Does Christmas Have Pagan Origins?
Thinking Fellows
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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The Thinking Fellows discuss the idea that Christmas has pagan roots. They refute the notion that Christians stole critical religious practices and beliefs from older religions. They also discuss the reality of components of Christmas celebrations distinct from faith in Christ, such as Christmas trees, lights, and even the date of celebration, which are handed down pieces of culture rather than commands from Scripture.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there and welcome to the Thinking Fellows podcast. My name is Caleb Keith and today I am joined by |
| 0:23.1 | Adam Francisco, Bruce Hillman and Scott Keith to talk about Christmas. Merry Christmas to our |
| 0:29.7 | Thinking Fellows listeners and to those of you who, you know, listen to the other podcast at 1517, |
| 0:35.2 | read the articles and have stumbled across this episode, |
| 0:39.0 | maybe the thinking fellows, for the first time. We welcome you, and we hope that you are having |
| 0:43.8 | a very good Christmas this week. And, you know, Christmas, what, how many days is it? It's 10 days, |
| 0:52.7 | 12 days of Christmas? It's 12 days of Christmas. |
| 0:54.9 | Bruce, how many days is it? Five, dude. It's five. |
| 0:58.0 | What? Isn't today the 20th? It's five days to Christmas. |
| 1:01.4 | It goes to Epiphany. Oh. Are we getting jipped days of Christmas this year? |
| 1:05.3 | What are you talking about? Like, Scott, we have five more days till Christmas. You're right. |
| 1:09.2 | But Caleb, I think, was asking how many days are in the Christmas? |
| 1:12.6 | Yeah, how many days till Epiphany? |
| 1:14.0 | Is it a cold season? |
| 1:14.8 | I believe, see, I'm not from a liturgical church, but I believe it goes to epiphany. |
| 1:21.2 | Whatever. |
| 1:21.8 | Enjoy your Christmas to Epiphany. |
| 1:24.4 | Boy, man. |
| 1:25.5 | We're going to get roasted for this. |
| 1:27.4 | You should have just not even asked the question. |
| 1:29.1 | Google, that is smarter than me. |
| 1:30.4 | He just confirmed, yes, it is the 12 days of Christmas. |
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