We believe that Christmas makes little sense – and tends towards sentimentalism and consumerism – when people believe that certain Christian teachings are false. Over the last few years we have produced a number of resources which defend these key doctrines (for example, miracles, the virgin birth and the incarnation). We have gathered some of these articles on one page for those who missed the festive fun, or for those who want to revisit our defence of Christmas past. Enjoy – and a happy holiday season to all, saint and sceptic alike!
Why Christmas is Not a Fairy Tale
The first Christians believed that Christ was God incarnate
Christmas cards get the Gospels wrong
The virgin birth was not a pagan myth
The Gospel’s birth narratives do not contradict each other
Rationality, Evidence and the Virgin Birth
Is Jesus God? The testimony of the Gospels
Extraordinary claims do not require extraordinary evidence
Christianity, Christmas and the Greek Myths
Dawkins, Christmas and the God of the Physicists
Wishing American Atheists a Happy Christmas…
God, Santa and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Christmas Poem: Myrrh
Celestial hands that once were stained with stars
Now comprehend a manger’s temporal frame:
And God, dependent on a virgin’s cares,
Succumbs to man, presumes to take the blame.
The King of he’ven is fostered on the earth,
And breathes the dust from which He now is formed,
A mother knows His curse, a painful birth,
Archangels sing, the gates of hell are stormed.
Yet fierce resentments saturate the air,
And Rachel’s grief and mourning is decreed
As wise men leave their gifts of gold and myrrh
Who is this child who irks the human seed?
Immanuel, God with us, now disclosed,
Our servant comes, salvation is imposed.