from: Christianity Unmasqued, Chapter 6: It's About Time
Sir James Frazer says, “The largest pagan religious cult which fostered the celebration of December 25 as a holiday . . .was the pagan sun-worship, Mithraism. . . This winter festival was called. . .", the Nativity of the Sun."
Mithraism was the fastest growing cult just prior to the year 321 A.D. and was the major rival of Christianity. Franz Cumont, perhaps the greatest scholar of Mithraism, wrote, quoting Minucius Felix, "the Mithraists also observed Sun-Day and kept sacred the 25th of December as the birthday of the Sun." Many scholars have pointed out how the Sun-worshiping Mithraists, the Sun-worshiping Manicheans and the Christians were all syncretized and reconciled when Constantine led the takeover by Christianity, even if it meant the latter‘s surrender of most vital Scriptural truths. . ." Referenced from the book "Come Out of Her My People" by C.J. Koster
The simple facts are that worship or any participation in worship and festivities on Christmas, Sunday and other times of the year is tied to pagan cultures and is nothing less than cult worship on a grand scale."
Mithraism was the fastest growing cult just prior to the year 321 A.D. and was the major rival of Christianity. Franz Cumont, perhaps the greatest scholar of Mithraism, wrote, quoting Minucius Felix, "the Mithraists also observed Sun-Day and kept sacred the 25th of December as the birthday of the Sun." Many scholars have pointed out how the Sun-worshiping Mithraists, the Sun-worshiping Manicheans and the Christians were all syncretized and reconciled when Constantine led the takeover by Christianity, even if it meant the latter‘s surrender of most vital Scriptural truths. . ." Referenced from the book "Come Out of Her My People" by C.J. Koster
The simple facts are that worship or any participation in worship and festivities on Christmas, Sunday and other times of the year is tied to pagan cultures and is nothing less than cult worship on a grand scale."
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