As we covered Christmas Eve services one thing hit us strong. Jesus has been a household name even among non Christians for over 2,000 years. We thought about modern celebrities, scholars, innovators and wondered who becomes so enshrined in our lives that 2,000 years later we still celebrate their birthday.
The name Gal-Sal isn't exactly a household name, yet some scholars say this is the oldest known "celebrity" recorded. Some 35,000 years ago. Other names like Sri Krishna, Ramses II, Homor, Buddha, Confusicious, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Caeser and Cleopatra are all a little more well now names. And they have been around for centuries.
But we're hard pressed to find a more widely known name than Jesus, especially in this country. And today millions of people in this country and around the world celebrated his birthday.
The name Gal-Sal isn't exactly a household name, yet some scholars say this is the oldest known "celebrity" recorded. Some 35,000 years ago. Other names like Sri Krishna, Ramses II, Homor, Buddha, Confusicious, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Caeser and Cleopatra are all a little more well now names. And they have been around for centuries.
But we're hard pressed to find a more widely known name than Jesus, especially in this country. And today millions of people in this country and around the world celebrated his birthday.
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Tom Brady who? Lebron who? These folks are pretty famous, but when is their birthday? How about Confucius or Caeser or Socrates. Only Jesus' birthday is pretty much in everyones brain. Again, at least in this country since we basically shut most things down on this day andplanter Christmas everywhere, even an obligatory demarkation on all calendars.
Jesus is a pretty big deal here, or at least remembering his birth is a big deal. Oh it has become commercialized for sure and Santa has perhaps taken over as the patron saint of the holiday in most folks minds, but it isn't Santa's birthday that is being celebrated.
Christians all over the world, practicing or not, generally agree that the 25th of December is celebrated because of the birth of Jesus Christ. Over 2000 years later many still honor this birth, and those of another faith are still likely to know this is Christ's presumed birthday
Now christians will argue that Jesus is not a celebrity, but the son of God and in essence God as God humbled himself to come to earth as a human in the form of his son. Other religious faiths will disagree with this and place Jesus as a philosopher or even deny his existence.
We at eight & 322 are not smart enough to know either way, but we are fascinated with the concepts of belief and how folk practice.
We at eight & 322 are not smart enough to know either way, but we are fascinated with the concepts of belief and how folk practice.
The depths of belief and the comfort that comes from that belief are powerful. Strong ways to move forward in daily life and meditative prayer. The notion of eternal life is not foreign in other religions or even in science. Light and energy travel billions of years and we are of energy ourselves.
So who knows?
So who knows?
It is beautiful to think about and be among those who collectively think about those very things within a sanctuary. There is no doubt that we feed off each others energy and during a mass or service, that energy rises
Merry Christmas from Eight & 322.
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