Joyeux Noël - Jesus born circa 4BCE.
ISRAEL'S MODERN ANTICHRIST, MASS MURDERER BARUCH HELL OBAMA
The biggest Hanukkah snub of the usual suspects came from President John F. Kennedy in 1962, when he mentioned every religious denomination but the Jews during a Christmas address: "Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, as well as Christians, pause from their labors the 25th day of December to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Peace. There could be no more striking proof that Christmas is truly the universal holiday of all men."
Indeed, the oh-so-evil
Muslims (rolling eyes sarcastically) revere Jesus as a Holy Prophet;
and Buddhists and Hindus not only respect his moral teachings, but you'll never
hear one of them them
take offense to the term "Merry Christmas" -- let
alone demand that the White House honor the Buddha or Krishna. No.
Only certain chosenites recoil in horror at the
term -- which is why so many Boobuses now walk around wishing their
own Christian friends and family a "Happy Holiday!" (barf!)
ISRAEL RULING THE UK AS WELL!
[17:46, 26/12/2022] +44 7930 856931: Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
May you be able to enjoy it because it depends on your relationship with Jesus, not on your circumstances! The latter have been difficult for many of us during the last year. And, ah, yes, Chrismas is not Pagan it's Christian as you can see in this one minute video short: 🙂
http://youtube.com/shorts/TQYQ3cmWGqE?feature=share
Please let me know your thoughts on it.
Adrian
[18:32, 26/12/2022] Basheer: Adrian, you are sadly not interested at all in THE TRUTH!
[20:07, 27/12/2022] +44 7930 856931:
Dear Basheer,
Thank you for your kind words. I think you are nice too and I miss having fellowship with you! 😊
I think you misunderstood the point of the video short [I did not watch it at all! BAFS] : Christmas is not Pagan it's Christian. Here is the evidence for that:
"In about 400 C.E., Augustine of Hippo mentions a local dissident Christian group, the Donatists, who apparently kept Christmas festivals on December 25,... Since the Donatist group only emerged during the persecution under Diocletian in 312 C.E. and then remained stubbornly attached to the practices of that moment in time, they seem to represent an older North African Christian tradition."
Source: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/how-december-25-became-christmas/#note03r
We are not entirely sure when Jesus was born. Neither are we sure when Muhammad was born. However, that does not stop both Christians and Muslims from celebrating their birth.
While neither the Bible nor the Quran commands us to celebrate those birthdays, it does not mean we commit a sin if we do. Similarly, neither Bible nor Quran command us to use WhatsApp. Does it mean we commit sin if we do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1-CYCV6M3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tnt-DChXXw
Aayat Arif | Hasbi Rabbi | Tere Sadqay Main Aqa | Ramzan Special Nasheed 2020 | Official Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-GFf_Z34hQ
Friday, 20 December 2013
THIS NOËL, HAPPY GENOCIDE 2013-2014 TO THE CANNIBALS AND SODOMITES!
No, I am Father Christmas (Santa Claus) coming each year to rip off (steal) your Dad's (Mum's?) hard earned money!
Jesus? Forget about that loser! Even God forsook him!
File:Final Judgment.pdf
Mark Glenn
"I have become more depressed after reading about those who are jumping on the bandwagon of the “GATHERING OF EAGLES SUMMIT” this past January. Nearly everyone in so called Christian organizations plus their influence with Congress. Great God in heaven…..!"
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Joyeux Noël Mark Glenn & Family!
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
With a sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas, too.
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
That shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
And filled all the stocking; then turned with a jerk,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
(N.B. The word "Christmas" has been substituted in the above text because of the Roman Catholic belief that during MASS Christians do literally EAT THE BODY OF CHRIST AND DRINK HIS BLOOD!
BAFS)
A t Christmas I no more desire a rose than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows. But like of each thing that in season grows.
#16 by Vickie Jacobs on March 9, 2012 - 3:23 pm
"I have become more depressed after reading about those who are jumping on the bandwagon of the “GATHERING OF EAGLES SUMMIT” this past January. Nearly everyone in so called christian organizations plus their influence with Congress. Great God in heaven…..!"
We may and will disagree on many doctrinal issues, but when whe are SINCERELY MOTIVATED BY LOVE, we always write with love in our hearts and it always pains us to see our sincere efforts trampled by others - the human Devils who are full of prejudice, lies and ignorance!
I am at variance with much of Christian and Catholic teachings, but I never ignore the beautiful teachings of the Churches I have known. I still carry MY 1938 “MY SUNDAY MISSEL” and on pages 343-344 we read the following beautiful and sublime words in the Chapter “GLORIOUS MYSTERIES”
Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday
1. RESURRECTION to obtain increase of Faith.
2. ASCENSION to obtain Increase of Hope.
3. DESCENT OF HOLY GHOST to obtain Increase of Love.
4. ASSUMPTION to obtain Devotion to Mary.
5. CROWNING OF MARY to obtain Grace of Perseverance.
“MY VOCATION IN LIFE
Pray frequently to make the right choice of the married, single or “religious” life. On it depends the happiness of your own soul and other souls in this life and for all eternity.
BEHOLD ME at thy feet, O Virgin most kind, seeking to obtain through thee, the most important grace of knowing what I ought to do. I desire nothing but to comply perfectly with the Will of thy Divine Son at every moment of my life. Mother of Good Counsel, let me hear thy voice. It will dispel every doubt that troubles my mind.
I trust in thee, being confident that, since thou art the Mother of my Redeemer, thou wilt also be the Mother of my salvation. If thou, O Mary, will not send me a ray of the Divine Sun, what light will enlighten me? Who will direct me if thou refusest, who art the Mother of the uncreated wisdom?
Listen then, to my humble prayers. Let me not be lost in my uncertainty and instability; lead me along the straight road that ends in life everlasting, thou art my only hope, and whose hands are full of the riches of virtue and of life, and who dispensest the fruits of honor and holiness.
300 days Ind. Once a day.”
WHEN I was an idiot like most of us are when we are young, without the full knowledge of things, without insight, without wisdom, and without the DIVINE SPARK, we stop at the doctrine and fight over words. I, like all Muslims, felt appalled and revolted by this Catholic Church Doctrine, which in our view had associated partners with the UNIQUE GOD.
THEN, I lived, learned, and experienced LIFE as a PURE SOUL! I spent a lifetime protecting both my heart from getting contaminated by vain earthly desires and my soul from being taken over by the Devil!
I LEARNED to GO BEYOND and it is THE BEYOND that brought me closer to GOD and to what is HUMAN in those two legged “animals” calling themselves men and women and all that GOD represents in our daily lives. Militant Atheist fanatic, Pr Richard Dawkins, calls this CALLING FOR THE DIVINE a madness of medieval thinking, a false religion because he has allowed his heart to be corrupted and he sold out his soul to the Devil!
So, I learned to love the Wisdom where I could find it and I found it in all the four corners of the Earth disproving the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church that outside the Roman Church there was no Salvation! The Zionist Popes John Paul II and Ratzinger REFORMED this Pillar of the Catholic Faith and now we are taught in Church that THERE CAN BE SALVATION OUTSIDE THE ROMAN CHURCH! And the Jews and the Zionists were immediately invited to join the Roman Church and INVADE AND TAKE OVER THE CHURCH!
VICKIE, SWEETHEART, DO NOT BE DEPRESSED!
“Somebody” or “something” woke me up at 4 o’clock (My usual time of communication with the Divine or the Devil!) and I see myself writing to you and dedicating this Message of Love to you and others (I am also thinking of one “Ruby” here) who are sincerely searching for the Truth, the Divine and closeness with Humanity’s very hearts and souls.
Those ‘Christians’ who accuse me of being anti-Christian are deluded and too young in knowledge and wisdom. When CHRIST spoke to the Palestinians and Israelites, most did not understand him and I do not expect most of us to understand me. If only they knew. We, people of GOD, do not need Sigmund Freud during the tribulations of life and no Jewish pharmaceuticals to pretend curing the body or the mind (they never cure!) when the heart and soul are diseased.
I AM BLESSED DESPITE ALL MY LAMENTATIONS!
SO, LOVE, YOU ARE BLESSED TOO AND DO, LIKE ME, NOT LET YOURSELF BE DEPRESSED BY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL, ALTHOUGH IT IS INDEED QUITE DEPRESSING.
With Much Love
Basheer
Saturday 10th of March 2012
5.45AM
Miniature Stories of the Saints
by Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J.
Saint Angela Friend of Girls
Saint Barbara the Brave Martyr
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Siena the Dominican
Saint Clotilde Queen of France
Saint Colette the Franciscan
Saint Mary of Egypt who had been a Sinner
Saint Ursula and her Companions
From An Introduction to the Coptic Church
Our Special Thanks to:
ArabicBible.com for permission to use the Smith & Van Dyke Arabic Version of the Bible.
BibleGateway for use of the English Versions of the Bible.
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Kevin, Charlie & Basheer in Walthamstow, London, Greater Israel.THE NEW WHITE EUROPEAN 2014
STRAIGHT FROM THE PORNOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY!
London Fashion Week: The Future of Menswear (and Sodomites)
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Eddie and John will also be talking about the sad and tragic accident of Celebrity Super Star Paul Walker from the "fast and furious" along with a special Message and invitation to Paul Walker's best friend and Celebrity Co Star Tyrese Gibson from the "fast and furious"
It doesn't end there they'll also be giving some great advice to UFC CHAMP Georges St-Pierre that can help him be the happiest man ever.
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Note: Paul Walker (Famous celebrity actor from the 'Fast and the Furious' movie) passed away a few weeks ago and this was the state of the car that he died in(Pic's in this weeks show).
When ever a life is lost it is sad. What we want to do is draw some lessons from this sad incident and use it as a great reminder so that it will help us to remember the ultimate realty of Death and hopefully it will motivate some of us to search for the true meaning of life and to ponder deeply about our very existence, why have we been created and where are we going when we die.
Paul Walker like many of us was looking forward to the future to the release of his new 'Fast and the Furious' film next year, without thinking he may be dead by then.
Most of us do the same thing, we think about the future and ignore the fact that we may pass away before our plans ever become a reality.
Only Allah(The Creator) knows how long we have left in this world. Many of us may not be alive to see tomorrow, next week, or next year and that is the honest truth and the ultimate reality that the majority of us are ignoring.
We should use this reminder to make the most out of every minute we have in this world and do as much as we can for our Akhirah(HereAfter) by obeying the Creator and doing good deeds because as you can see from the picture's( In the Show), all it takes is a wrong turn of the steering wheel and you are gone.
Start today by asking your Maker to guide you to the true Purpose of life and to a life that is pleasing to him.
Put aside time to research the different religions that are making the claims that they are the truth and start a process of elimination all the way until you find the one that is organized not by human beings but by the Creator of human beings.
The truth is out there the question is are you earnestly, sincerely seeking it. This reminder of death should motivate you to take some actions towards the most important question is life
The Purpose of life?
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The Last Will and Testament
of the Branch Davidians
"I thought I was going to die that day. I thought I was going to get blown away... Put in that situation where you've got women and children screaming, 'Oh God, please help us, save us, do something! They're shooting at us!' ... You do anything, pick up anything you can, if your life is threatened, to defend yourself."
--Branch Davidian Kevin Whitecliff, before being sentenced to forty years in prison.
Throughout the seige and in the months that followed, the Branch Davidians were demonized by the government and their mass-media parrots as being cultists, sex offenders and paramilitary wackos. The Branch Davidians were never allowed to tell their side of the story... until now.
What follows is a verbatim transcript of a videotape filmed inside Mt. Carmel approximately ten days after the February 28 raid. The tape was smuggled out of Mt. Carmel before the fire, and for many of the Branch Davidians, this was their last will and testament. Almost everyone on the tape died on April 19.
This videotape offers a rare glimpse at life inside the Mt. Carmel Center during the seige. We see that regardless of their unorthodox religious beliefs, they were human beings, people who loved their families and worried about their children and worried about the future, just like everyone else in the world. Their words are haunting, compelling. Listen to their side of the story, and make up your own mind about what really transpired outside Waco, Texas, just a few short years ago.
ISRAEL'S MODERN ANTICHRIST, MASS MURDERER BARUCH HELL OBAMA
U.S. drone strikes killing Americans
He never got a response. Last September, his son, Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born al Qaeda leader, was killed by a U.S. drone in a remote area of Northern Yemen. Two weeks later, his 16-year-old grandson, Anwar’s son, was also killed, in a separate U.S. strike hundreds of miles away.
“Anwar, it was expected, because he was … targeted,” Nasser al-Awlaki told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “But how in the world they will go and kill Abdulrahman, a small boy, a U.S. citizen, from Denver, Colorado?”
Mirrored from: www.parascope.com
The Last Will and Testament of the Branch Davidians (Seventh Day Adventist Christians)
"I thought I was going to die that day. I thought I was going to get blown away... Put in that situation where you've got women and children screaming, 'Oh God, please help us, save us, do something! They're shooting at us!' ... You do anything, pick up anything you can, if your life is threatened, to defend yourself."
--Branch Davidian Kevin Whitecliff, before being sentenced to forty years in prison.
Throughout the seige and in the months that followed, the Branch Davidians were demonized by the government and their mass-media parrots as being cultists, sex offenders and paramilitary wackos. The Branch Davidians were never allowed to tell their side of the story... until now.
What follows is a verbatim transcript of a videotape filmed inside Mt. Carmel approximately ten days after the February 28 raid. The tape was smuggled out of Mt. Carmel before the fire, and for many of the Branch Davidians, this was their last will and testament. Almost everyone on the tape died on April 19.
This videotape offers a rare glimpse at life inside the Mt. Carmel Center during the seige. We see that regardless of their unorthodox religious beliefs, they were human beings, people who loved their families and worried about their children and worried about the future, just like everyone else in the world. Their words are haunting, compelling. Listen to their side of the story, and make up your own mind about what really transpired outside Waco, Texas, just a few short years ago.
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D’a de Negritos and Fiesta de los Blanquitos
January 5-6
In Popayán, in Colombia's Cauca Department, the Christmas season ends with the festivities that take place on January 5 and 6. But rather than honoring the Three Wise Men ( see Día de los Tres Reyes), who are said to have reached Bethlehem on January 6, the wild celebration that takes place here comes closer to Mardi Gras.
During the morning hours of January 5, known as the Día de Negritos or Day of the Black Ones, boys equipped with black shoe polish chase the girls and try to smear them with their blackened hands. By evening, older boys have joined in the fun, and no one who dares to leave the house is safe. There are parades in the afternoon with people in costume, decorated cars, and the music of chirimíasi (roving groups of musicians who play Colombian music on traditional instruments). At least one member of each group is dressed as a devil carrying a spike or horsewhip, which he uses to tease and frighten spectators. Afterward, the poor crowd into the main square, where beef and other foods donated by the town's wealthier inhabitants are distributed. The following day, January 6, is known as the Fiesta de los Blanquitos (Festival of the White Ones). Instead of chasing the girls with shoe polish, the boys use talcum powder and wheat flour, which turns into a gluey substance when people dump water from their balconies on the victims. The rowdiness of the two-day celebration is not enjoyed by everyone, however. Older Colombians remember the days when well-dressed gentlemen sauntered beneath the windows of beautiful young women, who favored them by coming to the door and permitting a beauty mark to be dabbed on their faces.
CONTACTS:
Embassy of Colombia 2118 Leroy Pl. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 202-387-8338; fax: 202-232-8643 www.colombiaemb.org
SOURCES:
FiestaTime-1965, p. 5
Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, Fourth Edition. © 2010 by Omnigraphics, Inc.
Santa drinks reindeer piss! (WHY SUCH A VULGAR TITLE?)
And other delicious Christmas tidbits
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today EditorJingle Bells | Christmas Songs | And More Children's Songs! | 56 Minutes Long | From LittleBabyBum
LittleBabyBumHo ho ho! Merry Christmas to all you VT readers out there, whatever your
race, religion, ethnicity, political persuasion, gastronomic
predilection, and/or holiday merriment preference.Me, I’m Muslim, so you might think I celebrate Christmas by pulling a black ski mask over my head, grabbing a sword, and staying up all night next to the fireplace on Christmas Eve so I can whack off Santa’s head when he’s crawling out of the chimney. (I’ll bet Rita Kaatz would pay serious shekels for THAT video.) But no – I’m a “good Muslim,” so I’m just hanging out with my family listening to Qur’an. Jingle Bells it ain’t – but it does include a beautiful passage about the immaculate conception and birth of Jesus, peace upon him.
SURAT MARYAM [Mary] full recited by Abdul Rahman Al Sudais
Wallahi, folks, I like Christmas just fine. There’s something psychedelic about all those lights and ornaments. It’s like being inside one of the great cathedrals of Europe and staring transfixed as sunlight shatters the stained glass windows into a million jeweled shards of color and you suddenly realize Aldous Huxley must have risen from the dead and slipped LSD into your communion wafer. By now I’m sure you’re wondering “but what about the reindeer piss?” Don’t worry, I was coming to that. My dear e-friend Ron Rattner, a staunch 9/11 truth supporter who moonlights as a spiritually-advanced wise-guy, reminds me of the origins of the Santa Claus legend in the Scandinavian shamanic tradition’s use of the Amanita Muscaria mushroom. Shamans the world over “fly through the air” during their shamanic journeys through the alam al-akhar (the other world) otherwise known as the alam al-ghayb (the hidden world). Obligatory Islamic disclaimer: The world’s greatest-ever shamanic journey, the mir’aj of the Prophet Muhammad (peace upon him) from Mecca to the Rock in Jerusalem, and then upward through the seven heavens into the Divine Presence, appears to have been accomplished without the use of mushrooms, cactus, vine, or anything of that nature. But shamans do sometimes use these substances, which they regard as God-given gifts. Shamans from the northern rim of Eurasia are especially partial to the Amanita Muscaria mushroom. So are reindeer for that matter.
Magic mushrooms & Reindeer - Weird Nature - BBC animals
Ron Rattner explains how the whole business of Santa and his flying reindeer REALLY got started: The shamans lived in yurts, tepee-like shelters made of reindeer skin, with roofs supported by birch poles and smoke-holes at the top. During midwinter festivals of renewal, the shamans gathered the mushrooms from under sacred trees. While harvesting the toadstools, they would wear special attire, consisting of red and white fur-trimmed coats and long black boots, very much like the modern day depiction of Santa Claus. They’d then enter their yurts through the smoke-holes, carrying sacks full of dried fly agaric mushrooms, descending the birch pole to the floor. Once inside, the shamans performed ceremonies and shared the toadstool’s psychotropic gifts with those gathered inside. Then they left as they entered, climbing up the pole and back through the smoke-hole.Ho ho ho! Now that sounds like a very merry Christmas indeed! These people obviously didn’t need egg nog. But it gets better. Let’s cut to the chase, pull back the curtain, and reveal the secret of Santa drinking reindeer piss: The Sami have a custom of feeding fly agaric (Amanita Muscaria) to their deer and collecting the urine to drink. The reindeer’s digestive system metabolizes the allegedly poisonous components of the toadstool, leaving urine with the hallucinogenic and psychotropic elements of the fungus intact. Drinking the urine gives a ‘high’ similar to taking LSD. Under the hallucinatory effects of the drink, the Sami thought their reindeer were flying through space, looking down on the world. The reindeer so crave the toadstool hallucinogens that they have been known to eat snow on which intoxicated humans have urinated, creating a reciprocating cycle.Whether or not Ron’s theory is correct, you must admit that whoever first came up with the image of a flying reindeer with a bright red flashing neon nose must have been drinking or smoking SOMETHING. If anybody has a bootleg Jimi Hendrix performance of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, please let me know, as it would support this interpretation.
Wow! Nice Christmas ornaments!
And to all a good night.  Kevin Barrett
Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America’s best-known critics of the War on Terror.
Dr. Barrett has appeared many times on Fox, CNN, PBS and other broadcast outlets, and has inspired feature stories and op-eds in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago Tribune, and other leading publications. Dr. Barrett has taught at colleges and universities in San Francisco, Paris, and Wisconsin, where he ran for Congress in 2008. He currently works as a nonprofit organizer, author, and talk radio host. |
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Yehuda Shaul - Breaking the Silence - Seattle, Nov 14, 2013
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Invention de l'ère chrétienne... et oubli de l'An zéro
Dans les temps anciens, on comptait généralement les années à partir de l'année d'intronisation du souverain régnant (ce système prévaut encore dans l'empire du Japon).
Les Romains préféraient toutefois les compter à partir de la fondation de Rome, selon l'expression latine AUC - ab urbe condita, ce qui signifie : « depuis la fondation de la ville ». Devenu chrétien, l'empire romain conserve cette tradition et ce sont des querelles de clercs qui vont y mettre fin.
Pour fixer la date de Pâques, principale fête chrétienne, qui célèbre la résurrection de Jésus-Christ trois jours après sa mort sur la croix, les premiers chrétiens s'en remettent à la tradition juive, fondée sur un calendrier lunaire. Mais cette solution finit par déplaire à l'Église, qui veut s'émanciper du judaïsme.
Désireux de mettre un terme aux « querelles pascales »
qui agitent l'Église, quelques moines se mettent en quête d'une
passerelle entre le calendrier lunaire des juifs et le calendrier
solaire des Romains.
C'est ainsi qu'en 532 de notre ère, au temps de l'empereur Justinien, un moine scythe réfugié à Rome, Denis le Petit, situe l'année de la naissance du Christ 753 ans après la fondation de Rome, l'année de référence des anciens Romains.
Cela dit, on pense aujourd'hui qu'il s'est trompé de 5 ans, le roi Hérode, contemporain de la naissance du Christ, étant mort en l'an 750 de la création de Rome ; le Christ serait donc né entre l'An 3 et l'An 6 avant l'ère chrétienne.
25 décembre An I
Noël et la naissance du Christ
Pour les chrétiens de toutes obédiences, la fête de Noël, le 25 décembre, commémore la naissance de Jésus-Christ, à l'origine du christianisme.
En ce qui concerne l'année de sa naissance, la tradition la situe en l'an 753 de la fondation de Rome, sous le règne de l'empereur Auguste. Cette année est devenue par convention l'An I de notre ère.
La naissance de Jésus selon les Évangiles
D'après les Évangiles, Jésus serait né de Marie, une jeune fille dont on peut penser qu'elle avait 16 ou 17 ans et qui avait été promise en mariage à Joseph, un homme de la descendance du roi David. Marie aurait été vierge lorsque l'ange Gabriel lui annonça qu'elle était enceinte et donnerait le jour au Messie que les juifs attendaient depuis des siècles.
Le mot Messie (« oint du Seigneur » en hébreu) se traduit par Christos en grec, la langue véhiculaire du bassin méditerranéen à cette époque, d'où le nom donné plus tard au fils de Marie, Jésus Christ, et à ses disciples, les chrétiens.
La naissance survint à Bethléem, à quelques kilomètres au sud de Jérusalem, car Joseph et Marie avaient dû s'y rendre pour se faire recenser conformément à un édit d'Auguste :
À cette époque-là parut un édit de l'empereur Auguste qui ordonnait le recensement de tout l'Empire.
Ce premier recensement eut lieu pendant que Quirinius était gouverneur de Syrie.
Tous allaient se faire inscrire, chacun dans sa ville d'origine.
Joseph
aussi monta de la Galilée, de la ville de Nazareth, pour se rendre en
Judée dans la ville de David, appelée Bethléem, parce qu'il était de la
famille et de la lignée de David.
Il y alla pour se faire inscrire avec sa femme Marie qui était enceinte.
Pendant qu'ils étaient là, le moment où Marie devait accoucher arriva,
et
elle mit au monde son fils premier-né. Elle l'enveloppa de langes et le
coucha dans une mangeoire parce qu'il n'y avait pas de place pour eux
dans la salle des hôtes.
Il y avait dans la même région des bergers qui passaient la nuit dans les champs pour y garder leur troupeau.
(...).
Notons que ledit recensement n'est attesté par aucune archive romaine. La présence de bergers dans le voisinage donne à penser que Jésus serait né à l'époque de l'agnelage, au mois d'avril. Par ailleurs, l'évocation du cruel roi Hérode, protégé des Romains, situerait sa naissance en l'an 6 avant J.-C. ! Le moine Denys le Petit, à l'origine du calendrier adopté aujourd'hui dans le monde entier, se serait donc trompé dans ses calculs.
L'enfance de Jésus se déroula en Galilée, au nord de la Palestine, dans une ville peu connue du nom de Nazareth, où Joseph exerçait le métier de charpentier. Il semble que l'enfant ait eu de nombreux frères et soeurs plus jeunes, ce qui est admis par les protestants mais contesté par les catholiques. Le mot grec adelphos employé par les évangélistes pourrait en effet désigner aussi bien les frères que les cousins ou les proches du Christ.
Vers l'âge de trente ans, Jésus quitta sa famille et commença à prêcher sur les bords du lac Tibériade. D'humbles pêcheurs le rejoignirent. Ils n'allaient plus le quitter jusqu'à sa mort sur la croix, trois ans plus tard.
Aux premiers siècles de notre ère, les Grecs célébraient la venue de Jésus-Christ le 6 janvier, à l'occasion de l'Épiphanie (d'un mot grec qui désigne une apparition). Ce jour-là, ils n'évoquaient pas sa naissance proprement dite mais plutôt son baptême dans les eaux du Jourdain par Jean-Baptiste ou encore le miracle des noces de Cana (l'eau transformée en vin), ou enfin la présentation du nouveau-né aux rois mages.
À Rome, en 354, le pape Libère reporte cette célébration au 25 décembre, en remplacement des Saturnales romaines et de la fête du soleil vainqueur (sol invictus) que les païens avaient coutume de consacrer au retour du soleil après le solstice d'hiver. C'est une manière de rappeler que Jésus est la « Lumière du monde ».
Au Moyen Âge, la piété populaire centre la fête sur la naissance proprement dite de Jésus. Noël viendrait de natalis dies (en latin, « jour de la naissance »).
La crèche de Noël
Une tradition populaire aux mille facettes
Il
a fallu fouiller au grenier ou chercher dans la cave la vieille boîte
où, depuis presque un an, tous les personnages attendent patiemment de
revoir le jour. C'est l'étable qui est installée en premier, puis
viennent l'âne et le bœuf, et enfin tous les autres...
Comme à chaque veille de Noël, la crèche retrouve sa place dans de nombreux foyers, en France et dans le monde, pour perpétuer une tradition plus que millénaire, associée à la célébration de la naissance du Christ, la Nativité.
Un berceau dans une étable
La crèche est née avec le christianisme puisqu'elle est évoquée dans les premiers écrits des évangélistes.
C'est Luc qui y fait directement allusion, expliquant que Marie et Joseph, venus à Bethléem pour être recensés, n'avaient pu trouver place dans la salle commune de leur hôte. Faute de mieux, celui-ci les avait installés dans la pièce inférieure, affectée aux animaux.
L'enfant Jésus aurait donc été placé, dès sa naissance, dans la mangeoire pour bestiaux, désignée en allemand par le mot krippe qui a donné, au XIIe siècle, notre « crèche ».
Par extension, ce terme désigna rapidement les représentations de cet épisode, mais uniquement sous forme de décors comportant des personnages mobiles...
Joliment laïcisé, il désigne aujourd'hui une structure administrative qui accueille les tout-petits pendant que leurs parents travaillent.
Crèches vivantes et édification des fidèles
Tandis qu'expire l'empire romain d'Occident, que la célébration de la naissance de Jésus devient courante. Au cœur de l'hiver, elle prend la place des fêtes païennes dédiées au solstice et à la renaissance du soleil.
À l'origine, la crèche n'est qu'un outil, un décor rendant plus réalistes et frappantes les représentations « théâtrales » organisées à l'intérieur puis à l'extérieur des églises. Il s'agit de mettre en scène sous forme de tableaux vivants les différents épisodes de la vie du Christ afin de les enseigner au peuple illettré.
Saint François d'Assise, se rendant compte de l'efficacité du procédé, aurait été le premier en 1223 à créer une crèche vivante dans un cadre naturel, avec l'aide des villageois de Greccio. Son exemple fut suivi dans toute la chrétienté, y compris en France sous la forme de représentations pieuses appelées « mystères ». S'éloignant par trop de la morale religieuse, elles furent interdites en 1548 à Paris.
Crèches et santons
La vogue des crèches vivantes, à la fin du Moyen Âge, ne fait pas pour autant disparaître les crèches décoratives. Celles-ci deviennent au contraire plus maniables sous la forme de figurines dont la première mention date du XIIIe siècle, dans un monastère bavarois.
Malgré l'hostilité des disciples de Calvin à toute imagerie religieuse, les crèches se multiplient en Europe dans les siècles suivants sous l'influence de la Contre-Réforme, qui y voit un outil didactique.
L'époque baroque est pour elles le temps de la multiplication des personnages et de l'exubérance sans limite : dans la région de Naples, toutes les grandes familles se disputent l'honneur de posséder le plus bel exemplaire de presepe (mot italien pour une « étable ») !
La Révolution, interdisant les manifestations publiques de croyance, fait rentrer les crèches dans les maisons.
Elle suscite à son corps défendant une nouvelle forme d'art populaire : les santouns, ou petits saints, des figurines en mie de pain qui permettent à chaque Provençal de créer sa propre crèche dans l'intimité.
Leur succès est tel que, dès 1803, une grande foire leur est consacrée à Marseille, foire qui a toujours lieu aujourd'hui.
Au début du XIXe siècle, le sculpteur Jean-Louis Lagnel a l'idée de fabriquer les santons non plus en plâtre mais en argile, à partir de moules et donc reproductibles à volonté.
À partir de 1914, ils s'habillent grâce à l'abbé César Sumien qui montre un vrai souci du détail. Artisanaux ou fabriqués à la chaîne, les santons de Provence se caractérisent encore aujourd'hui par leur grande variété et leurs couleurs vives.
Petite galerie de personnages
Installée le 1er dimanche de l'Avent et rangée le 2 février, jour de la Chandeleur ou Présentation de Jésus au Temple, la crèche est une œuvre immédiatement identifiable grâce aux personnages qui la composent.
On y trouve la Sainte Famille avec la Vierge en prière face à son enfant et Joseph, souvent un peu en retrait. À leur côté, voici l'âne, peut-être celui qui va leur permettre de fuir en Égypte, et son compagnon le bœuf, locataire de l'étable ; tous deux réchauffent l'enfant de leur souffle.
Passons aux visiteurs. Venus d'Orient selon l'évangéliste Matthieu, trois mages, sans doute des prêtres du culte perse de Mazda, présentent au nouveau-né leurs trésors contenant de l'or, de l'encens et de la myrrhe, symboles de royauté, de divinité et d'humanité.
À côté des rois prennent place les bergers qui auraient reçu en premier la nouvelle de la naissance, annonce faite par un ange souvent représenté parmi eux. Selon les époques et les cultures, d'autres personnages participent à la scène, au point de retrouver toute la population du quartier ou du village, chats et poules y compris !
En or, en argile ou en paille, au cœur des cathédrales ou sur un coin de table, les crèches deviennent alors un miroir de la société rendant hommage à la maternité, à l'enfance, à la vie...
The Coming Imposter Messiah (Anti-Christ Dajjal) | Dr. Ali Ataie
Dr. Ali Ataie Please, do not waste your time with those so-called Muslims!
THEY ARE SELFISH HYPOCRITES, THIEVES, COWARDS, DAJJALIS, AND DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT GOD, ISLAM AND HUMANITY!
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Jesus (AS) As A Forerunner of the Beloved (SAW) | Dr. Ali Ataie
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TEACHER Dr. Ali Ataie gives spiritual insights about how Isa (peace and blessings be upon him) was the brother of Muhammad ﷺ (peace and blessings be upon him) and his forerunner. He also answers questions and addresses some of the delicate issues regarding Muslims who have Christian family members.
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This talk was held at the Masjid Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in Hayward, California on December 24, 2022. It was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California.
Watch this entire program: https://www.facebook.com/100081207770... - More Dr. Ali Ataie: http://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie Ustadh Ali Ataie is a perennial student and researcher who has been involved in interfaith activities for over two decades. He holds a Masters in biblical studies with a focus on New Testament and biblical languages. He also holds a PhD in cultural and historical studies in religion from the Graduate Theological Union. His doctoral work focused on Muslim hermeneutics of biblical texts, especially the Gospel of John. He lives in San Ramon, CA with his wife Roya and three daughters.
Learn more about him at https://zaytuna.edu/academics/faculty... More Professor Dr. Ali Ataie videos: http://mcceastbay.org/ali-ataie Sidi Ali Ataie studied various Islamic sciences with local San Francisco Bay Area scholars. He is a graduate of the Badr Arabic Language Institute in Hadramawt, Yemen, and studied at the prestigious Dar al-Mustafa, also in Hadramawt, under some of the most eminent scholars in the world.
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Education: M.A., Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union; Ph.D. Islamic Biblical Hermeneutics, Graduate Theological Union. Although the Prophet ﷺ subtly objected that people should not rise for him the way they used to rise for kings, Hassan ibn Thabit, the celebrated poet, struck by the Messenger’s beauty, rose and recited the following lines, - My rising for the beloved is upon me a mandate, - deserting a mandate is not upright. - I wonder about the one with insight and wit; - who sets eyes on such beauty and rises not! More MCC East Bay: Calendar of Events: http://www.mcceastbay.org/calendar Weekly Updates: http://www.mcceastbay.org/newsletter Support MCC: https://www.mcceastbay.org/sadaqa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MCCPleasanton Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcceastbay
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Jesus in the Abrahamic Tradition | Dr. Ali Ataie
Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
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Dr. Ali Ataie speaks about Jesus (peace be upon him) in the Scripture,
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Dr. Ali Ataie Ali Ataie is a perennial student and researcher who has been involved in interfaith activities for over two decades.
He holds a Masters in biblical studies focusing on New Testament and biblical languages.
He also holds a Ph.D. in cultural and historical studies in religion from the Graduate Theological Union.
His doctoral work focused on Muslim hermeneutics of Biblical texts, especially the Gospel of John.
He lives in San Ramon, CA, with his wife Roya Ataie and three daughters.
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Dr. Ali Ataie The Gospel of Barnabas promoted by Muslims was proven to be a forgery. When I read it, decades ago, I saw it was definitely a forgery! BAFS
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The forgery was formally confirmed by French Pr. Roger Garaudy.
How Muslims View Jesus? | Dr. Ali Ataie
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