GILGAMESH  AND  NIMROD
OF  BABYLON
 

GILGAMESH  AND  NIMROD
OF  BABYLON

"Gilgamesh is described as part god
and part man, a great builder and warrior,
and a wise man in the story. Not mentioned
in the Bible, the author suggests that
Gilgamesh is to be identified with
Biblical Nimrod in Genesis 10:8-12."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"The Babylonian Flood Story is told
on the 11th tablet of the Gilgamesh
Epic, almost 200 lines of poetry on
12 clay tablets inscribed in cuneiform
script. A number of different versions
of the Gilgamesh Epic have been found
around the ancient Near East...
Commentators agree that the story
comes from a much earlier period,
not too long after the Flood as
described in the story."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"Yet his (Gilgamesh) arrogance,
ruthlessness and depravity were a
subject of grave concern for the
citizens of Uruk (his kingdom),
according to the Gilgamesh epic."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"They complained to the great god...
 to distract Gilgamesh's mind from the
warrior's daughter and the noblemen's
spouse, whom it appears he would not
leave in peace."
- (Roux 1966: 114). Roux, G.
1992 Ancient Iraq. 3rd ed.,
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, UK: Penguin.

"The Epic of Gilgamesh has some very
indecent sections. Gilgamesh was a vile,
filthy, man. Yet the myth says of him
that he was "2/3 god and 1/3 man."
-(Pritchard 1955: 72) Pritchard, J.
1969 Ancient Near Eastern Texts
and the Old Testament. 3rd ed.,
Princeton: University Press.

Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

How does Gilgamesh compare
with "Nimrod?"

Josephus says of Nimrod,

"Now it was Nimrod who excited them
to such an affront and contempt of God.
He was the grandson of Ham, the son
of Noah -- a bold man, and of great
strength of hand."
-Josephus   (Ant. 1: iv: 2)
1998 Jewish Antiquities. Books I-III,
Loeb Classics, Cambridge MA:
Harvard University Press
 

"He (Nimrod) persuaded them not to
ascribe to God...but to believe that
it was their own courage which procured
their happiness. He also gradually
changed the government into tyranny -
seeing no other way of turning men
from the fear of God, but to bring
them into a constant dependence upon
his own power."
-Josephus   (Ant. 1: iv: 2)
1998 Jewish Antiquities. Books I-III,
Loeb Classics, Cambridge MA:
Harvard University Press

"He also said he would be revenged
on God, if God should have a mind
to drown the world again; for that
he would build a tower too high for
the waters to be able to reach!
and that he (Nimrod) would avenge
himself on God for destroying their
forefathers."
-Josephus   (Ant. 1: iv: 2)
1998 Jewish Antiquities. Books I-III,
Loeb Classics, Cambridge MA:
Harvard University Press

"What Josephus says about Nimrod above
is precisely what is found in the
Gilgamesh epics. Gilgamesh set up
tyranny, he opposed YHVH God and did
his utmost to get people to forsake
Jehovah."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"Two of the premiere commentators
on the Bible in Hebrew had this to
say about Genesis 10:9 - Nimrod was
mighty in hunting, and that he did
in opposition to YHVH.  The name itself,
"Nimrod" from marad, "we will revolt,"
points to some violent resistance
to God."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"Nimrod the hunter became a tyrant,
a powerful hunter of men
-(Keil and Delitzsch 1975: 165).
Keil, C. F., and Delitzsch, P.
1975 Commentary on the Old Testament.,
Vol. I, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

"-in the face of YHVH- can only mean
'in defiance of YHVH,' as Josephus and
the Targums understand it."
- (op. cit.: 166).
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston
-Josephus   (Ant. 1: iv: 2)
1998 Jewish Antiquities. Books I-III,
Loeb Classics, Cambridge MA:
Harvard University Press



"After the Flood there was,
at some point, a breakaway from
YHVH. Only eight people descended
from the Ark. Those people worshipped
YHVH. But at some point an influential
person became opposed to YHVH and
gathered others to his side.
I suggest that Nimrod is the one
who did it, founding a new city
and religious system.  Likewise,
Gilgamesh was a man who took
control by his own strength"
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"Similarities between
Gilgamesh and Nimrod -

He is a "shepherd" ....... page 18
From Uruk ................ page 17 
A giant .................. page 17 
Builds cities ............ page 17
Vile man "takes women" ... page 18
Mighty hunter ............ page 18
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston
(Kramer 1959: 31 calls Uruk, Erech.)
Kramer, S. N., ed.
1959 History Begins at Sumer.
Garden City NY: Doubleday.
(Page numbers are from Heidel 1963)
-Heidel, A. - The Gilgamesh Epic
and Old Testament Parallels.
Chicago: University Press.

"The Gilgamesh Epic calls the God
who sent the flood by the name "Huwawa";
the Bible calls Him YHVH (or Yehowah).
The similarities between 'Huwawa' and
'Yehowah' are strikingly obvious."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"Because of the parallels between
Gilgamesh and Nimrod, many scholars
agree that Gilgamesh is Nimrod."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"There are still other parallels
between the Bible and the Gilgamesh
epic.  Nimrod forcibly took other
 men's wives. The Epic says that is
precisely what Gilgamesh did.
The Bible calls Nimrod a tyrant,
and Gilgamesh was a tyrant.
There was a Flood in the Bible,
there is a flood in the Epic.
'Cush' is mentioned in the Bible,
'Kish' is mentioned in the Epic.
'Erech' is mentioned in Scripture,
'Uruk' was Gilgamesh's city."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston

"The fact that the Gilgamesh Epic
also contains the Deluge story would
indicate a close link with events
immediately following the Flood."
-Who Was Nimrod?
by Dr. David Livingston
Jacobsen points out (1939: 157)
Jacobsen, T.
1939 The Sumerian Kinglist.
Chicago: University Press

"Nimrod. The meaning is "The Rebel."
It is more likely a derisive term of
a type, a representative, of a system
that is epitomized in rebellion against
the Creator, the one true God. Rebellion
began soon after the Flood as civilizations
were restored. At that time this person
became very prominent."
-(see Kautzsch 1910: 137 2b;
   also BDB 1962: 597).
Kautzsch, E., ed.
1910 Genesius' Hebrew Grammar.
Oxford: Clarendon

"There are Similarities between
the Epic of Gilgamesh and the
Biblical Flood Story.  Both stories
include the divine destruction of
humankind.  Both stories have heroes
that built a boat and take their
families and animals on board with
them. Both release three birds to
find land and both boats sat on the
top of a mountain when the flood
subsided."
-World History Online >
Ancient History > Epic of Gilgamesh

"The Epic of Gilgamesh also includes
parallels to the Biblical story of Eden.
A snake in close association with a
magic plant and the element of immortality
are found in both stories. Gilgamesh’s
desire to find the key to immortality
ends with a snake stealing a plant that
restores the youth, while a snake in the
story of Eden persuades Eve and then Adam
to eat from the forbidden tree. The snake
plays the key role in loss of access to
youth and immortality, while in both
stories they have to deal with the fact
that they will die someday as a result."
-World History Online >
Ancient History > Epic of Gilgamesh   
 

........................................

"The Bible records in Genesis 10:10,
that, after the great flood, all men
spoke one common language and a man
named Nimrod built a city and established
a common religion. Nimrod was a descendant
of Noah’s son, Ham."
- Ancient Babylonia -
  History of Babylonia

"Genesis 11:1-9 describes the building
of the city and its famous tower "whose
top may reach unto heaven." It also
records how God came down and punished
the people’s arrogance by creating a
confusion of different languages and
possibly their racial distinctions."
- Ancient Babylonia -
  History of Babylonia

"This way man would be forced to obey
God’s original command to "be fruitful
and fill the whole earth."
- Ancient Babylonia -
  History of Babylonia

"It is interesting that the materials
used to build the Tower of Babel were
the same as those employed for the
construction of the great ziggurat
of Babylon and similar ziggurats,
according to ancient building
inscriptions. "
- Ancient Babylonia -
  History of Babylonia

 "Babylon occurs in the Christian
New Testament both with a literal
and a figurative meaning. The famous
ancient city, located near Baghdad,
was a complete unpopulated ruin by
275 BC, well before the time of the
New Testament. In the Book of Revelation,
the city of Babylon seems to be the
symbol of every kind of evil."
-Babylon (New Testament) From Wikipedia

"Babylon", there was... no Christian
community in the actual city of Babylon
 during the time when the New Testament
 books were completed -roughly, the
second half of the first century."
-International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

.........................

Wicked Angels Released
at The Euphrates River (Iraq)
How Does This Affect Prophecy ?
How Does This Affect Israel ?
Megiddo and the Euphrates
(click-here)

Was There A "World-Wide" Flood ?
(click-here)

Whatever Happened
to The Garden of Eden ?
(click-here)

Babylon Will Never Be Rebuilt
(click-here)

The End of the Harlot's Control
A Vivid Description of her Exposure
(click-here)

What Happened to Those Who Attempted
to Rebuild "Babylon" ?   (click-here)

All Things Hidden - Will Be Exposed
in the "Last Days"  (click-here)

False Religion Will be Openly Exposed
All Religious Lies will be Exposed
(click-here)

False Religion
It All Began in Babylon
(click-here)

EASTER

EASTER

EASTER

"Easter - *Ôstara) was a goddess in Germanic
paganism whose Germanic month has given its
name to the festival of Easter. Ôstarmânoth
is attested as the month-name equivalent to
'April' that was decreed by Charlemagne,
but as a goddess Eostre is attested only
by Bede in his 8th century work De temporum
ratione. Bede states that Ēosturmōnaþ
was the equivalent to the month of April,
and that feasts held in Eostre's honor...
replaced the "Paschal" observance of
Passover."
-- Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, §29.

"Some scholars have debated whether or not
Eostre is an invention of Bede's, and
theories Einhard, connecting Eostre with records of
Germanic Easter customs (including hares
rabbits and eggs)."
-- Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, §29.

"Easter is a date on the Wiccan Wheel
of the Year (Ostara, 21 March).[18}
--Hubbard (2007:175).

"In some forms of Germanic Neopaganism,
Eostre is venerated. Regarding this veneration,
Carole M. Cusack comments that, among adherents,
Eostre is "associated with the coming of spring and
the dawn, and her festival is celebrated at
the spring equinox. Because she brings
renewal, rebirth from the death of winter,
some Heathens associate Eostre with Idunn,
 keeper of the apples of youth in
Scandinavian mythology".[20]
-- Cusack (2008:354—355
Cusack, Carole M. (2008).
"The Return of the Goddess: Mythology,
Witchcraft and Feminist Spirituality"
as published in Pizza, Murphy.
Lewis, James R. (Editors).
Handbook of Contemporary Paganism.
Brill Publishers. ISBN ‪9004163735

THE  PAGAN  RABBIT

signed -
Loving Easter Greetings

"Eostre is connected with hares
rabbits and eggs)."
-- Einhard, Life of Charlemagne, §29.

"The name Easter derived from the Saxon
Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). The ancient Saxons
in Northern Europe worshiped the Goddess
Oestre at the time of the Spring Equinox.
The Goddess Easter represents the sunrise,
spring-time and fertility."
--"Eostre" from The Goddess Oracle
by Marashinsky and Janto

Pagan Anglo-Saxons made offerings of colored
eggs to her at the Vernal Equinox. They
placed them at graves especially,
probably as a charm of rebirth.
(Egyptians and Greeks were also known
to place eggs at gravesites)."
--"Eostre" from The Goddess Oracle
by Marashinsky and Janto

"Only later did the Christians pilfer
the name for themselves and graft their
religion onto a pagan celebration."
--The Rite of Spring
How the Christians stole the Easter holiday,
by Jim Walker

The name “Easter” has its roots in ancient
polytheistic religions (paganism). On this,
 all scholars agree. This name is never used
 in the original Scriptures, nor is it
 ever associated biblically with the
death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ancient origin

Most reference books say that the name
“Easter” derived from the Eastre,
the Teutonic goddess of Spring.
Although this relationship exists,
in reality, the origin of the name
and the goddess are far more ancient -
going all the way back to the Tower
of Babel. The origin begins not long
after the biblical Flood.

"The idea of a mystic egg spread from
Babylon to many parts of the world.[12]
--James G. Frazer, The Golden Bough,
Vol. 12, 3rd Edition (1907-15,
reissued 1935-36 and 1955);
Maria Leach, editor,
Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary
of Folklore, Mythology and Legend,
Vol. 1 (1949). [up]
--

"In Rome, the mystic egg preceded
processions in honor of the Roman
Mother GODDESS.. The egg was part of the
sacred ceremonies of the Mysteries of Bacchus.
The Druids used the egg as their sacred
emblem. In Northern Europe, China and Japan
the eggs were colored for their sacred
festivals.[13}
--James G. Frazer, The Golden Bough,
Vol. 12, 3rd Edition (1907-15,
reissued 1935-36 and 1955);
Maria Leach, editor, pg 155.
Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary
of Folklore, Mythology and Legend,
Vol. 1 (1949). [up] --

"The egg was a sacred symbol among
the Babylonians. They believed an old
fable about an egg of wondrous size which
was supposed to have fallen from heaven
into the Euphrates River. From this marvelous
 egg - according to the ancient story -
the Goddess Astarte (Easter) [Semiramis],
was hatched. And so the egg came to symbolize
the Goddess Easter.”[11]
-- Ralph Woodrow,
Babylon Mystery Religion; p152,153
(Riverside, California:
Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Assn., 1966)

"Basically, almost every vile, profane
and idolatrous practice you can think of
originated at Babel with Queen Semiramis,
the Mother Goddess and Nimrod. As the people
scattered from Babel with their different
languages, they, of course, used different
names for Nimrod (Tammuz) and Semiramis.
Some called the Mother Goddess “ISHTAR”
(originally pronounced “Easter”).[9]
-  pg  152 -- Ralph Woodrow,
Babylon Mystery Religion;
(Riverside, California:
Ralph Woodrow Evangelistic Assn., 1966)

'In other lands, she was called Eostre,
Astarte, Ostera, and Eastre. Other names
for Semiramis, the Mother Goddess include:
Wife of Baal, Ashtaroth or Ashtoreth,
and Queen of Heaven.[10]''
--10.The names Ashtaroth or Ashtoreth,
and Queen of Heaven where used for Semiramis
by the Israelites and the ungodly peoples
around them, see Judges 2:13, Jeremiah 44:17-19,
etc. Other names for Semiramis include
Astarte (Cyprus), Diana (Ephesus and
throughout Asia Minor), Cybele (Asia Minor),
Isis (Egypt), Aphrodite, Ceres (Greece),
Venus or Fortuna (Romans), Shingmoo (China),
Disa (Scandanavia), Nutria (Etruscans),
Virgo-Paritura (Druids), Isi or Indrani or
Devaki (India). 

"The Mother goddess was frequently worshipped
as the goddess of fertility - and as a sort
of Mother Nature and goddess of Spring
and sexual love and birth. She was also
worshipped as a mediator between god and man.
Sexual orgies and temple prostitutes were
often used in her worship and in attempting
to gain her favor."

"The rabbit is well known as a sexual symbol
of fertility. In various parts of the world,
religions which developed from Babel also
associate the rabbit with fertility rites."

The egg was also a symbol of fertility;
 Semiramis (Easter) was the goddess of
Fertility. The Easter egg is a symbol
of the pagan Mother Goddess, and it even
bears one of her names.

"the pagan festival of 'Easter' was introduced
into the apostate Western religion, as part of
the attempt to adapt pagan festivals to
Christianity..."
- Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary
    of Old and New Testament Words
          (1985, p. 192, "Easter")

"Does the name Ishtar sound like Easter ? 
Well it should.  It is the same.
The celebration of Ishtar included coloring
eggs, an ancient symbol of fertility.
The ancients even hid eggs for their children
to find. Also, rabbits, known for their
prolific reproduction, were part of the
pagan celebration."
-- Resurrection Sunday
and the Babylonian Connection;
By Errol Hale

"Easter - She was the goddess of love,
fertility, and maternity for the Phonicians,
Canaanites, Aramaeans, South Arabs,
and even the Egyptians. Her name was
Ishtar in Babylonia and Assyria..."
-World Book, Vol. 1, 782.

Easter - "In Babylonia Ishtar was the goddess
of erotic love and fertility.  Her chief seat
of worship was Uruk (Erech), where prostitution
was practiced in her name and she was served with
immoral rites by bands of men and women."
- The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,
  1979, Volume 1, pages 319-320

Easter -"Ishtar was goddess of physical love (sex).
She was patron of the temple prostitutes.
Throughout Mesopotamian and Babylonian history
she was worshiped under various names in many cities..."
-Collier's Encyclopedia,
 1980, Volume 15, page 748

Easter - "the goddess of sensual love, maternity
and fertility.  Licentious - debased sexual worship
was conducted in honor of her."
- Unger's Bible Dictionary ;
    ( pages 412-413 )

Easter -"She and her colleagues specialized in sex...
and her shrines were temples of legalized vice and
prostitution.   Her degraded cult offered...sordid
depths, as lust and murder were glamorized in
Babylonian and Canaanite religion."
- (W. F. Albright,
Archaeology and the Religion of Israel,
Baltimore, John Hopkins Press,
   1942, pages 68-94).

"As at Christmas, so also at Easter,
popular customs reflect many ancient pagan
survivals...connected with fertility rites.."
- The Encyclopaedia Britannica
(15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol. IV, p. 605,
  "Church Year").

"Saint Augustine...simply re-dressed paganism
with Christian nomenclature. Thus ancient pagan
Babylonian religion had replaced apostolic
teaching and practice."
- Augustine's Poisoned Chalice
    by Peter Nathan

"There is NO trace of an "Easter" celebration
in the New Testament. The Jewish Christians in
the early church continued to celebrate the
Passover, regarding Christ as the true paschal lamb."
-(International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia,
  Electronic Database Copyright(c)1996)

“On that day of judgment,”says the Lord,“
I will punish...all those following
pagan customs."
(Zephaniah 1:8) (NLT)-BibleGateway

"EASTER" and "Babylon The Great"
(click-here)

Christ - Our "Passover" Lamb
(click-here)



The Memorial of Christ's Death
As Requested by Christ
Instead of pagan "Easter"
(click-here)

Do This in Remembrance of Him
(click-here)



Christ - The "Mediator"
(click-here)



Instead of "Easter"
Do What Christ Really Wants
"A Memorial" of His Death
(click-here)



Trading Christ's Passover
For an "Easter" Sunrise-Service
(click-here)

"EASTER" and "Babylon The Great"
(click-here)

A Rabbit -- The Consort
of the goddess - "Easter" (click-here)

Jumping in Bed - With Paganism
The Great Apostasy Started with Rome
The Corruption of Christianity
(click-here)

Salvation Requires "Obedience" (click-here) to read more

The Great Religious Apostasy
was Foretold (click-here)

Where Did the Name "EASTER"
Come From ?   (click-here)

Are You Under The Influence
of "Babylon The Great" ?
(click-here) for answers

Christmas and "Babylon The Great"
(click-here) to read more

Christendom Has Adopted
The False Teachings of Ancient Babylon
(click-here)

Constantine Corrupted Christianity
How ?  Why ?  and   When ?
(click-here)  

Who Really is The Cult ?
(click-here)

Babylon The Great
Get Out of Her - My People !
(click-here) 

.......

EVEN  SNOOPY  CELEBRATES  CHRISTMAS
HOW  DID  XMAS  REALLY  BEGIN  ?

Christ Was NOT Born in December
Christ Was Born in a Warm Month
How Do We Know ?
Does it Matter ?
(click-here)

KRAMPUS and
The Evil Origins of Christmas
(click-here)

Americans Have "Sanitized" Christmas
Cleaning-up the Pagan Trappings
(click-here)

KRAMPUS in His Pocket
Hiding under Santa's Sleeve
A Clever Deception
(click-here)

The "Evolution" of Santa Claus
Includes Krampus, Thor, Odin
and The "Wild Man" - (click-here)

Celebrating Christmas
is "Breaking" The First Commandment
How?  -  (click-here)

Krampus on a Sled
Krampus on some Skis
Krampus on a Motorcycle
(click-here)

Why is He Called Santa "Claus" (claws)?
The Claws of Krampus
(click-here)

Does Christmas Have God's Approval ?
Is Christmas Sanctioned by Christ ?
(click-here)

The Christmas Krampus
Has Been Forgotten -  Why ?
(click-here)

Can You Put Christ Back into Christmas ?
What is the Reason for the Season?
(click-here)

The Christmas "ENCHANTMENT"
Christmas Appeals to All Your Senses
Including Your Emotions 
and Addictive Shoppers - 
    (click-here)

The Christmas Compromise
It All Began With a Tree
The Snake - The Tree -
and Christmas (click-here)

Christmas,
Pope Gregory, and The Devil
That "Famous" Letter - 
(click-here)

The "Holly god"
of Christmas   (click-here)

The "Nimrod" Tree
Nimrod - The Lord of XMAS
(click-here)

A Christmas Comparison -
A Parable to Consider
(click-here)

"Santa" is Like "a god" -
(click-here)

Santa Claus
and sun-god Worship
(click-here)

CHRISTMAS - 
How "Un-Like" Christ
(click-here)

Reindeer and Christmas
What is the Connection ?
(click-here)

The "ELVES" of Christmas
What is the Connection ?
(click-here)

The Christmas "Fireplace" -
"Chimney" and "Hearth"
What is the Connection?
(click-here)

The Christmas "TRAP"
Have You Been Ensnared ?
(click-here)

The Christmas Tradition
Breaking God's Word
When Tradition Overrides Truth
(click-here)

Somehow, the Devil has wormed his way
into the December Holiday.  But even more
strange than that - is the fact that the Holiday
that we now call Christmas - really belonged
to the Devil to begin with.

We can point to sun-god worship, since most
of the sun gods of the world were born on
December 25th - and that certainly bodes
evil to Christians....  We can also point to
the very first human who was worshiped as
a "sun god" - Nimrod - who was born on
December 25.   He was an evil man who
opposed God in Brute defiance.  He was
the model that all subsequent sun gods
were copied from.   This, too, eludes to a
stagnant holiday of evil beginnings.

But even more than that, we can trace
December 25th right back into the Lap
of Satan himself.  How so ?

The Ango-Saxon's were Devil worshippers.
And worship of the Devil was part of their
winter Festival in December.  When Rome
supposedly converted them to Christianity,
these Devil worshippers were permitted to
retain their Devil Holiday and the name of
it was changed to "Christmas". 

"Pope Gregory...advised Saint Augustine
to allow his converts certain festivals....
as formerly they had done this in honor
of "the devil"...(therefore) St. Augustine...
permitted their usual December celebration
under the new name...From these early pagan...
ceremonies are derived many of the English
holiday customs that have survived to our day."
- The Evolution of Christmas;
      Published in 1909

And then we have the Black Peter, or Krampus
of the European crowd, which is still part of their
Christmas celebrations to this very day.  With
Krampus accompanying St. Nick on his Holiday
Festival - one has only to look at Krampus and
see where this holiday originates from.  Krampus
has cloven hoofs, pitchfork, long tongue, horns,
dark sooty and sometime furry skin.  He appears
like an evil goat with whips and switches with
which to beat bad children.  He carries a bag or
pail to carry the naughty children away and to
dump them in the depths of Hell.

"The old demonic, rathful Knecht Ruprecht
who had scared children to death with his
evil looks and Rute switch, was blended
with Saint Nicholas...Ruprecht, Knecht
Ruprecht, and Krampus were all demonic
figures who used to accompany St. Nicholas. "
- Saint Nicholas Glossary
Das Nikolaus-Lexikon
An Annotated German-English Glossary

"years ago St. Nick's job was split -
while the jolly old elf delivered the
goods, an evil, goat-horned spirit
called the Krampus brought switches
and bad dreams to the boys and girls
of Austria, southern Germany, Switzerland,
and far northern Italy."
- Santa's Not-So-Little Helper;
    by Clay Risen
4-December-2002  The Morning News

"In this country, St. Nicholas has been
thoroughly domesticated as jolly Santa
Claus, but in Europe he still travels
with a ferocious frightening creature
named Krampus...In the bad old days,
naughty children were put in Krampus's
black bag."
- St. Nicholas ;
House on the Hill, Inc.

"Saint Nicholas Eve is known as Krampus Day
in some parts of Austria. Krampus is an evil
fertility demon that has a long tail, fur, rattling
chain, birch branch, and big black bag."
- St. Nicholas Page;
by Christine O'Keeffe

"Considering Santa you cannot miss his
"alter ego", who has followed him like a dark
shadow since ancient times. There is a devil,
called Percht, Bartl, Krampus, Knecht
Ruprecht, or Rotsohler, accompanying
Santa Claus in the European Alps.
He shows the pre-Christian origin of this
custom as a daemon trabant, who comes
with a horseshoe, basket, and chains...
There is also another figure: Ruebezahl,
a German mythical, giant-like person,
who is a mixture of Krampus and Santa."
- Santa's Origin ; 
by Sepp Rothwangl

TRUE CHRISTIANS  -
DO "NOT" CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

WHY ?

1.  Jesus commanded his followers
    to commemorate his death - NOT his birth.

2.  Only sinners celebrated their birthdays -
      NOT saints.

3.  If God had wanted us to celebrate Christ's birth -
     he would have recorded the date - but he didn't.
     But - the date and time of his son's death WAS recorded.

4.  The early followers of Christ - did NOT observe
     or celebrate his birth.

5.  Christ was NOT born in December.

6.  All the customs of Christmas - including the Date
     come from Ancient Babylon and involve the worship
     of gods - other than the true God, Jehovah.

7.  Jesus reminded us - that true worshippers -
     would worship ONLY - The Father.

8.  Both the Old and New Testament remind us -
     not to have other gods - in Jehovah's face.

9.  Jesus and the Apostles remind us to keep our
     worship pure and undefiled from God's Viewpoint -
     NOT our own.   True Christians do NOT compromise
     with paganism.

10. Jesus and the Apostles remind us - to not be
     unevenly yoked with unbelievers. 

11. Jesus foretold that there would be many things
     done in his name that he would NOT approve of.

12. Jesus said that we should be NO part of the world
     just as he was no part of it.

13. The apostles remind us - that observing months,
     and seasons, and holy days, was a waste of time
     that would put us on God's Disfavor.
     We could become God's enemies - if we pursue
     worldly things - like pagan holidays.

14. True Christians care what God thinks, and they
     try to follow Christ as that is what the word
     "Christian" means -  to obey his commands.

        NOW - FOR THE DETAILS  
WHY 'TRUE' CHRISTIANS
DO NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

1.  Jesus commanded his followers
    to commemorate his death - NOT his birth.

2.  Only sinners celebrated their birthdays -
      NOT saints.

"in the scriptures sinners alone, NOT saints
celebrate their birthdays."
- the Catholic Encyclopedia

3.  If God had wanted us to celebrate Christ's birth -
     he would have recorded the date - but he didn't.
     But - the date and time of his son's death WAS recorded.

4.  The early followers of Christ - did NOT observe
     or celebrate his birth.

5.  Christ was NOT born in December.

6.  All the customs of Christmas - including the Date
     come from Ancient Babylon and involve the worship
     of gods - other than the true God, Jehovah.

"Long before the fourth century,
and long before the Christian era itself,
a festival was celebrated among the heathen,
at that precise time of the year,
in honour of the birth of the son
of the Babylonian queen of heaven;
and it may fairly be presumed that,
in order to conciliate the heathen,
and to swell the number of the normal adherents of Christianity,
the same festival was adopted by the Roman Church,
giving it only the name of Christ."
- The Two Babylons; Alexander Hislop (p. 93).

7.  Jesus reminded us - that true worshippers -
     would worship ONLY - The Father.

8.  Both the Old and New Testament remind us -
     not to have other gods - in Jehovah's face.

God has never accepted pagan practices with His worship.
In Exodus 32 when the golden calf was built
and the celebration was declared "a feast unto the Lord,"
God commanded in Exodus 20:3 -
"Thou shall have NO other gods before Me."

"...the customs now associated with Christmas
go back thousands of years to a time
when the people of Europe worshipped pagan gods."
- Compton's Encyclopedia


9.  Jesus and the Apostles remind us to keep our
     worship "pure" and "undefiled" from God's Viewpoint -
     NOT our own.  True Christians do NOT compromise
     with paganism.

"The acceptable way of worshipping the true God
is instituted by himself, and so limited by his own revealed will,
that he may not be worshipped
according to the imaginations and devices of men,
or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation,
or any other way not prescribed in the holy scripture"
- (Westminster Confession, 1:6)(21:1).

"...keep oneself unspotted
and uncontaminated from the world."
(James 1:27)(AMP)-BibleGateway

"The important fact then which I have asked you to get
clearly into your head is that the fixing of the date
as December 25th was a compromise with paganism."
- The Evolution of Christmas; Published in 1909

10. Jesus and the Apostles remind us - to not be
     unevenly yoked with unbelievers. 

11. Jesus foretold that there would be many things
     done in his name that he would NOT approve of.

12. Jesus said that we should be NO part of the world
     just as he was no part of it.

"...for they are not of the world
any more than I am of the world."
(John 17:14)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"You adulterous people,
don't you know that friendship with the world
is hatred toward God?
Anyone who chooses to be a friend
of the world becomes an enemy of God. "
(James 4:4)(NIV)-BibleGateway



13. The apostles remind us - that observing months,
     and seasons, and holy days, was a waste of time
     that would put us on God's Disfavor.
     We could become God's enemies - if we pursue
     worldly things - like pagan holidays.

"Formerly, when you did not know God,
you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
But now that you know God--
or rather are known by God--
how is it that you are turning back to those weak
and miserable principles?
Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. "
(Galatians 4:8-11)(NIV)-BibleGateway

"You even 'celebrate' certain days, months, seasons, and years.
I am afraid I have wasted my time working with you. "
(Galatians 4:10,11)(CEV)-BibleGateway

"You have holy days, holy months, holy seasons, and holy years. 
  I fear that all my work for you has been for nothing. "
(Galatians 4:10,11)(WE)-BibleGateway

"You adulterous people,
don't you know that friendship with the world
is hatred toward God?
Anyone who chooses to be a friend
of the world becomes an enemy of God. "
(James 4:4)(NIV)-BibleGateway

14. True Christians care what God thinks, and they
     try to follow Christ as that is what the word
     "Christian" means -  to obey his commands.