Images representing the Christian Cult and “Christmas”.
by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News
I have frequently documented over the years that there is no new religion called “Christianity” that is found anywhere in the New Testament portion of the Bible, and that Christianity was codified into an official religion in the 4th Century under the Roman Emperor Constantine. See:
Fact Check: “Christianity” and the Christian Religion is NOT Found in the Bible – The Person Jesus Christ Is
The original apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ were all Jews, and they distinguished themselves from other Jews by claiming to be members of The Way, which was a term taken from the words of Jesus Christ himself, that he spoke to them shortly before he was executed by the Satanic Jews:
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am The Way and The Truth and The Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:5-7)
Jesus himself distinguished between the Jews who believed in him and who were called his “disciples”, and the Jews who rejected him as the Messiah, whom he said followed Satan as their father.
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
“If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
You are doing the things your own father does.
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.
When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” (John 8)
However, “Christians” are referred to 3 times in the New Testament.
Who were these people called “Christians,” and were they viewed favorably by the true believers in Jesus Christ who were members of The Way?
Ancient Pagan Feast Illustration.
There actually is one group of Christians referred to in the New Testament, and these Christians and their teachings were undoubtedly the beginnings of what would become the Christian Religion under Constantine as the official religion of Rome a couple of hundred years later.
Jesus himself identifies this group in the book of Revelation, and he said that he “hated” the actions of these Christians.
The last book of the Bible is Revelation, and it was written by John, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
The first three chapters of Revelation were addressed to 7 specific congregations meeting in what was then Asia Minor (present day Turkey).
In Jesus’s messages to these 7 congregations of The Way, in two them he mentioned a group of Christians called “Nicolaitans”, whose actions he said he hated.
He commended the believers in Ephesus for also hating their practices, but condemned the believers in Pergamum for holding to their teachings.
To the believers in Ephesus:
But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (Revelation 2:6)
To the believers in Pergamum:
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality. Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. (Revelation 2:14-15)
Some of the early Christian writers including Irenaeus, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus, Epiphanius, and Theodoret, attribute this Christian group called “Nicolaitans” as followers of Nicolas, who we meet in Acts chapter 6, when he is mentioned as one of the 7 men chosen to be “deacons” (literally, “servants”) to help the apostles stay focused on teaching.
In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said,
“It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. (Acts 6:1-5)
As we can read here, Nicolas was from Antioch, and unlike the others, Nicolas did NOT grow up as a Jew, but was converted to Judaism, from the pagan, polytheistic religion of the Romans.
We read later in Acts that it was in Antioch that believers in Jesus Christ who were not from Jewish backgrounds were first called “Christians.”
Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.
The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch. (Acts 11)
So up until this point, none of the disciples of Jesus had been called “Christians”, because they were Jews, and of the sect of Judaism that belonged to “The Way.”
Jews were brought in to Antioch to teach these new Greek believers, with the main one being Paul.
Paul was the most scholarly Jew of all the apostles, as he was trained as a Pharisee in the Jewish religion. His expertise was explaining from the Old Testament Scriptures that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah, and that the Gospel (Good News) about salvation through Jesus Christ now applied to ALL people, including non-Jews.
Nicolas, apparently, did not follow the teachings of Paul, and began his own group that became known as the Nicolaitans. These were among the first Christian groups, and their practices and actions are what Jesus stated to John in Revelations that he hated.
We get a good idea as to why Jesus hated their actions in his words to the believers in Pergamum, where he compares the practices of the Nicolaitans to the ways of Balaam in the Old Testament, who taught the Israelites “to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.”
You can read the story of Balaam in the Old Testament book of Numbers, starting in chapter 22.
He was a non-Hebrew, but he did function as a true “prophet” or “seer” as God spoke to him, and he told the people what God was saying.
He was hired by a King who was Israel’s enemy who wanted Balaam to curse the people of Israel, but Balaam could not do it, because God was not cursing them.
But Balaam did entice the believers to “sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.”
The English word used in the translation here does not do justice to the severity of these sins. The Greek word used for “sexual immorality” is πορνεύω – porneuō, and is most often translated in the Bible as “adultery”, but it goes far beyond just adultery and includes far worse sexual sins, including pedophilia.
The “food sacrificed to idols” reference is not just merely referring to food one might buy in a marketplace somewhere that was sacrificed to an idol, but was part of the pagan, Satanic practices of temple worship, which included orgy-like feasts where the food was sacrificed to demons, temple prostitutes, and even child sacrifice to idols/demons such as Molech.
Is it any wonder then why Jesus stated that he hated the actions of these Christians, and commended the believers in Ephesus for not participating in them, while criticizing the believers in Pergamum who tolerated them?
This was the beginning of the Christian religion, which was a mixture of Greek and Roman paganism occultist teaching mixed in with Judaism and a sprinkling of teaching about Jesus Christ as well.
St. Nicholas, Christian, Christmas, Krampus, and Satanic Paganism
Krampus was incorporated into the Christmas festival around the 17th century. Image source.
Another St. Nicholas appears in the history of Christianity over one hundred years later, not far from Antioch in the city of Myra (present day Turkey).
Not much is known about this historical person, as his legend was incorporated into mythology in several cultures over the centuries, and in some cultures became known as “Santa Claus,” a mythological figure still celebrated today in the United States and other Western cultures.
It is certainly plausible that this “Saint Nicholas” took after his namesake from Nicolas of Antioch and perhaps the founder of Christianity.
Fiona Keating, writing for the International Business Times, has documented the dark side of the Santa Claus myth that arose in the 17th Century.
St Nicholas’ Day: Dark secrets behind the myth of Santa Claus
St Nicholas’ Day is celebrated on 6 December across the world in honour of the benign bringer of gifts. But the story behind the saint, who is the model for Santa Claus, has a much darker history peppered with tales of murder, mutilation, cannibalism and infanticide.
In Europe, especially in Germany and Poland, boys dress up as bishops to beg alms for the poor, while in Ukraine, children expect St Nicholas to place a present under their pillows if they have been good throughout the year.
Children who behave badly are punished by having a twig or piece of coal placed beneath their pillow. The tradition differs across countries, so in the Netherlands, Dutch children put out a clog filled with hay and a carrot for St Nicholas’ horse.
However, there are dark tales and threats of menace that surround this popular figure. According to a traditional French children’s song from the 17th century, three children are killed and chopped up by a butcher in his shop and stowed away in a large salting tub, with overtones of cannibalism.
St Nicholas revived them and returned them to their families, hence his reputation as a children’s protector.
Devil worship and the cult of St Nicholas is more clearly defined in Germanic folklore. In Austria, Bavaria and Tyrol, the saint is accompanied by Krampus, a demonic-like figure. Krampus punishes children by carrying them off to his lair.
On 5 December, Krampus Night is when drunken young men dress up as hairy devils roaming the streets to terrify children, shaking rusty chains and bells.
Krampus’ terrifying presence was banned for many years with the Catholic Church forbidding the pagan celebrations, and fascists in the Second World War found Krampus objectionable because they thought it was created by the Social Democrats. (Source.)
Apparently Krampus is still a Christmas tradition in Germany and other places around the world.
Here is a report from 2013.
Germany Prepares For Terrifying Tradition Krampus
Germany is preparing to celebrate Krampus, possibly the world’s most frightening Christmas tradition.
Krampus is a beast-like creature that originates from German folk law. He punishes children during the Yule season – he is essentially Saint Nicholas’ evil brother.
The beast is said to capture naughty children during the night and carry them in his sack to his layer where he either drowns, eats or transports them to hell.
Krampus is celebrated in Germany and beyond, with events taking place in Austria, Bavaria, Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Croatia.
During the celebrations, men dress up as Krampus and roam the streets, frightening children. Krampus’ appearance traditionally has long goats horns, straggled hair, cloven hooves and a forked tongue. Men now wear horned masks and carry chains and bells.
Christmas cards with Krampus on are also sent.
Happy Krampus Christmas cards. (Source.)
Since Santa Claus actors at Christmas time get access to young children who sit on their laps, is it any wonder that many of them have been arrested as pedophiles?
Ronald Carroll McDonald
Ronald Carroll McDonald (February 25, 1926 – August 7, 2011) was an American convicted child molester known for playing Santa Claus for over 25 years before confessing to his crimes.
McDonald had been a prominent figure in Lake Forest Park, Washington as a year-round Santa, who volunteered his time at least six days a week to working with children, including those in the Seattle area hospitals.
When it was revealed that McDonald had been molesting children, the news gained international attention. (Source.)
“Best Santa Ever” A Pedophile?
A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children’s parties and performed as “the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen.”
Wayne Nelson Corliss told authorities he had sex with three boys in Thailand six years ago, an experience he described as “euphoria,” a prosecutor said Thursday at Corliss’ first court appearance.
The arrest of the bespectacled, gray-haired 58-year-old at his Union City apartment late Wednesday capped a two-day global manhunt, just the second time Interpol has sought the public’s help in tracking down a suspected pedophile. He is believed to have sexually abusing at least three boys thought to have been 6 to 10 years old, according to the international police agency.
Corliss is charged with producing child pornography and could face 10 to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark. (Source.)
“Santa Claus” Sentenced for Distributing Child Pornography
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 38-year-old Corpus Christi man who worked as a Santa Claus impersonator for 15 years has been ordered to prison for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Reynaldo Ramirez pleaded guilty in May 2016.
Today, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos sentenced Ramirez to 235 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by 20 years of supervised release. He must also register as a sex offender. (Source.)
Disney participates in this cult, teaching children the ways of Satan Claus.
I’ll stand with Jesus on this issue. I too hate the ways of the Nicolatians.
The entire Christian religion has historically been a history of Satanic paganism, mixed in with a little bit of truth.
Your children are not safe around most of these Christians.
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. (Matthew 7:12-14)
I want to thank William (Bil) Howard for his research on the Nicolaitans that helped me write this article. Bil has been a long-term subscriber of Health Impact News, and he is a Bible teacher in the country of Colombia.
Like myself, he does NOT earn his living from Corporate Christianity, and he recently started publishing some of his studies on Substack:
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