Yes, many religions that existed before Christianity had their version of devil, and Krampus is one of those. But....if devil from those religions is true one....do you understand implications there?
Or is it simple that people wanted to personify evil and good long long long time before Christianity? Krampus (sor of devil) is only half part of it, isn't it? There is a good guy right?
God pre-existed everything and created Satan before he created man. Satan was an angel that rebelled along with other angels who, after man was on the earth, masqueraded as gods to turn us away from the one true God. Demons are the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim. They are the unholy offspring of fallen angels and humans.
Technically, Christianity didn’t exist until 2000 years ago but in reality it is the continuation of God’s plan for man which started in the garden of Eden.
“And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.””
â€â€Genesis‬ â€3‬:â€15‬
So, other religions that personified evil were right as they identified Satan long before Christianity became a thing?
BTW Christianity ADOPTED those rituals. Christianity even moved Christmas itself to winter just to incorporate into those pegan rituals.
Don't you understand what that implies about Christianity and all Christian rituals?
I don’t deny that the old “gods” are real. They were real, only they were lesser beings created by God most high. They rebelled and sought to undermine God by pretending to be worthy of worship when in fact they too were created beings.
“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.”
â€â€Romans‬ â€1‬:â€25‬ â€
The Roman and Egyptian pantheons, the Norse Gods, etc.- they were real, possibly even the same beings just rebranded.
As far as Christmas and other holidays, those aren’t necessary to be a Christian. When Christianity spread to different areas and became dominant, they often took local customs and Christianized them. But they aren’t part of the religion. Since Christians don’t even celebrate Christmas because of the pagan origins.
By the way, most Christian rituals are actually unbiblical. The Romans bastardized Christianity. Personally I think it was a mistake to allow Christianity to be co-opted by Rome.
Christians used to meet in small groups in homes, study the scripture, and try to follow Jesus. The church was a very decentralized structure.
It was too hard to control so the Romans herded everyone into former temples and set up a hierarchy that they could influence. This is when it became easy to introduce all kinds of heresies.
The only rituals I can think of in the New Testament are baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and meeting together as a church.
The book called Romans was written by Paul to Christians living in Rome during the first century long before the Roman Empire injected itself into the church. The verse I quoted was just an illustration about how people all over the world began to worship the created things, like fallen angels and demons, instead of the Creator.
