Is Chrismas Pagan or Christian?
A classic controversy is whether Christmas, Easter, and Halloween are acceptable for Christians to celebrate. It is alleged that since these holidays are pagan in origin, then they are not Christian. This reasoning is stupendously flawed. Christians have a habit of taking things and giving them new meanings. The earliest Christian depictions of the Jesus are 1)A fish 2)A swan 3)Jonah and the Whale The earliest depictions of Jesus are modeled after art of Apollo. Later they are modeled after Zeus. These are pagan gods. But the Christians gave their own touch. They had an almost obsession with slipping in coded messages that only the learned would notice. Does any of this make Christianity pagan? No. The best way to see this point is by taking it further. It's the long standing tradition of Christians to take things and redefine them. For example, the word "God" is a pagan word that refers to Odin, Thor, Fre, Loki,...