Was Jesus really a pagan?
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the story of jesus was a myth.\n\nit comes from another pagan cult that predates christianity by 900 years called mithra.  mithra is the original cult claiming to be a savior from a virgin birth, later tortured and killed, then resurrected.  a god would have never written or inspired anything so poorly authored as the crap in the bible.  a second-year communications student from USC could do better...\n\nPeople will comment here about false doctrine, but in reality, the bible is the biggest, most false collection of dogma there is.  it's like the biggest practical joke ever pulled on mankind.
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According to the Christian bible Jesus got angry and turned over tables in a synagogue and he also whipped people for selling birds. God does not behave like this and it contradicts Jesus' teaching according to that same bible. The doctrine of Jesus being "fully man and fully god" was not believed by the early Christians and the Roman church came to this conclusion by voting. That's right, let's vote to determine what god is. f that.
320355
You better believe they did.  They took over our holidays, built their churches on our sacred space and generally tried to re-write historic facts to claim that it isn't true.   Most of the stories in the Bible are derived from older, Pagan tales.  I'm not making this up, do some research and you'll see what I mean.  Before Mary, a Pagan goddess named Cybele gave birth to a son, she too was a virgin.   That's just one example. There are many others.  So yeah, Christianity has Pagan DNA no matter how much people try to deny it.
778879
If you want the truth, I'll tell u--was never there--the idea comes from a pagan celebration but people are led to believe in this, Satan's system that is, that we are to celebrate  his birth as Christmas. Look it up! \n His death for all mankind is the only thing that Jesus said to  observe.  Remember?  The last supper?\nGetting into all other celebrations does not apply here.\n\nThe pagan's will refute
1101211
Jesus may or may not have been married.\n\nMary certainly was.
862954
Mainstream Christianity is not true Christianity. Unlike early Christianity, so-called Christians celebrate pagan festivals like Halloween, Christmas, and Easter. They go to war, although Jesus taught his first disciples to love their enemies. False Christians are taught that Jesus is God when Jesus CLEARLY called himself the Son of God. (John 10:36) False Christians use the cross in their worship, even though it is common knowledge that the cross is a pagan symbol that pre-dates Christianity by thousands of years. They are involved in politics, although Jesus taught his followers to be no part of the world. (John 15:19)\n\nMainstream Christianity is indeed far removed from 1st-century Christianity.
882753
Of course it is, but so is Christmas. December 25 has always been a pagan holiday. Early Christians did not celebrate birthdays only pagans did and John the Baptist lost his head during  Herod's birthday celebration. Santa Claus, gift giving and all the yule tide traditions are very pagan in origin. \n\nChristianity today is very much engulfed in pagan traditions. \n\nAs a pagan myself I think it is ironic that Christians keep our holy days when the bible condemns them.
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As a Pagan, it really makes me sad to see my fellow Pagans take history out of context and ignore the parts that make our own predicessors look bad.\n\n#1. Christianity is full of Pagan concepts, much more than Jewish concepts- Virgin birth, child of a God born of a mortal woman, the trinity, all Pagan concepts. Therefore, why we feel the need to throw up an impenetrable wall, I don't friggin know!\n\n#2. Umbanda, Voodoo, and Santeria are three Christian/Pagan blends with HUGE followings that have been around since long before you were born to complain.\n\nI am not going to even address your dubious history except to point out that Pagans also killed Christians, and most of these killings were political in nature, rather than religious. \n\nThank you. Move along.
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Yes! Finally after months someone makes sense! Original christianity (not bible version) was polytheistic. Jesus taught Gods! His father in heaven is supreme god (like Brahma), then there's son of god (cosmic christ), then there's the goddess Sophia, and the creator god (Ialdaboath), and many more gods. There is mention of 35 aeons (these are very high god/goddess pairs). This is what Jesus taught and even the NT gives away Jesus' polytheism. The orthodox christians wanted "one god" so they invented "the mystery of the holy trinity". Jesus was a Pagan polytheist, and there are extra-biblical scriptures which clearly state this.
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Some do, yes, but probably not in a traditional way. I am a UU, and I have christians who believe in the divinity of Jesus in my congregation as well as those who do not (like me). I believe in a primitive Christianity in the sense that I believe that Jesus was a very good, holy person, a great prophet & philosopher. I think anyone would be well to emulate Jesus in their personal life. I don't believe he was God, though, and do not believe that there is only one way to God. \n\nAs I understand it, the "traditional" christians in the UU do think Jesus was God incarnate, but also believe, as I do, that there is not only one path to God. There are many religions, and all of them have merit. I do not think that God would be so close minded as to create all the world, then allow only one narrow path to find him. I also do not believe that God would prohibit, say, the Dalai Lama from his presence, just because he did not follow one doctrine or another, as he is a good, holy person.\n\nSo, yes, there are still christian UU's, but probably not too many, and not very traditional, in the strict sense.
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"There is actually quite a bit of written history from that time period that proves he did exist. But thanks for playing anyways."\n\nHAHAHAHAHAHA.... prove it. Show me one single piece of paper and I will believe you. The fact of the matter is, there was NO record of a historical jesus. In fact, St. Paul (who recorded the very first story of "Jesus") didnt mention anything about a virgin birth, miracles, or even this plane of exsistance. It was set in the same relm as Zeus, Hera, and other fictional characters. There are no writings from ANYONE who supposedly followed "jesus". If you know of any first hand evidence, I will gladly look at it and convert my faith if its true. So heres your big chance, all you good christians out there... In fact, Im gonna make it a new topic.
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You are making a big acusation......are you talking about one denomination in particular.  I agree that is the case with a denomination I am familiar with.....but tell me what reason would Pagans have for celebrating Christmas?
251552
Jesus was a human being.  His divinity was bestowed upon him by the Catholic Church about 400 years after he died.
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No one really knows.\n\nThere is no credible evidence to support the claim.\n\n\n"While some historians consider Jesus to largely be a mythological and legendary entity, (Jesus freaks claim he exists)"\n\nSource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
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hmm... Jesus did not die for a religion or belief... He was the belief, the way, the Hope. He died for us, then He arose out of the grave. Therefore He is not a martyr. But he gave us something to become martyrs for... I talk in circles i know :)
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They know Christmas is pagan but just do not care. They do not realize what a slap in the face to God and Jesus these celebrations are. They are mixing true worship with pagan worship.\n\nDo you think that Jesus Christ would consider it an honor to have his name attached to a “pagan holiday, partly Christianized”? How could this be so when his faithful disciples recognized that there should be no mixing of the darkness of paganism with the light of Christianity? The apostle Paul, for example, reminded fellow Christians at Corinth: “What sharing does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols? . . . ‘Therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing.’”—2 Cor. 6:14-17. \n\nWhen Moses came down from the mountain and found the people worshipping the golden calf, they told him it represented God.  They were celebrating to this statue.\nDid Moses say "good idea, lets party". No! but God destroyed over 2,000 people that day for daring to celebrate to an idol.  Just like people do today. Since these holidays are so insulting to God, you can bet Satan has a hand in it.  He will make sure that people keep celebrating these holidays.
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It depends, really.  Some Pagans are happy to be called heathens, some aren't.  Pagans don't believe that God doesn't exist, they believe in many gods.  If we're going strictly by dictionary terms here, then a Pagan is one who is not Christian, Muslim or Jewish.  A heathen is pretty much the same thing.