Christianity is Pagan

[Neoma]

Run time: 09:28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1FdtpH8lSI   Posted on YouTube: June 24, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 23, 2007 By DU Member: Neoma Views on DU: 1075

 

[Mr Rabble]

1. You should at least credit where you took this from. Zeitgeist.

This is a terrific documentary which deserves better than taking clips and posting them without giving credit.

[Neoma]

2. I don't know who did it.

That's why there's automatically a link to follow. Also, videos you post are already credited.

[Az]

5. Careful with Zeitgeist

It takes a lot of liberties and tries to draw connections way beyond what is warranted. It makes a couple of interesting points but its value is lost in its obsession with conspiracies.

[Bolo Boffin]

6. Zeitgiest should have given credit where they took this from. The God Who Wasn't There.

And both documentaries go far beyond what the actual evidence shows.

Beware of both of these crapcumetaries.

[lutherj]

3. Interesting video. I would recommend the book

The Jesus Mysteries, which covers much of the same material. There are a couple points in the above video that I would question, however. One is that the pun "God's Sun" only works in English, which obviously didn't exist in the ancient world. The other is that the southern cross is only visible from the southern hemisphere, so it seems unlikely that it would have any significance in ancient western mythologies - if they were even aware of it at all.

[John1956PA]

7. FWIT, Wikipedia has this to say about the constellation Crux

From www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux:

"Crux (IPA: /ˈkrʊks/, Latin: cross), commonly known as the Southern Cross (Crux Australis, in contrast to the Northern Cross), is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but nevertheless one of the most distinctive. It is surrounded on three sides by the constellation Centaurus while to the south lies the Fly (Musca). Ancient Greeks originally thought Crux was part of Centaurus, but it was defined as a separate asterism in the 16th century after Amerigo Vespucci's expedition to South America in 1501. Vespucci mapped the two stars, Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri as well as the stars of the Crux. Although these stars were known to the ancient Greeks, gradual precession of the equinoxes had lowered them below the European skyline so that they were forgotten there. For example at the latitude of Athens in 1000 B.C., Crux was clearly visible, although it was low in the sky. <1> However, by 400 A.D., most of the constellation never rose above the horizon for Athenians. <2>"

[Divine Discontent]

4. man loves to add their own meaning and symbolism to many things in life

interesting video, and I can see why many men have used the scientific facts for beliefs over time.

A quote from Jesus Christ Our Promised Seed:

“In 274 A.D., the Romans designated December 25 as the birthday of the unconquered sun, being the time when the sun begins noticeably to show an increase in light, resulting in longer daylight hours. By 336 A.D., the church in Rome was adapting this festival, spiritualizing its significance as a reference to Jesus Christ and calling it the ‘Feast of the Nativity of the Sun of Righteousness.’ Attempting to Christianize and incorporate the pagan traditions of antiquity, the church in Rome adopted this midwinter holiday celebrating the birth of the sun god as one of its own observances, somewhat changing its significance, but retaining many customs of the pagan festival. As the Roman church spread its influence religiously and militarily, this holiday of December 25 became the most popular date in Christendom to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. A special mass was established for Christ, hence, the name, ‘Christmass,’ abbreviated ‘Christmas.’”

[wildbilln864]

8. watch it here...

at their site.