Thanksgiving is a widely celebrated holiday in the United States, typically observed on the fourth Thursday of November. It is commonly known as a time for people to gather with family and friends to express gratitude and give thanks for the blessings in their lives. However, some individuals argue that Thanksgiving has pagan origins and should not be celebrated by Christians. Critics of Thanksgiving as a pagan holiday often point to its historical roots as evidence. They claim that the holiday is derived from ancient pagan harvest festivals that were held to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. They argue that the early colonists who celebrated the first Thanksgiving were influenced by these pagan practices and incorporated them into their own religious observances.
Additionally, according to the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy, this festival has a lot to do with agriculture and gathering of the harvest. Many of the traditions surrounding the gathering of their crops show similarities to the pagan festival held around the same time.
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They argue that the early colonists who celebrated the first Thanksgiving were influenced by these pagan practices and incorporated them into their own religious observances. Furthermore, critics argue that Thanksgiving's association with Native American culture and traditions is another reason why it should be considered a pagan holiday. They claim that the emphasis on Native American customs and rituals during Thanksgiving celebrations is a form of syncretism, where pagan and Christian beliefs and practices are blended together.
Thanksgiving a purely pagan celebration
It’s like someone doing massacres in your house then tells you to celebrate to forgive you.
Those who celebrate are really brainwashed
Early Criminals who made oppression and genocides for American ancestors, seized lands and removed people of America from their lands, from their crops…In search of gold. Then they wrote America’s fake history. They named them Red indians
While they were neither red nor Indians but native Americans
Haven’t you seen the mountains of piled up skeletons found when they were digging to build stadiums for Olympic games in the US more than 200 millions were killed
After that Puritan Christians shook hands with you and sat down with you in celebration for what they did for the torment they gave you
I urge you to listen to all of this Friday sermon
It’s so powerful
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https://www.spreaker.com/…/r…/a-warning-against-thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has a paganist origin🤔
America didn’t create Thanksgiving, it’s adopted.
Thanksgiving’s origins can be traced back to Greek and Roman harvest celebrations, by strict dictionary definition, this alone makes Thanksgiving a pagan holiday (ie, polytheistic)
The harvest festival was a pagan celebration, the religious thanksgiving was from the Church of England
In the 1800s Sarah Hale marketed the idea of a universal national American thanksgiving holiday that combined the religious thanksgivings with the harvest festival thanksgivings
SO BY CELEBRATING IT YOU MELT IN THE NEW WOLRD UNIVERSAL RELIGION (SYNCRETISM)
The cornucopia is a Greek & Roman religious symbol that can be traced back directly to the time of Jesus and further into the past
Adjustments of a pagan celebration does not make it halal. I.e Removing the pagan elements like “breaking the wish bone”
does not change the pagan origins of any holiday
The pagan harvest celebration called Harvest Home, (also called harvest thanksgiving) which originated in Church of England.
The cornucopia, a common symbol of Thanksgiving, originated from Roman and Greek mythology, from the horn of the Greek god Amalthea.
Thanksgiving Day (as a national celebration) was instituted with the intent, and by design, to be a holy day, not an ambiguously labeled “holiday”. There is no uncertainty about this, as we have primary historical references that prove this intent.
Prophet Muhammad ordered us not to celebrate other nation’s feasts or holi days
This the holy spirit of Thanksgiving Day. …That all may offer up, in one grand melody, that glorious hymn to the Creator, “Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good-will towards men.”
Godey’s Lady’s Book 1872
By the 6th century, the rulership of Rome had spread to England and there, the old Roman festival of Cerelia became known as the Harvest Home Festival and later Harvest Festival of Thanksgiving. The Church of England adopted this festival as a religious gathering but the festival was celebrated by both Christians and non-Christians; just like it is today. Over the next 1000 years, the Church of England went through many political battles with Rome over political and religious issues; causing certain groups within the church to split and travel to the Americas in search of gaining power, wealth and religious freedom there.
This war between the Puritans (and their allies from the Wampanoag tribe) and the so-called Indians became known as the Pequot War, and lasted from 1636-1638. However, the European armies prevailed and many Indians lost their lives in horrific fashion. In 1637 near present day Groton, Connecticut, the Puritan colonist raided the Indian Villages and burned over 700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe alive. The next day, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, declared “A Day Of Thanksgiving” to be celebrated in honor of killing the native Indians of the land. In his own words, Governor John Winthrop’s proclaimed: “This day forth shall be a day of celebration and thanksgiving for subduing the Pequots.”
After their victory over the so-called Indians, the colonist began to attack other villages; seizing their land, capturing strong young Natives for slaves and killing the rest. Women and children over 14 were sold into slavery while the rest were murdered. Boats loaded with as many as 500 slaves regularly left the ports of New England to other places. Following a very successful raid against the Pequot tribe in Stamford, Connecticut, the white churches announced a second day of “Thanksgiving” to give thanks to their God and celebrated victory over whom they called, the heathen savages. During the feasting, they played soccer with the chopped off heads of the natives and kicked them through the streets like soccer balls.
As other English and Dutch colonizers migrated to the US and settled in other Indian tribal territories, they also raided and murdered various indian tribes that were living their regions. These tribes included the: Lenape, Esopus, Tuscarora, Yamasee, Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Coyaha, Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pedee, Cape Fear, Cheraw, Pays d’en haut, Mingo, and many other tribes. Each of the tribes went to war against their colonizers and many of their members were murdered; presumably followed by a thanksgiving feast in honor of the Europeans victory over the natives.
Stop celebrating this holiday feast as it represents the European’s murder of the indigenous people of the American land and it is actually rooted in paganism.
And it is my hope that by you reading this article that you will be challenged to withdraw your participation from this pagan genocidal celebration as well.
🌱Al Imam Addahabi said on this Ayah
(5:51) O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliya’ (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but Auliya’ to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliya’, then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers and unjust
♦️Adahabi said that from the ways of taking them (Jews and Christians) is taking part of any level with their festivals and celebrations. Whilst, they would be ordered to hide their own celebrations in non Muslim countries. And no one does that except the weak in his faith and ignorant. Whoever immitates a people in their religion then he is from amongst them
The interpreter Mujahid ( the direct student of Abd Allah Ibn Abbas) said on this Ayah
(25:72) And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.
Mujahid said that falsehood here are the celebrations and holidays of the kuffar
Islam came strange and has returned strange majority are mostly on falsehood
Imam Dahabi said when taking part in such pagan celebrations you automatically raise your kids to love non Muslims and their traditions and beliefsso what a horrible and ignorant Muslim you are then
That Thanksgiving is a mere thinking Allah
The answer is whomever resembles a people in their religion is one of them
In another narration he will be resurrected with them
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Since my pagan background gave no reason to suspect Thanksgiving as anything other than an American holiday, I did a little research on the internet and found there are those attempting to tie the day back to ancient harvest festivals. I don't mean to disregard the many different pagan cultures who do celebrate harvest festivals and attribute a bountiful harvest to their gods and goddesses, but why presume that this was the pilgrim's intentions as they gathered to give thanks for surviving their first long winter?
On the other hand, proponents of Thanksgiving argue that its historical and cultural significance should not overshadow its current meaning and purpose. They believe that the holiday has evolved over time to become a celebration of gratitude and unity, rather than a religious or pagan observance. Additionally, supporters of Thanksgiving claim that Christians can celebrate the holiday without compromising their beliefs. They argue that Christians can use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to reflect on God's blessings and express gratitude for His provision. They also emphasize the importance of focusing on the true meaning of Thanksgiving and not getting caught up in its historical origins. In conclusion, the debate over whether Thanksgiving is a pagan holiday or not continues to spark discussion among Christians and non-Christians alike. While some argue that its historical roots and association with pagan customs make it inappropriate for Christians to celebrate, others believe that Thanksgiving can be a meaningful and spiritual observance without compromising one's faith. Ultimately, the decision to celebrate Thanksgiving or not as a Christian is a personal one that each individual must make based on their own convictions and beliefs..
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