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Recent content by JSRG

  1. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    The thing is, there's a whole lot of misinformation someone can find on Google. The fact that one can find other people, even a lot of other people, making erroneous claims that you copied from doesn't mean anything other than that it being a common erroneous claim. You need to look to see if...
  2. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    It is not clear what you mean by "a pagan symbol." There are several possible interpretations. If you mean the cross was a pagan symbol insofar as pagans performed crucifixions, that would be true, but it seems a stretch to call that a "symbol." If you mean that a vertical and horizontal line...
  3. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    So you appear to admit that Christmas trees are a development far too late for any ancient pagan customs to have any influence on them. I'm glad you were apparently willing to admit that. However, you then pivot to something new, which has its own new problems: You make these assertions, but...
  4. J

    About Lucifer

    I was just trying to answer your question in detail. The last two sentences, upon review, were not the best written, or perhaps more accurately were not the best connected. The question of "Why use a questionable name rather than the actual one?" was meant to be a summary of the preceding...
  5. J

    About Lucifer

    People rarely discuss "Lucifer" because of the entire idea of Lucifer being a demon relies on various tenuous propositions. The word Lucifer in Latin originally was used to refer to the morning star, with no demonic connotations whatsoever. This word is found in several passages in the Latin...
  6. J

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    This is the old "Jeremiah 10 is referring to Christmas trees" claim... or probably not so old, as I have been unable to find anyone assert this interpretation prior to the 20th century; even writings I have seen from before then by people who didn't like Christmas trees didn't use this...
  7. J

    Is Santa Mythology based on Odin?

    The claim of Boniface and the fir tree appears to be a substantially later addition to the story. The original recording of the event (from the 8th century) does have him cut down a tree the pagans were worshipping, but there is no mention of a fir tree growing out of it. Wikipedia actually has...
  8. J

    Harvard conservative magazine is suspended by its own board after publishing article laced with Nazi rhetoric

    Did anyone ever post a link to the article itself so it could be read? Someone asked early on if anyone had one, but (skimming through the rest of the topic) I don't see any. I could have missed someone posting it--again, to get through six pages quickly I had to skim--but in case there wasn't...
  9. J

    Trump announces the Patriot Games.

    Well, this does not appear to be a free-for-all battle, let alone a death game. To be fair, despite looking at the article, I somehow missed the part in the article where it did mention a male and female from each state. That is a more notable similarity (wish they had specified that was what...
  10. J

    Just a reminder. Christians started the war on Christmas

    I don't think my post was not offering empathy, though obviously I can only see it from my point of view--I meant it to actually be the opposite. I opened my post acknowledging that I had no problem if you wanted to stop responding, hence my statement of "there are things that are higher...
  11. J

    Just a reminder. Christians started the war on Christmas

    Obviously, there are things that are higher priorities than arguing on the Internet. A message is not automatically owed a response. Still, the problem, is how those other places you cited offer no evidence to support your claims about Ra. One is just a non-scholarly source making a claim...
  12. J

    Just a reminder. Christians started the war on Christmas

    Note: Due to some kind of bug on the forums, if I quote this post and it includes the links within "Link 1" and "Link 2", it encounters an error and refuses to post this reply. So I had to edit the quote to remove the links themselves (so it only says "Link 1" and "Link 2" as simple text), but...
  13. J

    Just a reminder. Christians started the war on Christmas

    Aurelian did follow and promote Sol. But that's not the question. The question is, did Aurelian ever set up a December 25 holiday for this god? Despite a popular claim he did, there is not evidence he ever did (he just dedicated a temple on that date), given the lack of reference to any such...
  14. J

    Just a reminder. Christians started the war on Christmas

    In the first place, you'll have to provide evidence that this was ever a way to celebrate the god Ra; far too many of these sorts of claims are totally made up, with no one able to point to any primary source for them... after all, they're made up. Now maybe this one is actually legitimate, but...
  15. J

    Just a reminder. Christians started the war on Christmas

    This is a common claim, but there is no actual evidence that Aurelian started any celebration of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti. He dedicated a temple on December 25, true, but there is as far as I am aware no mention from back then he ever started a celebration, even if that's a common claim people...
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