I Have a Question

Totally honest because I do wonder. So I always wondered why christians celebrate easter with bunnies and eggs or christmas with trees and Santa when all that stuff has pagan origins. I can understand why back in the day before information was pretty much instant I can understand. But these days it doesn't make sense. Especially when most christians will call everything satanic because it's pre-Christian but they'll do valentine's day and be all low key saturnallia.

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MrPerditus1 · 61-69, M

Of a majority of the Christians I have known, don't go near saying anything is satanic. They see it as non Christian, but unless the thing is point towards Satanism, they see it for what it is. But just like any religion or large group believing the same thing, you have those that are extreme and those that aren't.

As for celebrating those holidays? I think it's not so much the ideals and beliefs behind the holidays as it is the celebration in general. Also, if you notice, a majority of Christian holidays are always close to or on other faiths holidays and it goes back many centuries when the Christian leaders were trying to block or get rid of other religions and their celebrations. By putting theirs on or around, they would and could make a larger gathering that was intended to drown out the other faiths.

I'm not saying that to be a jerk or anti-Christian, but it's a fact. When Christianity was just at it's peak, the leaders DID try to stamp out other religions. But then again, most religions try that. Only a small handful leave others to their own.

So, are they really celebrating the pagan beliefs during this time or are they celebrating a thing that has been long forgotten and they just take the word of their leaders and celebrate their with symbols that have long since lost the meaning to them?