Into the Absurd #120: Christmas and The Sermon on the Mount
Today, I divulge into why Christmas is on December 25th, then I do an entire analysis of The Sermon on the Mount. For those unfamiliar, The Sermon on the Mount is a speech which, according to the Bible, Jesus Christ gave. It is, more or less, Jesus' magnum opus of philosophy within Orthodox Christianity .
Sources
The Sermon on the Mount - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205-7&version=NIV
History of Christmas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-Forsythe-27
Other Winter Solstice festivals - https://www.amli.com/blog/7-ways-the-winter-solstice-is-celebrated-in-the-wo#:~:text=This%20Incan%20celebration%20of%20the,Soyal
Other theories - https://www.youthpastortheologian.com/blog/why-do-we-celebrate-christmas-on-december-25th
The Gospel of Thomas - https://www.marquette.edu/maqom/Gospel%20of%20Thomas%20Lambdin.pdf
Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Viktor Frankl’s A Man’s Search for Meaning
My Novel:
On Death and God
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Outro provided by Brock Tanya.