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May 09, 2022

Christianity and Paganism: Which Came First?

28 minutes

On today's episode we will talk about three important Christian Festival Celebrations (Christmas, Easter, and Halloween) and their supposed ties to pagan origins.

Links to today's sources:

Christmas

Andrew McGowan: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/how-december-25-became-christmas/

Tim O'Neill: https://historyforatheists.com/2016/12/the-great-myths-2-christmas-mithras-and-paganism/

Easter

On Calculating the Dates of Easter: https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/holidays/tale-two-easters

On Eggs & Bunnies: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols#:~:text=According%20to%20some%20sources%2C%20the,could%20lay%20its%20colored%20eggs.

Andrew McGowan: See Above

Halloween

Tim O'Neill: http://historyforatheists.com/2021/10/is-halloween-pagan/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-halloween-pagan&fbclid=IwAR2l-A8WhBkh_Bt7rAZhG_C0Psypybc12RarmnsE9EnYM7hII_LOqEKhfP4

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