Europe and Great Britain, and then on to the United States.
Christmas is not the only Christian festival which was borrowed from ancient paganism and foisted upon the religion of Jesus . There is also Easter, the Feast of St. John, the Holy communion, the Annunciation of the virgin, the assumption of the virgin, and many others have their roots in ancient pagan worship. Since we can not get into the details here, therefore, the interested reader is encouraged to consult the above books.
Many people object to people who advise them not to introduce new and innovative practices into their religion, even if they were only to be festivals and celebrations. They object “what could it hurt if I were to worship God and thank Him for his blessings on this day when pagans performed their worship? I am not worshipping idols.” For this we only need to read the very explicit prohibition of God in this regard which He Himself emphatically declared in the Bible:
“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them (pagans), after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. (Deuteronomy 12:30)”
There is a good reason why God commands us to do things. Just because we do not know the wisdom behind a prohibition does not give us the freedom to disregard it. Indeed, it is exactly such willingness to “adapt” and “compromise” which eventually lead to the loss of the message of Jesus.
Tarek said on 28 December 2006: