Alternative title : Christian philosopher dressed as Steve Jobs teaches you the true meaning of Christmas

The only time skeptics, gnostics, and fundamentalists agree... "Christmas is pagan" Turns out their common ground is false.

It's actually surprising how this needs to be repeated every year. And make no mistake, it NEEDS to be repeated every year because so many people won't learn.

I hope this gets more views than every “Christmas is pagan” video combined.

Mewwy Chwismas Mike! I came to Christ just a month ago, and I must say, your videos were a driving force in leading me unto Him! You are an amazing KZfaqr, and your videos are not just some of the best on topics with regard to topics surrounding Philosophy, History and Theology, but they are some of the most well-researched videos I've ever watched on KZfaq. Keep up your amazing work, you're helping people more than you think.

I was on the “Christmas is Pagan” boat but you sir have changed my opinion. (Including some other opinions) and I have learned a ton in the past year or so I have been watching your videos. I thank you for all of your hard work IP.

Merry Christmas. Imagine the darkness of the world now without Jesus.

Sharing your "insert holiday here" is not pagan videos has become a holiday tradition for me, lol. Merry Christmas IP.

Nailed it! >>>> "What ancient sources show that Christmas is pagan."

Looking forward to the people in the comments making arguments you already address in the video.

Well said Brother! God bless you and your ministry!

Thanks for all your hard work, love your content.

Incredible work, Michael. You were born for this!

"Should Christians celebrate The Birth Of Our Lord? " What kind of question is this?

Thank you for this!! Very well done 👏 Merry Christmas 🙏🏻✝️🥰

You know its CHRISTmas around the corner when IP makes his yearly videos on this!

I'm an advocate for keeping (and bringing back) Christ in Christmas. I disagree with the comercialization of it. This is not a cash grab for multibillionaire companies. Keep Christ in Christmas and limit, the frosty the snowman, the little green toymakers and the Rudolph nonsance. On the flip side, kids do love Christmas and a touch of Santa Claus isn't gonna corrupt them. Also, A Charlie Brown Christmas special is very Wholesome and Linus at the end of the show gives the best explanation on the True Meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Love your videos. Can’t wait for this one to drop. Have you ever addressed your traditional convictions (i.e. denomination)? I’m just curious. I’m a Southern Baptist, but I love my Catholic, Orthodox, Non-denom, and other Protestant brothers and sisters, and I learn so much from their perspectives.

This is great info! Loved listening to it! Keep up the good work!

I am so glad you cleared this up for me. Thank you!

Michael excellent presentation brother!! No doubt this needs to be viewed every single year. Hope this gets more views.

I recently realised that Christmas is actually celebrated in the Bible- the angels of heaven were the first to do it: “glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth unto all who have received His favour”.

Excellent message! Probably the best I’ve heard on this topic.

Thank you Michael, that was an important, timely, and easily shareable lecture. You used the correct scriptural supports to make your case. Simply top-notch content. Bravo!

It's a personal matter of conscience . I respect Christians who choose not to celebrate the holidays and certainly wouldn't dictate to others who do . Personally I don't really care either way .

Good video!! IP...I hope people would spend a little more time worshiping God on Christmas and not forget the reason we celebrate it for.

Thank you so much Michael for this awesome video ❤️

Thank you so much for this video. You’ve compacted all of the rationale into one accessible place. God bless

I'm really glad you mentioned that Adam added that it was forbidden to touch it because he thought his rule would add protection.

All I want for Christmas is people to stop making spurious connections between a holiday celebrating the birth of Christ and random pagan nonsense.

Super good stuff, thank you! 😎

I've made a habit of watching your videos every holiday with my family.

A pro-Christmas video on the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas.

The Bible never ask us to celebrate Christmas.

Merry Christmas 🎄. You again made another informative video.

God bless you IP and a wonderful Christmas to you and all the Christian family. Gilly wife of Mark.

I get pulled into these things sometimes because satan really does steal things and most around us celebrate "Christmas" with no recognition of Christ. That makes me sometimes get mad at how the world ruins things. This video was a good reminder to never let satan steal anything. It's where our hearts are focused, period!

I always thought of Christmas this way too. Thanks Michael

Thank you for the Master Class.

Thank you!

I always thought Santa Claus has gotten a little ridiculous. I grew up in the 1950s and knew nothing about Christ, but Christmas was about Santa Claus, same for Easter. I never knew that that Easter was about the Resurrection of Christ I thought it was about rabbits and eggs. It wasn't until I became a Christian before I discovered those were Christian holidays. So much for living in a Christian nation, I was 18 years old before I'd heard the Gospel in a way I understood what it was about.

Loved it. Well done.

Great video as usual

Sermon was good. The impact of Christ being above all and victorious above all other "gods" was important and im glad you ended on that. Im not sure it came accross with as much weight. The sermon felt information heavy and little to hold onto. I personally like this form of talk/sermon but i dont think the majority attach themselves with the call to know this and worship God by telling and loving others with and through this knowledge. Again, a lot of good, i hope to see you refine this message and make it better for next year and the many years God give you after. Thank you for your work and service.

1.Christmas has pagan roots. 2.Christmas is a man-made holiday. 3.Christmas promotes materialism. 4.Christmas promotes idolatry. 5.Christmas has no basis in Scripture. 6.Christmas turns attention away from Jesus. 7.Christmas has been commercialized. 8.Christmas distracts from the true gospel. 9.Christmas encourages sin. 10.Christmas is not a biblical feast.

Another good job !

Tysm for making this vid IP! This content is great for countering misinformation and I have used some things that u mentioned in ur vids on this topic to show that the evidence that the anti-Christmas crowd give for Christmas having a pagan origin is pathetic.

21:48 Absolutely beautiful, God gives justice 💪💪

FWIW, "Jesus celebrated Hanukkah. Why aren't you?" is sometimes an appropriate/germane argument. (John 10:22-23) Festival of Lights/Festival of Dedication

Really nicely presented 😀.

Great video! "You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today." Gen. 50:20.

You kinda answered this 6 years ago With some excellent videos

Where does the Bible tell us to celebrate Christmas? If this was important to do, why do we not have this Birth date or tradition examples to follow in the Bible? We are told how to live, how to worship, how to act, etc., yet Christmas celebration is no where to be found.

I just paste links to your page instead of arguing now. Thanks for standing on this hill brother. As an ex pagan and then aetheist, I used to say it was pagan all the time just because I heard it online....never did research......I don't like my fb memories, we'll put it that way....so thanks!!! Doing the Lord's work and stuff!

Love this!

a message that still needs to be shared. oddly enough there are those who will try to turn this all around by saying if you explain Christmas is NOT pagan, you're sinning against those who are afraid of Christmas (invoking 1 Cor. 8) because of bad information! at what point can we correct errors, in their view?

What do you think is behind the anti-holiday sentiment coming from some Christians?

IP Really used a Chad meme in a talk at a church to explain his point...this made my year LOL. Merry Christmas IP

I didn't know you preached so well, Michael! If you were the pastor at any church, I'd attend it on every Sunday just to hear your sermons! Keep spreading and defending the Word of God, brother!

It’s simple really. If you don’t have the time to search through the history here is something simple you can do. You can ask a simple question. Did the MESSIAH do it? Did Yahusha celebrate Christmas or anything close to it? If he didn’t then the safest bet would be to mimic him. The messiah kept the biblical feast days and observed and lived a sinless life! What is sin as defined the scriptures and not our opinions? “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭3‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ So the messiah obeyed the laws of Yah perfectly! He never broke it! The laws are summed up in 2. Love Yah with all your heart and your neighbor as you love yourself but.. and this is a big BUT.. You cannot keep those unless you KNOW the OTHERS!!! Do we really think the creator of all things.. that has put order(law) to everything would give precise instructions on how to operate in his creation?? He created the way the sun rises/sets, the precise makeup of something like water.. Water is only water if it has 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen. If anything is taken away or added then it is no longer water! That is a (law). It is unchanging because he is unchanging. ““For I am (Yahuah)the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.” ‭‭Malachi‬ ‭3‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Are we realistically going to our children a car and not teach them how to drive? A stove and not teach them how to safely use it? Clothing and not teach them how to wear them? You get the point. The creator has a specific way he wants those that are submitted to him to worship him. He has specific “HOLIDAYS” that gives him glory. Is Christmas one of them? Or did he set apart.. Passover, Unleavened Bread, Atonement.. etc The only way we can give the CREATOR WHAT HE WANTS is by submitting our understanding and will to him reading his word and doing things HIS way. ““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says (Yahuah) the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ The truth is that we all to some degree have been deceived by the enemy and we all have operated in his understanding and his ways willing. Regardless of ignorance we have. Some of those things have brought happiness and a level of unity, but that doesn’t mean that it pleases the father. Videos like this are made to justify people not wanting to examine there relation to the Creator and Word (Yahusha) and to give up that which is not aligned. We are creatures that like to be comfortable. Find your comfort in The simplicity of the Creators word. Not man’s complex opinions. I promise you he doesn’t desire to deceive you by being overly complex 😂. ““Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭44‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Who gave the law to Moses? It was ultimately the CREATOR. So who’s law is it really? THE CREATORS! The law speaks of who? THE MESSIAH YAHUSHA!!!! ““If you love Me, keep My commandments.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Good video 👍

0:38 Made me laugh thank you IP merry Christmas😭😭😭😭😂😂😂

AMEN My God is not insecure. If anyone is insecure it's me.

Makes me want to cry, no mention of saturnalia, no mention of winter solstice festivals around the world. No mention that Jesus did not give us these traditions, no Jewish feast days are connected to astral events but this man comes and tells us “hey be as worldly as you like! Don’t stand out and be different! Just enjoy!”

Christmas is not pagan! Satan\s war against Christmas will not prevail, great video IP

I like the opening and I’m surprised it didn’t get a bigger reaction.

Putting the pagan thing to one side, I'm thinking of the bible verse that talks about worshipping God in 'spirit and truth'. Given that 25th of December is not scripturally the birth of Jesus then how are we worshipping the one true living God in 'spirit and truth'? If Christians are, indeed, to celebrate Christ's birth then why not celebrate it in the month that the scriptures point towards? (the shepherd's were out tending their flock, for example so it was not winter/December). The fact that Jesus said that we were to be separate from the world whilst still in it, indicates to me, that whatever the world celebrates/observes is not what Christians should join in doing themselves. Should we not stand out as being different to the world and its traditions and so called 'religious' practices?

It comes down to why you celebrate. If Christ is the center of your holiday celebration, weather the holiday had any influence from paganism or not becomes irrelevant if you don't partake in worshipping pagan deities/spirits. I mean, the word "Thursday" used to be "Thor's-day", a day named after the Norse deity Thor. We don't see Fundamentalists freaking out when we use "Thursday" on the calendar.

There is no mention of Christmas in the Bible. It is all about us and it was created by man and God gets nothing out of it by people celebrating it. It's not something he wants or tells us we need to do. So, I don't worry about it. No condemnation if I do celebrate it or if I don't celebrate it.

Hi Michael, I think I speak for your community of followers in asking for a long video on Alexander Hislop. I have no idea where to even begin with his conspiracy theories, how he got them, or how they got so popular.

It's that time of year again! Alreasy heard the Christmas slander a couple times and it's not even Thanksgiving yet...

Well said - God owns all things and all days for they ultimately were made by Him, and were made good. The kinds of things those often quoted passages by the anti-Christmas crowd are talking about are when we do acts that corrupt, abuse, or destroy the good - like temple prostitution and human sacrifice.

I wholeheartedly recommend fasting and praying about it so that you’ll hear from God Himself on whether or not celebrating Christmas or any other holidays are pleasing to Him or not.

Very informative and fun to watch. God bless.

"There is a way which seemeth right unto man; those ways are the ways of death."

So my stance on Christmas is its fun time and can be used to get closer with God and your family. I use to think it was Pagan but have since got away from that. My thing is when church tells how important it is to celebrate Christmas when if it was important as they say it was it should be in the Bible. People celebrate Christmas but no scriptural holiday.

If you dig into the Bible you will realize that Christ was not born during December or the winter. Also, you notice no celebrations of his birth before or after the resurrection. But if you dig into how Christmas became a holiday, you will realize it has nothing to do with Jesus. What you choose to do with that is between you and God.

I was surprised to learn that Santa Clause was made to look more like a Dutch man. I always thought Coca-Cola gave him the red suit in an ad and it stuck. I feel like I learn something new every time you make a new X - isn’t pagan video.

Wonderful resource! Thank You!! Michael I’m sure you would agree but please correct me if I’m wrong… you aren’t saying everything pagan can be reclaimed (tarot cards, enneagram, etc). Thought to clarify as this is a current issue, sadly. Thank you again!!

I shared this video on a Facebook page and someone of course wanted to debate about it and they refused to watch the video and their only "source" they sited was the "history channel"

Supposing that the trappings or date of some holiday were rooted in a pagan culture, that wouldn't matter a lick unless they preserved, in tact, a rite or belief from paganism that is contrary to Christianity. Paul and the rest of the apostles didn't give up their Jewish culture when they became Christians, and they didn't demand it of Greeks, Romans, or the rest of the world. Even if Santa Claus was Odin (which he isn't), the key question should be does he convert and worship Christ with us, or does he still demand we worship him, like the old days.

I agree with some of your points. However, you said that in the early church that there was this belief that a prophet should die on the same day he was conceived. I decided to do some research on this and it appears to be nothing more then a apologetics myth. Some good scholarly articles debunking this idea, as there is no evidence that the early church believed this. I did find some notion of this in Judaism, at least that righteous people die on their birthdays, but this is from a 18th century rabbi and is not a common belief. The rabbi was inspired by a passage in the Talmud which might imply that Moses died on his birthday, but this is open to interpretation. There was also a couple of rabbis who died in the same month (not day) that they were born, which was ascribed to their righteousness. If you can cite a source for your claim I would appreciate it. With Thanks.

Yes! I had read before that The Feast of the Nativity pre-dated the Sol Invictus Festival...it could be that early Christians were celebrating the Birth of Christ as early the late 2nd Century AD.....

Impressive research.

The story of the Christmas tree begins in England, where the very young Winfrid decided to enter a Benedictine monastery over the objections of his parents. Winfrid grew in holiness and piety but yearned to leave the monastery and bring the light of Christ to the pagan Germans just as the monks had brought the Faith to England a century earlier. Boniface steadied the nerves of his friends and as they approached the pagan gathering he said, “Here is the Thunder Oak; and here the cross of Christ shall break the hammer of the false god Thor.”[4] Boniface and his friends arrived at the time of the sacrifice, which was interrupted by their presence. In a show of great trust in God and born from a desire to enkindle the fire of Christ in the German pagans, Boniface grabbed an axe and chopped down the Thunder Oak of mighty Thor. The Germans were astounded. The holy bishop preached the Gospel to the people and used a little fir tree that was behind the now felled oak tree as a tool of evangelization. Pointing to it he said, “This little tree, a young child of the forest, shall be your holy tree tonight. It is the wood of peace… It is the sign of an endless life, for its leaves are ever green. See how it points upward to heaven. Let this be called the tree of the Christ-child; gather about it, not in the wild wood, but in your own homes; there it will shelter no deeds of blood, but loving gifts and rites of kindness.”[5] Awed by the destruction of the oak tree and Boniface’s preaching, the Germans were baptized. Boniface continued his missionary efforts into old age when in 754, he left for a trip to Frisia with fifty monks. Their work was successful and many pagans agreed to receive baptism. When the appointed time came to celebrate the sacrament, a large armed crowd of pagans approached the missionaries. Knowing his time to die was at hand, Boniface discouraged his followers from fighting and said, “Cease my sons, from fighting, give up warfare for the witness of Scripture recommends that we do not give an eye for an eye but rather good for evil. Here is the long awaited day; the time of our end has now come; courage in the Lord!”[6] The ferocious pagan attack left Boniface and his fellow companions dead and celebrated as martyrs for the Faith. His later biographer, Othlo, recalled Boniface’s deep love for the people who he endeavored for so long to bring to Christ: The holy bishop Boniface can call himself father of all the inhabitants of Germany, for it was he who first brought them forth in Christ with the words of his holy preaching; he strengthened them with his example; and lastly, he gave his life for them; no greater love than this can be shown.”[7] In the centuries that followed, the Catholic tradition of using an evergreen tree to celebrate the birth of Jesus spread throughout Germany, and German immigrants in the eighteenth century brought the custom to the New World. Although there are many stories, legends, and myths surrounding the founding of the Christmas tree, including the claim that the custom originated with Martin Luther, there is only one story rooted in a real person and a real event: Boniface, converter of the Germans, who destroyed Thor’s mighty oak.😁😁

Re: the use of the ancient Egyptian obelisk in St Peter's Square....remember that the Church (and several popes) were into preserving and restoring the Fine Art of the past (the collection of Classical statuary in the Vatican is stunning, rare and beautiful).....so the motivation of the Church was not some nefarious reworking of paganism as the neo-Puritans would have you believe....it was more a case of aesthetics and renaissance!!!

Awesome

You're so right about 1 Corinthians 8 and Jeremiah 10 talking about idols, and that they are nothing special! What do you say to those who point out 1 Corinthians 10:21? "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons." Also, when you say no major holiday tradition goes back to paganism, what do you say to possibility that the celebration of the anniversary of one's birth comes from outside the Judeo-Christian Biblical tradition? That is, not the day of birth but every birthday after?

From what I've read the 25th is the birthday of mithra and the winter solstice is celebrating saturn as well. Also some argue Jesus was born the 11th of September 3 bc

I haven’t heard anything about the dating of Jesus’ birth being done by 9 months before the day he died. I always say March 25 as the date of the annunciation of Mary and considering that the day he was conceived

I have never heard anyone articulate why it would be a problem if it was.

I agree that we shouldn't be judging each other on holidays. Romans 14:5 "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it..."

Just celebrate Jesus coming into the world to save us , it doesn’t matter what day it’s done on ; God just wants us to give him the glory, not for us to find every excuse

People care more about faith in man's holiday and not God. Luke warm. Jeremiah 10: Just let it go.

God looks upon the heart - We don't worship the tree, the lights or the gifts. But in the tree, we see the cross, in the lights we see the resurrection, in the gifts we see the greatest gift of all.

In Paul’s letter to the Romans, ( Rom 14 ) he mentions the problem of those who were concerned about eating food connected with pagan rituals or keeping special days. Paul’s guidance was that each should be persuaded in their own mind and act according to their faith and conscience, but also in accordance with respect and consideration for the fellow Christian’s conscience. In other words, I have little interest in Santa Claus or Easter bunnies, but I don’t berate my fellow believers or accuse them of anything if they think these are harmless cultural trivia. If they wanted my opinion I might explain respectfully, but otherwise I say nothing.

Does the Bible condemn Christmas? - NO - but maybe it should. What is an idol? It is anything we worship other than the One True God. Do People (including Christians) worship the One True God at Christmas - or do they worship turkeys, tinsel and trees? Idolatry is in the heart. Ask yourself - how much time do you spend on Christmas Day (and all the rest of December for that matter) worshipping the One True God? And how much time do you spend buying presents, writing Christmas cards, buying food, cooking food, eating food, decorating trees, drinking, travelling to meet other people, watching television, lounging around, and recovering from all this excess? Can you truly say you are celebrating the Saviour's Birthday or enjoying just another pagan festival?

I find it hilarious that so many people comment on a video saying things that are directly addressed in the video, yet ignore it.

In the grand scheme of things, why do we even need any holidays to be happy and friendly to anyone?

During my rapture there was 2 gates a wide One and a narrow One same as my work place