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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_j1mygn8 wrote

Basically Christmas....

It's why the Pilgrims tried to ban it in America, it wasn't a real Christian holiday, just a rebranded holiday from European pagans they didn't want to stop doing.

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AnimusFlux t1_j1mzobi wrote

The war on Christmas goes waaaay back, lol.

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az78 t1_j1n7vuc wrote

And it was fought by Christians attacking Christmas. Never forget.

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foldingcouch t1_j1n9ub0 wrote

Nothing can match the pure burning hatred that Christians have for slightly different Christians.

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xoverthirtyx t1_j1oqlch wrote

I mean, the Romans (Constantine) did deal with the uptick in Christian’s by basically absorbing it. And everywhere it spread in Europe the same thing happened with the indigenous population hence all the correlations with pagan rituals.

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Ground2ChairMissile t1_j1orp3u wrote

That's how the Romans had been dealing with every religion they encountered for hundreds of years. "Oh your god? No, that's just one of our gods, with a different hat on."

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BlessedBySaintLauren t1_j1q5xtn wrote

It’s not necessarily the same with Christianity as other pagan religions that existed during the Roman Empire, since the religion is purely monotheistic, it wasn’t able to be incorporated into roman religion like cultures or religions that came before.

Constantine didn’t deal with the uptick of Christianity by absorbing it, he himself converted and was arguably responsible for allowing it to grow and later becoming the dominant religion

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normychrist t1_j1orji8 wrote

Don’t forget oden and his 8 legged horse … do the google

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Chickentrap t1_j1p1v3i wrote

Isn't that the same horse Loki slept with? Or was that the horse Loki gave birth to after sleeping with a different horse?

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