Episode 76: Is Christmas Pagan?

In this Episode we ask the question, is Chrsitmas Pagan and is the story of Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection plagiarised from Pagan religions?ContactHave an idea for an Episode or notice something that needs correction?Contact me at theaussieberean@gmail.comOr come and join the Aussie Berean facebook group https://m.facebook.com/groups/340755358458228/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvFScripture Used in This EpisodeJeremiah 10:1-5, Luke 1:26-35, Luke 2:1-8, John 10:22-31, Romans 14:5-7, Romans 14:13-14, Colossians 2:16-17, Extra Biblical Sources/Links Mike Winger Bible Thinker Podcast; Is Christmas Pagan?: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/biblethinker/id1358056327?i=1000639281819 Dr Mike Heiser Naked Bible Podcast Episode 138: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7imcwqjNYedFiLgbBDa0g7?si=aPD5ExesQiG_Vd9U7e89kg Zeitgeist The Movie: https://youtu.be/Cr2LItuzdtU?si=ccWQ5DUj5Ke4beVq Horus vs Jesus Christian Apologetics Website: https://christianapologetics.blog/horus-vs-jesus/ Debunk to Direct Claims of Horus in Zeitgeist Movie: https://nickcady.org/tag/horus/ Article by Isidora on Isis and Horus: https://isiopolis.com/2022/11/27/isis-horus-the-holy-day-of-december-25th-updated/ Horus Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus Britannica Article on Crucifixion: https://www.britannica.com/topic/crucifixion-capital-punishment Wikipedia Article on Mithraism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism#:~:text=Numerous%20archaeological%20finds%2C%20including%20meeting,evidence%20remains%20problematic%20and%20contested. Birth Story of Krishna: https://www.britannica.com/question/What-is-the-story-of-Krishnas-birth#:~:text=Encyclopaedia%20Britannica's%20editors%20oversee%20subject,an%20advanced%20degree....&text=According%20to%20the%20story%20as,then%20raises%20the%20child%20deity.Birth Story of Dionysus: https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Dionysos.html Dionysus Wikipedia Article With Multiple Versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Saturnalia Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia Origin of the Christmas Tree Article: https://nycchristmastrees.com/blogs/articles/the-complicated-history-of-the-christmas-tree?srsltid=AfmBOop0nN63Y5ufKoeFlrfEkKGL6ueCpZHvNxjlNMUcIss9Jc6UcV5s Britannica Article on Christmas Trees: https://www.britannica.com/plant/Christmas-tree#ref106887 Article for Further Reading by Stand to Reason: https://www.str.org/w/is-christmas-pagan-#:~:text=Christmas%20does%20not%20have%20pagan%20origins%2C%20but%20there%20are%20winter%20celebrations%20that%20are%20pagan. Story of Hanukkah: https://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/What-Is-Hanukkah.htm Listen on other platforms iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-aussie-berean/id1621040105 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2FsAGZ9T30Jo9ddDboAD9y?si=zgp7Bzc2Sd-eP1vAYNH_kw YouTube Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOm7VZPaad-8U2Wb9nenv7UOLAmKE3S_k iHeart Radio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-aussie-berean-107852061?Castboxhttps://castbox.fm/vc/4958739Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-aussie-bereanOvercasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1621040105Amazon Musichttps://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/3726d362-54cf-4558-9c66-65bca6f621c4/the-aussie-berean