Evidence From Dictionaries and Newspapers

Dictionaries and newspapers also testify that December 25th was not the birthday of Jesus, but of the sun god.

■ Encyclopedia BRITANNICA, p. 704.

"Christmas/December 25 was the date of a pagan festival in Rome, chosen in A.D. 274 by the emperor Aurelian as the birthday of the unconquered sun (natalis solis invicti), which at the winter solstice begins again to show an increase of light. At some point before A.D. 336 the church at Rome established the commemoration of the birthday of Christ, the sun of righteousness, on this same date."

■ Encyclopedia AMERICANA, p. 666.

"This date [December 25] was not set in the West until about the middle of the 4th century and in the East until about a century later...The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the "rebirth of the sun." Northern European tribes celebrate their chief festival of Yule at the winter solstice to commemorate the rebirth of the sun as the giver of light and warmth. The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration."

■ "TODAY" (a newspaper published in Singapore) Tuesday, December 21, 2004"

Two thousand years ago, this [Christmas] was the very kind of celebration that alarmed the early Christian Church, which was disgusted with the cheer and merriment that marked the pagan festivals of their new converts. At first, the Church forbade this kind of celebration. But it was to no avail....The 25th was not only sacred to the Romans, but also to the Persians—whose religion, Mithraism, was one of Christianity’s main rivals then. The Church was successful eventually in taking the merriment, lights and gifts from the pagan festival and bringing them to the celebration of Christmas. The history of celebrating the end of the year or of a cycle dates back to more than 4,000 years. Many of the Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before Jesus Christ was born...As the winter solstice approached, with its long cold nights and short days, many people feared the sun would not return. Special rituals and celebrations were held to welcome back the sun..."

And in a book entitled World Government and 666 it is written that the birthday of Nimrod—the first model of the Antichrist, historically—was celebrated on the 25th of December as the Roman festival, Saturnalia.

The Franklin Institute, in America, also researched this subject, concluding that Jesus Christ was born in March or April. While at a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, in Korea’s Myongdong Cathedral, a reporter asked a Catholic reverend about the origin of Christmas. The reverend replied by quoting historical evidence, "This day [Christmas] originated with the custom of pagans who worshiped the sun god." In spite of such reports, many people do not realize if they are worshiping God or the sun god, because they have been deceived by Satan and have become spiritually deaf and blind.


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