It is true that many of the Christian holidays are borrowed from other religions....

How much does Wicca borrow from other religions?
There is Germanic, Strega, Egyptian, Mesepotamian, Babylonian, Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, Asian.. pick a non-mainstream religion and even parts of mainstream...

The use of an alter cloth originated in Judeaism.... so it is sacrosanct not only to jews but muslims and christians as well....

The next time you get into a discussion with a christian about "stolen" ideas, look at your belief structure and ponder where it's origins come from.... Very few things are original....

borrowing works both ways.

Well, there is no new thing under the sun! It seems to me that ALL religions have borrowed from those before them, at least as far back as I have read, and I read a LOT! LOL

Ladylynx

I agree. Everyone claims that everything was borrowed from their religions. It's something that can be argued until everyone is blue in the face. I guess in my opinion, it isn't that big of a deal. It doesn't matter where something originally came from, but how and what you do with it.