Anti-Catholics make a big issue about some Christmas practices that has similarity with pagan customs (Christmas trees, candles, December 25, exchanging of gifts etc…)
But all Christian practices that are written in the Bible, also have the same problem! They already existed in the pagan world, in different forms and styles! For example, Baptism by Immersion in water, for the forgiveness of sins, has existed as an old custom of ancient Hindu religion. They believed, immersion in the river Ganges, purifies them from all sins! Is that mean, baptism is pagan? The pagans bowed their knees and prayed to their gods; so Christian should not bow and pray?
Even the world `Bible’ was widely used in the pagan world, as `the books’ that are written about gods; then we should not use the world Bible? The church construction of Iglesia Ni Cristo is a blind imitation of Catholic cathedrals of Gothic at in Europe; is that mean, INC church is a Catholic church?
Those elements which have similarities of pagan culture, that creEped into Christmas celebrations, will never make Christmas, a pagan celebration. (The real word of `Christmas’ is Christ and Holy Mass; without that Christmas becomes meaningless.)
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