In an attempt to grease the path for pagans to convert to Christianity, early Church leaders attempted to insert Holy Days (holidays) into time slots sacred to the worshipers of other gods.
Consequently, we now have Christmas–ostensibly a celebration of the birth of the Christ–intertwined with pagan traditions concerning trees and mistletoe and parents lying to their children about Santa Klaus (the Winter King).
Easter is meant to celebrate the resurrection of Christ–that is if you can get by the Easter Bunnies and egg hunts. I know it is precious to see children dressing up and having fun. Isn’t it odd, though, that every Christian holiday is colored with a paganistic brush over?
Halloween is the celebration that most amazes me. It is an outright glorification of all that is macabre. Dress up the evil nature of this pagan new year celebration all you want, put smiley faces on the skeletons and make them dance –but it is impossible to hide the dark side of it all. The Church, of course, tried to switch the revelry to a celebration of the Saints, yet few folks know about All Saints Day on November 1st. [Read more…] about October 31st is . . . Luther’s 95 Theses Day!