Jesus is NOT the reason for the season. A Pagan friend of mine posted this on FB:
December 7, 2011 at 11:12 am
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2011 at 11:13 am by LarissaAnn.)
Awesome article, it's so sad that Christianity basically raped the Pagan religion and then then tried to erase all traces of it because Paganism is a fascinating, organic, intriguing religion, who knows what information about we could have known about it or ancient sites we could have enjoyed had Christianity not destroyed most of it.
http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additio...et=0&max=1
http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additio...et=0&max=1
~*~Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does ~*~
~*~Live a good life. If there are Gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no Gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones - Marcus Aurelius~*~
~*~Live a good life. If there are Gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are Gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no Gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones - Marcus Aurelius~*~