{"id":306,"date":"2009-12-16T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2023-12-26T12:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T18:19:04","slug":"we-used-to-be-pagan-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calebripple.com\/blog\/we-used-to-be-pagan-too\/","title":{"rendered":"We used to be pagan too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just read a great article on Christmas <\/span>here<\/a> and thought i would pass it right along. \u00a0If it is any incentive, i highly recommend it, especially if you or anyone you know refuses to celebrate this joyous season (or certain aspects of it) because of the supposed pagan roots…<\/span><\/h3>\n

“Some object to the celebration of Christmas on the grounds that it used to be a pagan holiday. But that’s ok. We used to be pagan too.”<\/em>\u2014Douglas Wilson<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the Savior\u2019s advent in our midst, not only does idolatry no longer increase, but it is getting less and gradually ceasing to be. Similarly, not only does the wisdom of the Greeks no longer make any progress, but that which used to be is disappearing. . . . On the other hand, while idolatry and everything else that opposes the faith of Christ is daily dwindling and weakening and falling, the Savior\u2019s teaching is increasing everywhere.\u201d<\/em>\u2014 Athanasius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just read a great article on Christmas here and thought i would pass it right along. \u00a0If it is any incentive, i highly recommend it, especially if you or anyone you know refuses to celebrate this joyous season (or certain aspects of it) because of the supposed pagan roots… “Some object to the celebration of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t