Am I the only one who's found that a lot of Protestants who are against the Apostolic churches because they see them as some man-made institution, are really just anti-White racists? They act as though European Paganism is entirely the work of the devil, and that the Christianisation of Pagan holidays (Samhain, Yule, etc.) and customs was an evil thing that needs to be reversed.
I don't know, it just screams to me as hating our White European ancestors, pretty gay really.
1- There is no such festival / holiday called Samhain, other than a word that appears on a Gauish Caladar meaning Summers End. The ACTUAL Celtic festival of Beltane, celebrated on May 1st is often misrepresented as a pre-Christian Halloween called Samhain to discredit Christianity.
2- Costumes come from Masquerade and Modern traditions, nothing Pagan.
3- Trick or Treat is a Secularized version of Mumming or Soul Cakes... gifts for prayers in the comming holidays.
4- Jack o Lantern - A Christian folk tale about Stingy Jack and his bid to trick the Devil. Its a Christian tradition and story, but in the form of a classic IndoAryan narative called The Smiths Tale.
5- Christianity set Nov 1st (and then 2nd) long before Gaulish and Irish Celts were on the menu.
(And dont even get me started about the date of Christmas!)
Modern "Scholars": ThEy StoLe SaTuRnALiA fRoM tHe RoMaNs!!!!
Saturnalia started in like 500 BC on Dec 17th, and eventually would turn into a full week of celebrations...
Christians celebrated the Nativity of Jesus on December 25th from the 1st century on, so this date was estaished at the time of Jesus or during the Apostolic days...
In fact SO many Roman citizens would be be celebrating Christmas on the 25th, the Emperor came up with a pagan celebration to COUNTER the celebration of Christmas that they called Sol Imvictus, the feast of the Imprtal Sun.
So in fact Pagan Rome creates a holiday on Dec 25th AFTER early Christians start celebrating Christmas on that date. Also note that oncr Christianity is adopted in the Empire, Sol Invictus goes away totally....