“Estore” is a sun goddess worshipped by the pagans during the spring equinox.
I did not know this before I read this post, however, I have heard of Easter.
Does the author realize that it seems that Christianity has taken this pagan ritual and changed it into good?
Wasn’t Santa some kind of pagan god or something in the past and now he is a jolly old fat man.
My point is hardly no one knows of estore (pagan), yet almost everone has heard of Easter (Christian).
everone = everyone, sorry
did this reader NOT read God’s words?
> Wasn’t Santa some kind of pagan god or something in the past and now he is a jolly old fat man.
Hardly. It is the anglicization of Saint Nicholaus, in German pronounced Sankt Nicklaus, which kind of sounds like
Sankt-Ni klaus
or “Santa Claus”. Nicholaus was a priest who started a tradition of giving gifts to poor children & orphans. Nothing pagan about the origins of Santa Claus, only in what we have done to his memory in the meantime.
When our children were old enough to understand, we explained that Santa did live (as Nicholaus), and continues to live in our hearts, when we maintain the spirit of giving.
YHWH has said that he HATES that - taking pagan holidays and dedicating them to Him. He says to worship Him as HE defined.