Pagan Sun and Moon God.
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Halos rarely cross over as analogs for the sun.
You're not wrong in that Catholics do have their own brand of sun idolism, like with the Jesuits.
But halos are different.
Halos signify that the person has been mantled by/with the Holy Spirit. It's a symbol of anointing, which shows the person is in tune with the will of God. It's said to be the light of heaven, which is God, not the sun.
People who are depicted with a halo are like windows to heaven, and the light shines through them. They aren't the source of the light, just transparent enough (not dirty with sin) such that the light flows through them like a clear pane of glass.
It's the dove that rested upon Jesus after his baptism.
It's the mantle that Elisha asked to be given him at Elijah's "passing".
It's those "tongues of flame" that rested upon the heads of the Apostles after Pentecost.
The circle form is simply artistic shorthand misinterpretation -- a hyperbole to make sure it is noticed as intentionally present in the composition.
A real halo looks more like this:
https://cdn.photoworkout.com/images/guides/rim-light-photography/rim-light-photography-1.jpg?scale.option=fill&w=0&h=1000
That's not it exactly. It's subtle and gentle, with the occasional ray of light shooting off it like the rays of a streetlamp at night. It's not the big sun shape or the cartoon floating circle most artists draw.
It's a figure being rim-lit by the light of God.
Jesus himself is composed of this light, and his face shines with it. It does not blind, except for those who wish to be blind to Truth. His Blood is the light -- always moving and pulsing to the heartbeat of the Universe.
For those who've had but a glimpse of what he looks like, you can't think of His figure without crying (which I currently am). I'm not bold enough to say I've seen him personally, but I know the interpretation I've pieced together in my mind is on the right path because it so quickly brings me to tears and my knees fail on me (which isn't necessarily unusual with my cataplexy).
Rev 10:1
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/words/Halo
This is what I don't get. Evangelical Christians have basically the same beliefs that Catholics do: Jesus is God, the trinity, Christmas, the cross, heaven and hell, etc., butt Christians call Catholics pagans.
It's the worship of Mary thing. It's pretty sus,to regular christians.
Sure, I get it, the whole Saints things is also not in the Bible. But the main beliefs are the same. They all come from pagan religions, by the way, and not in the Bible either.
True by half. They are all rooted in Abraham as well. Christianity started as a jewish sect.
The beliefs I mentioned are not biblical. They were taken from pagan religions as christianity expanded into new territories. It was easier to convince people to accept a slight change to the characters in the religions in the new lands than to convince them to fully abandon their beliefs for a new religion.
That is why, in places where people worship any type of goddess, they replaced it with Mary. All the saints have to do with ancient beliefs that everybody has a personal god based on the day they were born. The cross, hell, life after death, immortal souls, and others have been part of many religions since or before egypt, and a part of many different cultures.
True. Quite the beliefs cocktail. It's much bigger than sun/moon. Every known planet was seen as a god. I suspect the great divide may actually be "Those that are Saturnian("original sun") and "non Saturnian". In the case of the Catholic church one must include the politics of the state as well. The early church was certainly political.