Have you ever wondered why we do certain things during the holidays?
I remember being young and trying to figure out what bringing a tree into the house had to do with Jesus. I remember determining that it must be some silly tradition that started long ago in some strange but harmless fashion and somehow innocently linked itself to our honoring of Christ.
I further determined that no one had any idea when Jesus was born so everyone decided to celebrate on December 25th, which was also harmlessly added to our celebrations.
Many years later I decided to study the issue and found out that it was not innocently added but instead its roots were directly from paganism. The tree was directly related to their beliefs and December 25th was the birthday of their god, not Jesus. Its like telling your wife/husband that you have decided to celebrate their birthday on your ex's birthday and its ok because you have decided it doesn't mean that to you.
I said all that not to pick on Christmas again, I have a whole page dedicated to doing that, but rather to speak a little about our traditions concerning the "New Year".
Have you ever wondered why we have a month called "January". We got this name from our ancestors who were honoring their god whose name was "Janus". Below is a picture of a statue of Janus kept in the Vatican Museums.
As you can see, Janus was a strange god, He had two faces which allowed him to look forward and backward at the same time. He guarded boundaries such as doors and gates. He was also the god of transitions, beginnings and endings such as we see during the "new year". These all belonged to Janus.
In Roman times on January 1st everyone would walk around being nice to each other because they believed that on the first day, if Janus was not pleased, he would curse the entire year. That is why today we still walk around giving new year blessings and greetings to everyone.
Since Janus had two faces, and looked forward and backward at the same time, people would honor this ability by reminiscing on the previous year and then looking forward to the new year. You see this in year end news coverage when they "look back" at the year that was and then "look forward" with new year's resolutions.
Now if you are not a Christian you may look on this as actually being a wonderful thing. It preserves ancient beliefs and links us with our past and gives us wonderful traditions in the process. However, if you are a Christian you certainly must realize that to partake in these year end celebrations places you in the precarious position of worshipping other gods.
What a bummer huh? All the seemingly innocent things we do are reeking of paganism. It isn't bad enough that everyone gets mad at us during Christmas but now we can't even say "Happy New Year" what a terrible thing. Well, actually having become aware of all these lies several years ago, I have reached a place where it is a pleasure to stand out from the world. If someone wants to get mad at me over my dedication to the true doctrines of Jesus Christ then to me that is a wonderful thing.
Still, if you haven't come to this point yet it can be very overwhelming, much like Neo waking up from his capsule and looking out across the billions of other capsules being harvested and controlled by the machines and suddenly realizing the unbelievable truth. (Please see the 1st Matrix movie for this scene).
Yes, we live in a sun worshipping society very similar to pagan Rome at the time of Jesus' first coming. The main difference is we have a thin film of Christianity draped over top of it, which many are working feverishly to remove. It has been so since our earliest days, when our founding fathers, who were mostly deists, drafted our founding documents.
They didn't do it to ensure Christianity but to ensure the freedom to worship whoever you liked, the population at large just happened to be Christian so it only appeared that we were a Christian nation. This is exactly how it worked in ancient Rome, all gods were welcome there as they are here now.
So as you are wishing everyone a "happy new year" you can be aware that you are carrying on the traditions of ancient sun worshippers, specifically the two faced god known as Janus.
If it doesn't mean that to you, then you have my sympathy.
I remember being young and trying to figure out what bringing a tree into the house had to do with Jesus. I remember determining that it must be some silly tradition that started long ago in some strange but harmless fashion and somehow innocently linked itself to our honoring of Christ.
I further determined that no one had any idea when Jesus was born so everyone decided to celebrate on December 25th, which was also harmlessly added to our celebrations.
Many years later I decided to study the issue and found out that it was not innocently added but instead its roots were directly from paganism. The tree was directly related to their beliefs and December 25th was the birthday of their god, not Jesus. Its like telling your wife/husband that you have decided to celebrate their birthday on your ex's birthday and its ok because you have decided it doesn't mean that to you.
I said all that not to pick on Christmas again, I have a whole page dedicated to doing that, but rather to speak a little about our traditions concerning the "New Year".
Have you ever wondered why we have a month called "January". We got this name from our ancestors who were honoring their god whose name was "Janus". Below is a picture of a statue of Janus kept in the Vatican Museums.
As you can see, Janus was a strange god, He had two faces which allowed him to look forward and backward at the same time. He guarded boundaries such as doors and gates. He was also the god of transitions, beginnings and endings such as we see during the "new year". These all belonged to Janus.
In Roman times on January 1st everyone would walk around being nice to each other because they believed that on the first day, if Janus was not pleased, he would curse the entire year. That is why today we still walk around giving new year blessings and greetings to everyone.
Since Janus had two faces, and looked forward and backward at the same time, people would honor this ability by reminiscing on the previous year and then looking forward to the new year. You see this in year end news coverage when they "look back" at the year that was and then "look forward" with new year's resolutions.
Now if you are not a Christian you may look on this as actually being a wonderful thing. It preserves ancient beliefs and links us with our past and gives us wonderful traditions in the process. However, if you are a Christian you certainly must realize that to partake in these year end celebrations places you in the precarious position of worshipping other gods.
What a bummer huh? All the seemingly innocent things we do are reeking of paganism. It isn't bad enough that everyone gets mad at us during Christmas but now we can't even say "Happy New Year" what a terrible thing. Well, actually having become aware of all these lies several years ago, I have reached a place where it is a pleasure to stand out from the world. If someone wants to get mad at me over my dedication to the true doctrines of Jesus Christ then to me that is a wonderful thing.
Still, if you haven't come to this point yet it can be very overwhelming, much like Neo waking up from his capsule and looking out across the billions of other capsules being harvested and controlled by the machines and suddenly realizing the unbelievable truth. (Please see the 1st Matrix movie for this scene).
Yes, we live in a sun worshipping society very similar to pagan Rome at the time of Jesus' first coming. The main difference is we have a thin film of Christianity draped over top of it, which many are working feverishly to remove. It has been so since our earliest days, when our founding fathers, who were mostly deists, drafted our founding documents.
They didn't do it to ensure Christianity but to ensure the freedom to worship whoever you liked, the population at large just happened to be Christian so it only appeared that we were a Christian nation. This is exactly how it worked in ancient Rome, all gods were welcome there as they are here now.
So as you are wishing everyone a "happy new year" you can be aware that you are carrying on the traditions of ancient sun worshippers, specifically the two faced god known as Janus.
If it doesn't mean that to you, then you have my sympathy.
