[SwF] The Christmas Hoax: Jesus is NOT the "Reason for the Season"
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------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C5FFD0.4F2125A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Christmas Hoax: Jesus is NOT the "Reason for the Season" By Acharya S http://www.truthbeknown.com/christmas.htm The December 25th birthday of the sun god is a common motif globally, datin= g back at least 12,000 years as reflected in winter solstices artfully reco= rded in caves. "Nearly all nations," says Doane, commemorated the birth of = the god Sol to the "Queen of Heaven" and "Celestial Virgin." The winter sol= stice was celebrated in countless places, including China and Persia, the l= atter regarding the solar Lord and Savior Mithra's birth. The winter solsti= ce festival in Egypt included the babe in a manger brought out of the sanct= uary. Ancient Greeks celebrated the birthday of Hercules and Dionysus on this dat= e, as the ancient authority Macrobius (c. 400 AD/CE) maintained. Even the G= reek ather god, Zeus, was supposedly born at the winter solstice. The "Chr= istmas" festival was celebrated at Athens and was called "the Lenaea," duri= ng which time, apparently, "the death and rebirth of the harvest infant Dio= nysus were similarly dramatized." This Lenaea festival is depicted in an Au= rignacian cave-painting in Spain, with a "young Dionysus with huge genitals= ," standing naked in the middle of "nine dancing women." The Aurignacian pe= riod extended from 34,000 to 23,000 years ago. The Greco-Syrian sun god Adonis--the "Adonai" of the Bible--was also born o= n December 25th, a festival "spoken of by Tertullian, Jerome, and other Fat= hers of the Church, who inform us that the ceremonies took place in a cave,= and that the cave in which they celebrated his mysteries in Bethlehem, was= that in which Christ Jesus was born." Nor is the winter solstice celebration a purely "Pagan" concept, as the Jew= s also observed it in reference to the birth of their god, Yahweh. The "Fea= st of Illumination," "Feast of Lights" or "feast of the Dedication," occurr= ed in winter (John 10:22-23; Josephus's Antiquities XIII, 7.7) and represen= ted the "ancient Hebrew Winter Solstice Feast." The legend of Chanukah was = created by the Talmudist authors in order "to conceal the antiquity of the = feast, which was originally Jehovah's birthday as the Sun-God." Moreover, t= his solar birthday dates back to "at least as early as the time of Nehemiah= (Maccabees, I, 18)." Indians for millennia have celebrated the winter solstice, as a cardinal po= int, the new year and, presumably, the birth of the sun god. In the Indian = solstice celebration--a "great religious festival"--there is "rejoicing eve= rywhere." As in the West, the Indians "decorate their houses with garlands,= and make presents to friends and relatives," a "custom of very great antiq= uity." One way the Brahman priests of Orissa have celebrated the solstice i= s by carrying images of "the youthful Krishna to the houses of their discip= les and their patrons, to whom they present some of the red powder and tar = of roses, and receive presents of money and cloth in return." Thus, in Indi= a the winter solstice has been as much a major holiday as it was anywhere, = which is to be expected in a land permeated with sun worship for millennia. Regarding the Persian sun god Mithra and his sacrifice, in the 19th century= respected Christian author Rev. J.P. Lundy remarked: "For let it be borne in mind that it was precisely at the season of this sa= crifice, near the beginning of the new year, that the birth of Mithra was c= elebrated over all Persia and the world, in temple-caves, on the night of t= he 24th of December, the night of light. Even the British Druids celebrated= it, and called the next day, the 25th of December, Nollagh or Noel, the da= y of regeneration, celebrating it with great fires on tops of their mountai= ns. In fact, all nations, as if by common consent, at the first moment afte= r midnight of the 24th of December, celebrated the birth of the sun-god, ty= pe among the Gentiles of Christ, the Incarnate Son of God, as the Desire of= all nations and the Saviour of the world." Lundy was thus well aware of the sun gods, whom he deemed "types of Christ,= " indicating Christ's solar nature as well. Concerning the winter solstice festival in Ireland, the author of "Christia= n Mythology Unveiled" relates: "The Baal-fire feast, or meeting, was a great festival in Ireland, on the 2= 5th of December, and midsummer eve. Baal, or Bel, was a name of the sun all= over the east." It is important to note that the "December 25th" birthdate only applies to = the age and hemisphere in which the winter solstice falls on December 21-24= . In other ages, the solstice month is different, changing with the precess= ion of the equinoxes every 2150 years. The December 25th birthdate is that of the sun, not a "real person," reveal= ing its unoriginality within Christianity and the true nature of the Christ= ian godman. "Christmas" was not incorporated into Christianity until 354 AD= /CE. In reality, there is no evidence, no primary sources which show that "= Jesus is the reason for the season." Happy Solstice! Excerpted from "Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled" http://ww= w.truthbeknown.com/sunsofgod.htm ------=_NextPart_000_00A2_01C5FFD0.4F2125A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#800000 size=4>The Christmas Hoax: Jesus is NOT the "Reason for the Season"</FONT></STRONG><BR><STRONG>By Acharya S</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><A href="http://www.truthbeknown.com/christmas.htm">http://www.truthbeknown.com/christmas.htm</A><BR><BR><FONT color=#000080>The December 25th birthday of the sun god is a common motif globally, dating back at least 12,000 years as reflected in winter solstices artfully recorded in caves. "Nearly all nations," says Doane, commemorated the birth of the god Sol to the "Queen of Heaven" and "Celestial Virgin." The winter solstice was celebrated in countless places, including China and Persia, the latter regarding the solar Lord and Savior Mithra's birth. The winter solstice festival in Egypt included the babe in a manger brought out of the sanctuary.<BR><BR>Ancient Greeks celebrated the birthday of Hercules and Dionysus on this date, as the ancient authority Macrobius (c. 400 AD/CE) maintained. Even the Greek ather god, Zeus, was supposedly born at the winter solstice. The "Christmas" festival was celebrated at Athens and was called "the Lenaea," during which time, apparently, "the death and rebirth of the harvest infant Dionysus were similarly dramatized." This Lenaea festival is depicted in an Aurignacian cave-painting in Spain, with a "young Dionysus with huge genitals," standing naked in the middle of "nine dancing women." The Aurignacian period extended from 34,000 to 23,000 years ago.<BR><BR>The Greco-Syrian sun god Adonis--the "Adonai" of the Bible--was also born on December 25th, a festival "spoken of by Tertullian, Jerome, and other Fathers of the Church, who inform us that the ceremonies took place in a cave, and that the cave in which they celebrated his mysteries in Bethlehem, was that in which Christ Jesus was born."<BR><BR>Nor is the winter solstice celebration a purely "Pagan" concept, as the Jews also observed it in reference to the birth of their god, Yahweh. The "Feast of Illumination," "Feast of Lights" or "feast of the Dedication," occurred in winter (John 10:22-23; Josephus's Antiquities XIII, 7.7) and represented the "ancient Hebrew Winter Solstice Feast." The legend of Chanukah was created by the Talmudist authors in order "to conceal the antiquity of the feast, which was originally Jehovah's birthday as the Sun-God." Moreover, this solar birthday dates back to "at least as early as the time of Nehemiah (Maccabees, I, 18)."<BR><BR>Indians for millennia have celebrated the winter solstice, as a cardinal point, the new year and, presumably, the birth of the sun god. In the Indian solstice celebration--a "great religious festival"--there is "rejoicing everywhere." As in the West, the Indians "decorate their houses with garlands, and make presents to friends and relatives," a "custom of very great antiquity." One way the Brahman priests of Orissa have celebrated the solstice is by carrying images of "the youthful Krishna to the houses of their disciples and their patrons, to whom they present some of the red powder and tar of roses, and receive presents of money and cloth in return." Thus, in India the winter solstice has been as much a major holiday as it was anywhere, which is to be expected in a land permeated with sun worship for millennia.<BR><BR>Regarding the Persian sun god Mithra and his sacrifice, in the 19th century respected Christian author Rev. J.P. Lundy remarked:<BR><BR>"For let it be borne in mind that it was precisely at the season of this sacrifice, near the beginning of the new year, that the birth of Mithra was celebrated over all Persia and the world, in temple-caves, on the night of the 24th of December, the night of light. Even the British Druids celebrated it, and called the next day, the 25th of December, Nollagh or Noel, the day of regeneration, celebrating it with great fires on tops of their mountains. In fact, all nations, as if by common consent, at the first moment after midnight of the 24th of December, celebrated the birth of the sun-god, type among the Gentiles of Christ, the Incarnate Son of God, as the Desire of all nations and the Saviour of the world."<BR><BR>Lundy was thus well aware of the sun gods, whom he deemed "types of Christ," indicating Christ's solar nature as well.<BR><BR>Concerning the winter solstice festival in Ireland, the author of "Christian Mythology Unveiled" relates:<BR><BR>"The Baal-fire feast, or meeting, was a great festival in Ireland, on the 25th of December, and midsummer eve. Baal, or Bel, was a name of the sun all over the east."<BR><BR>It is important to note that the "December 25th" birthdate only applies to the age and hemisphere in which the winter solstice falls on December 21-24. In other ages, the solstice month is different, changing with the precession of the equinoxes every 2150 years.<BR><BR>The December 25th birthdate is that of the sun, not a "real person," revealing its unoriginality within Christianity and the true nature of the Christian godman. "Christmas" was not incorporated into Christianity until 354 AD/CE. In reality, there is no evidence, no primary sources which show that "Jesus is the reason for the season."<BR><BR>Happy Solstice!</FONT><BR><BR>Excerpted from <FONT color=#800080>"Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled"</FONT> </FONT><A href="http://www.truthbeknown.com/sunsofgod.htm"><FONT face=Verdana size=2>http://www.truthbeknown.com/sunsofgod.htm</FONT></A></FONT></DIV> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;"> <hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;"> <tt>YAHOO! 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