Christians still borrowed heavily from other religions, Jesus wasn't even born Dec 25th it was more likely in the spring they just used the winter equinox because it was easier.
Agreed. But the Babylonian mystery religion of "Christianity" should in no way be confused with the Bible anymore than what happens within the legal system and its courts should be confused with justice.
From The Top 10 Myths That Dominate Christianity 4. Ho-ho-ho. Merry Christ-mas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year (sing along if you know the words), when we celebrate Santa and reindeer and Christ-mas trees and Christ-mas lights and Christ-mas decorations and presents and ski trips and...
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Easter is a pagan holiday, the chocolate eggs, Easter bunny, chicks it's all about fertility rights nothing to do with Jesus.
Agreed. However it's totally illogical to use these contradictory religious superstitions as a strawman argument to attack the Bible, which condemns the pagan yuletide/Xmas and Ishtar/Easter.
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The bible is also terribly written, at best Jesus looks like he's bipolar. Not to mention anything written about him is second and third hand, written decades after his death.
Of course those accusations are all illogical, unsubstantiated nonsense too, like the made-up Horus manure was you previously posted.
2000 years ago, a
miracle child was born to a virgin, to set Him apart from everyone else, so people would take notice of Him and
HEAR Him (
Mark 9:7).
The
miracle birth of Jesus to the virgin Mary is prophesied in the Old Covenant (
Isa. 7:14), fulfilled and recorded in the New Covenant (
Matt. 1:18-23,
Luke 1:27-35), and
CONFIRMED in the Koran (
Sura 3:42-47,
19:16-37).
We literally changed the way we keep time on this planet because of this miracle. Who then could do more wrong than to ignore such Clear Signs from our Lord?
B.C. = Before Christ
A.D. = Anno Domini =
in the year of our Lord
Similarly, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is prophesied in the Old Covenant (
Ps. 22,
Isa. 53:1-11,
Dan. 9:25-27,
Zech. 11:11-13) and New Covenant (
Matt. 12:39-40,
20:17-19,
26:2,
Mark 9:31,
10:32-34), fulfilled and recorded in the New Covenant (
Matt. 27,
Mark 15:17-16:8,
John 19:14-21:25), and
CONFIRMED in the Koran (
Sura 3:55,
4:157-158,
6:122,
19:33-34).
We also have recorded in the Bible, which the Koran was sent to
CONFIRM (not to contradict), a list of eyewitnesses to both the crucifixion and resurrection.
Witnesses to the crucifixion of Jesus:
– Joseph of Arimathaea, Jesus' great-uncle, who claimed the body (
Matt. 27:57-60,
Mark 15:43-46,
Luke 23:50-53)
– Mary Magdelene, and Mary, the mother of Jesus (
Matt. 27:55-56,
Mark 15:40,
15:47,
John 19:25-27)
– The mother of Zebedee's children (
Matt. 27:56)
– John, the disciple of Jesus (
John 19:25-27,
19:35)
– And all Jesus' acquaintances (
Luke 23:49)
Witnesses of the resurrected Jesus:
Mary Magdelene (
Matt. 28:9-10,
John 20:15-18)
Mary, the mother of Jesus (
Matt. 28:9-10)
Simon, the pharisee and Alphaeus Cleophas (
Luke 24:13-32)
The eleven disciples (
Luke 24:33-51,
John 20:19-30)
Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, James and John (the sons of Zebedee) and two other disciples on another occasion (
John 21)
Further, we have over
121 secular, non-Biblical citations for Jesus outside the New Covenant/Testament that confirm the details of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in Jerusalem during the same period the events in the New Covenant/Testament are described.
And finally, over two-thirds of the Bible is prophecy, >99% of which has already been fulfilled in exact and minute detail, including over 300 Old Covenant/Testament prophecies about the birth, lineage, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, as well as dozens about
the Second Coming of Christ during these
end-times. Only a complete fool would look at that track record and conclude the Bible was "poorly written" or that the remaining <1% of the prophecies that remain won't likewise be fulfilled in exact and minute detail.