Christianity and Paganism: Which Came First? - a podcast by Nic
from 2022-05-09T13:30:07
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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
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