Recker's World
Taking the Pagan out of Christmas
It has been said that there is a war on Christmas and that Christ is being attacked. Nobody seems to want to include him in our Christmas celebrations anymore. Well, my brothers and sisters, I say that we start our own war! Let’s fight back and say NO to those who wish to fill it with pagan trinkets and rituals!
Let’s say NO to Yule. NO to Saturnalia and anything that comes with these abominations! We will NOT accept any pagan rituals in our celebrations at all!
So let’s do away with the Yule log! It has no place in a Christian celebration. It is a Norse pagan ceremony to celebrate the return of the sun.
Let’s do away with the holly! After all it was a pagan (wiccan) ritual to use this plant to ward off evil spirits.
No more mistletoe, my brothers and sisters. Do away with this celebration of lust and sexuality. No kissing under it, or worse, what the ancient druids used to do at Christmas time… perform human sacrifices and using the mistletoe to poison their victims.
No more fruit cake! You are defiling the temple of the holy spirit by consuming this as it comes from an ancient Pagan Egyptian ritual where fruit cake was placed in the tombs of loved ones. Christmas is the celebration of life, my brothers and sisters. The life of our lord Jesus! Not morbid death!
But that’s not all! No more Christmas Tree. No more ornaments and decorations, for this goes back to the ancient Roman pagan celebrations of Saturnalia where they placed trees in their own homes and adorned them especially for the benefit of spirits. Disgusting and vile practices, ones that our lord Jesus would abhor! Remember what the bible says in:
Deuteronomy 7:26. Do not bring a detestable thing into your homes!
Christmas caroling must also stop my brothers and sisters, for this goes back to the ancient pagan practice of wassailing where pagans went from door to door singing and offering drinks like egg nog. A fertility ritual to aid in the growth of crops! We must not allow it! Not only are these carols they sing awful and abominations to the most high, but they make our lord Jesus Christ very angry! Jesus becomes most irate when we practice pagan rituals such as this. Just remember, my brothers and sisters that each time you sing the likes of "Jingle Bells" or "Silent Night" you are making Jesus angrier and angrier!
We must shun Santa Claus too, because he is nothing but a Catholic false god, stolen from Norse gods who appeared in fireplaces and brought gifts. Religious cults formed around this man, spread and became what we know of him today.
Last of all, my brothers and sisters, no more gifts. Giving of gifts at Christmas must stop as it is a pagan Roman tradition stemming from Saturnalia, where gifts were offered to emperors and there were huge feasts. This practice then began to occur amongst the common folk as well - giving gifts to one another and big feasts to celebrate a pagan festival. Even the three wise men were not wise when they approached the baby Jesus and offered him up expensive gifts. They were making our heavenly father angry by practicing this Roman abomination of gift giving at Christmas time! Don’t fall into that same trap, my brothers and sisters.
The only thing you should be doing at Christmas, my brothers and sisters is bowing down and praying to Jesus! Worshiping him and praising him. Nothing more! No roast turkey dinners. No Christmas hams or puddings. No family get togethers. Just prayer and worship. Nothing more!
Don’t make our heavenly father any more angry and wrathful than he already is! Avoid these evil pagan practices I have mentioned. Shun them. Declare war on them NOW!
HALLLELUUUUUUJAHHHHHH!
Pastor Jake
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Lynn (Saturday, 15 December 2018 21:03)
You seem to be the only one angry here....and who made you Jesus's spokesperson? Giving gifts through Love to little children with cancer for the celebration of our Lord's birthday is what the God of Love is about. Take your rules and live in the free will of Love of Jesus and fellow humans/animals.
Pastor Jake (Sunday, 16 December 2018 13:57)
For you to attack me, shows that you are clearly not a true Christian and are working on behalf of the devil. I am God's spokesperson because he has given me that mission to speak on his behalf, as he has with all true, holy-spirit filled Christians.
Giving gifts at this time of the year is a pagan idea that came out of Saturnalia. This was the case long before the three Asian mystics visited the baby Jesus in the manger, and they were simply following a pagan tradition. So you are following the example of the wrong people. All you are doing is giving those poor unfortunate children cursed objects. I'm appalled.
Instead of buying them gifts, how about sending the money to cancer research so that a cure can be found, rather than relying on God to do all the work?
Christ's love is not about sitting on your butt praying. It's not about giving gifts to people. It's about getting out and doing something constructive. Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, HEALING THE SICK.
James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Isaiah 58:10
Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
Hallelujah!
Pastor Jake (Sunday, 16 December 2018 13:59)
You are darn right I am angry. I am angry that so-called Christians like yourself are celebrating pagan festivals, trying to justify it, and trying to claim them to be Christian. All holy-spirit filled Christians should be angry about that.
Melissa Hemmen (Wednesday, 04 December 2019 11:23)
I am honestly not sure if this page is satire or not. If not, I applaud you for recognizing the pagan origins of commercial Christmas. I'm pagan, and I hate that Christians steal our traditions. Be blessed
Gina Perez (Sunday, 22 December 2019 14:15)
Yes I agree you guys ever wonder why is the tree ok in our childrens schools but not prayer? If you say the Christmas tree is about The Lord? Better repent and stop bringing abominations or God will pour out his wrath thank you pastor Jakes for being obedient to the Lords voice
Pastor Jake (Monday, 23 December 2019 02:46)
Hallelujah Sister Gina, but prayer has never been banned from any school, just the public praying of prayers, which is fair enough as it should not be forced down the throats of unbelievers. And let's not forget that the bible forbids Public prayers anyway. They should always be done in private and not done in front of crowds of people, as those who do that are simply people who love their own voices and wish to fill their prideful egos. They want to look pious and holy in front of others.
Matt 6:1
"Be careful not to do your `acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matt 6: 5-8
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
So yes, even praying out loud in front of a class room or a school assembly is an abomination to the lord, just like the Christmas tree in the corner of the lounge.
Hallelujah!
Frank (Friday, 05 March 2021 07:02)
You are missing something. Jesus himself is pagan along with the entire chirstian religion. All your holy days are pagan and Jesus is neither lord, god or messiah.
Pastor Jake (Tuesday, 23 March 2021 17:52)
Frank, how dare you insult the one true God, Jesus Christ! He will make you suffer for all eternity for your blasphemy. But you can be forgiven. Simply send your entire life savings to Pastor Jake Ministries and God will welcome you into his kingdom.
Martha (Thursday, 28 October 2021 05:19)
Hi, Elohim has been shouting at us to awaken and pull ourselves out of Babylon (which He currently seems to have in a death spiral). Now that I see all the pagan roots of our festivities I am inclined to stop. The family is not going to be happy, though. Do you have any advice? Is there a middle ground with twinkle lights in the darkness? I feel like the grinch.
Jesus is not a pagan, he is (was?) a Jew. Understanding Jewish/patriarchal culture of the OT is critical to our understanding of the whole Bible and God’s plan for redemption. One of the biggest themes is idolatry, and it is running rampant. I don’t think there is a human who can escape it. Money, food, wine, drugs, power, influence, entertainment, nature. It is all prone to false worship.
Bishop O'Brian (Formerly Pastor Jake) (Thursday, 28 October 2021 16:15)
I'm sure God would not want to ruin your kid's Christmas. Let them have their fun. Jesus would understand. Maybe just educate them about where all this stuff comes from.