Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Put the Pagan back in Christmas
There is currently a lot of flack going on about putting religion back into the Christmas spirit. I agree, but I want to go back to the real origins - before the Christians stole the holiday. You'll find that most agree that xmas day dates back to Roman and Babylonian days.
Mithra, Shamash and Saturnalia are just a few of the ancient deities that are mentioned in connection with a celebration around December 25. So why stop at Jesus - for whom by the way, there is no written record - biblical or otherwise of being born on or about that day. I say let's add good old Mithra and all the rest.
After all, if you want to return to the roots of a holiday, why stop half-way down the plant? Let's go all the way down and get good ol' jolly Shamash involved as well. He/She was a sun god. Supposedly Shamash brings wrong and injustice to light and what's wrong with that? So, YES, I agree, let's get back to the religious basis of Christmas.
