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The Christmas tree, being evergreen, was also considered sacred by those ancient Germanic tribes. Albeit, the fir was later selected for use, because of it's triangular shape and the holy trinity, connections...
In actual fact, we could forget all this, BUT, it does serve an excellent cultural purpose in the cold winter, bringing happiness, joy and bonding families.
The woke puritan communists would love to cancel Christmas, but I reject them...
Moreover, Yeshua (Greek Jesus,) NEVER intended that his teachings be turned into a religion. He was teaching the art of self-realization to all. Jews and Jentile, alike.
The birth, the baptism, the transfiguration, the renunciation (crucifixion) and the ascension...These are the five planetary degrees, or initiations...
These teachings are not intended to create followers, but to empower initiates. Of course, he made the distinction between the uninitiated; the sheep and the initiated; the goats...As only a mountain goat can climb the steep cliffs of the mountain....The sheep require safe herding and directing..
So unlike Scrooge I shall keep Christmas, knowing that the real Jesus, does not mind, as he never intended to be worshipped, anyway....
As for the Romans, it's all history and culture...It is not a sin.
So you can understand why Jesus was persecuted. They thought that if he keeps gaining more and more followers, these followers might arm themselves and form a great, formidable army to fight the Roman empire. We cannot rule this out, especially since we know that Catholicists eventually took Rome, even despite Jesus's teachings that seems against seeking earthly powers!
Nevertheless Jesus himself, together with his disciples, had this ambition of eventually triumphing over Roman Empire. This is depicted in the book of revelation. Earlier disciples thought that this triumph will be via an earthly army. So when Jesus was eventually got, they were greatly disappointed. It is possible that the teaching of an entirely heavenly 'messiah' who will only come in the 'end time' was a latter modification, upon the failure of the first plan. At first, they said Jesus's second comming was imminent. He was like going somewhere briefly only to come with a huge army and sweep the Romans. His comming and triumph will be miraculous, yes, but only like Joshua's in the sense of 'God being with him'. The idea of Jesus as an entirey other worldly 'god-man' is likely to be a Greek influenced, latter teaching. Such a teaching is unlikely to have come from the strictly monotheistic Jews.
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