The Sun God vs El Savior tonight at 7 EST
Christmas = December 25 right? But why? Was the Gregorian calendar created before the Lord of all Christians and mortal men errumm peoples?
No right? So why did we plaster December 25 as Christmas Day, why not a more hospitable day like May 1 (Seriously, we've got to make Arbor/Labor day a real nonworking holiday).
My heartfelt and reasonably unnescessary research led me to this fact.
Rome: 313 AD. Christianity has set its tush in the greater Roman empire and like most mass... somethings, It had to protect itself from other inferior quality religions.
Back then the hip and cool place to hang out ws the pagan festival of the sun which was allegedly celebrated on Decenber 25-ish. Bacchanalian capital of the west. Drinking, eating, wanton and gratuitous sex... drinking all to appease the sun god. HEY, just like our modern christmas... except we drink, eat and do drinking induced wanton and gratuitous sex to appease the SM Supermart and to a lesser extent the Walmart god.
Anyway, like modern media mavens, Christianity wanted the virtues and edicts of the bible to get prime exposure to the masses, and since the festival of the sun god was the time and place to be, the Christians proposed to celebrate the birth of the World Savior Jesus "El Savior" Christ on the day of the sun god.
Bacchanalian paganists were quick to follow and like all fads do, the latest and greatest celebration became Christmas day. How fast? In 313 AD, Sun God tatooes and Sun God party pills were all the rage, and in 336 AD, the last of the God of Suntan Bar and Disco partied it's last and sold all their tanning booths and replaced them with crosses and fruitcake-makers.
Why the pagan celebrated the Sun God on the coldest part of the year, we may never know.
More Christmas Stories next post kiddies, enjoy your eggnog!
No right? So why did we plaster December 25 as Christmas Day, why not a more hospitable day like May 1 (Seriously, we've got to make Arbor/Labor day a real nonworking holiday).
My heartfelt and reasonably unnescessary research led me to this fact.
Rome: 313 AD. Christianity has set its tush in the greater Roman empire and like most mass... somethings, It had to protect itself from other inferior quality religions.
Back then the hip and cool place to hang out ws the pagan festival of the sun which was allegedly celebrated on Decenber 25-ish. Bacchanalian capital of the west. Drinking, eating, wanton and gratuitous sex... drinking all to appease the sun god. HEY, just like our modern christmas... except we drink, eat and do drinking induced wanton and gratuitous sex to appease the SM Supermart and to a lesser extent the Walmart god.
Anyway, like modern media mavens, Christianity wanted the virtues and edicts of the bible to get prime exposure to the masses, and since the festival of the sun god was the time and place to be, the Christians proposed to celebrate the birth of the World Savior Jesus "El Savior" Christ on the day of the sun god.
Bacchanalian paganists were quick to follow and like all fads do, the latest and greatest celebration became Christmas day. How fast? In 313 AD, Sun God tatooes and Sun God party pills were all the rage, and in 336 AD, the last of the God of Suntan Bar and Disco partied it's last and sold all their tanning booths and replaced them with crosses and fruitcake-makers.
Why the pagan celebrated the Sun God on the coldest part of the year, we may never know.
More Christmas Stories next post kiddies, enjoy your eggnog!
by Ray Arvin Rimorin at 12/08/2005 03:14:00 PM
1 Prayers and Chants:
The sun god was/is honored on or near the winter solstice because it is the longest night of the year. The return of the sun after that longest night is recognized as the foretelling of the return of spring, i.e. crops, i.e. survival.
Funny blog, I like it.
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