Why on earth do we celebrate the birth of Jesus on a pagan holiday?

Question

And if we know the truth are not we commiting blasphemy?

Answer 1

its gross neglect on the part of Christians when they celebrate the "birthday" of Jesus, knowing full well, dec 25 used to be celebrated as the birthday of tammuz....(Refer to any encyclopedia for proof on this)

Jesus was born on the feast of Tabernacles and was crucified on the passover. So anyone who is sincere should celebrate on the day of the feast of Tabernacles and not on dec25

Answer 2

A believer can joyfully celebrate the birth of Jesus on any day at any time, since the time frames have changed since the life span of Jesus Christ on the earth. Blasphemy is not celebrating
it at all.

Answer 3

It used to be celebrated in March or April, but then changed a few hundred years ago because it matched a pagan holiday that many people celebrated (December, when the sun resurrects and begins longer days).

Answer 4

Early Christion poohbahs turned many, many pagan feast-days and holy sites into Christian ones to capitalize on the faith the witless peasants already had. They used the popularity of those days and places to springboard their new faith into common usage. A great many churches etc. which are now Christian were once pagan. Often, the worshipping peasants weren't really informed of the change in authority and continued worshipping, providing the Christians with a sort of instant flock.

Answer 5

Because they really don't know what day he actually born so... hey, why not choose someone else's holiday, and say that when they do what they're doing, they're *actually* celebrating the birth of *our* savior! Christians have a habit of telling other people not just what they should believe, but what they actually *do* believe, as if they can see inside their heads. They can't fathom that not everyone believes their fairy tales.

Edit: Oh tex, please do enlighten us with the wisdom of the kkk. Or are you just going to make an arbitrary insult and be too chicken sht to back it up, as usual?

Answer 6

I don't, but most (Matt.7:13)do because they want to follow the tradition of man instead of God's Will(Luke 4:4).
Rom.10:3 = "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God."
Hosea 4:6 = "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."



Scripture doesn't mention Jesus's birthdate or any christians celebrating His Birthday. The only birthday mentioned besides Pharoah is the heathen king Herod. "Christmas" means "mass of Christ"; the celebration coexisted in Rome before there was any in Jerusalem. The early Roman Church however did establish a pagan festival that (Jer.10) coexisted with Jesus's Birth and that was the birthday of the sun god. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., article: "Christmas"). The Catholic sources admit that Christmas didn't co-exist with the earliest festivals. Jesus wasn't born Christmas; even scripture makes this evident. "On the night of Jesus's birth, the shepherd's were still keeping watch over their flocks." (Luke 2:8). The rainy season in Ancient Israel began after the Feast of Tabernacles which generally is early October. In November, it would be cool and wet; the flocks from the pasture had already been brought and kept in winter quarters by the shepherds. This tells us the shepherds were no longer in the fields at night. Another peice of evidence is overlooked is in Luke 1:35-36; it tells us John the Baptist was born to Mary's cousin Elizabeth six months before Jesus. And as we look further in verse 5-17, we see Zacharias an elderly priest burning incense on the altar and then an angel appearing to him and telling him that he and his wife would have a son to prepare Christ's Way. We know however when this announcement was made by the angel because of Zacharias was "of the course of Abijah" Please look at 1Chron.24:1-19; it tells us that King David divided these priests into 24 "courses" that served in the temple by rotation. The Course of Abijah would be the 8th of the 24 courses which usually would occur around the end of May. Pentecost came the week after the 8th course served and he had to serve all 24 courses during the three festival seasons. So Zacharias came home approximately after the first week of June; in which John the Baptist was conceived around mid-June and 9 months later would be his birth. John Baptist's birth came around mid-March while Jesus's was around mid-September. Also notice every year people claim 3 wise men seen Jesus in a stable; is this really true? The Bible nowhere states "3 wise men" or "that the wise men visited Jesus in a stable". Read for yourself: (Matt.2:11); these Magi came from the east beyond the Euphrates River which in the 1st century was called the Parthian Empire (the eastern border of the Roman Empire).

I can't finish this: so you would have to see it on:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/271589370/1342393463049373547FazWzQ

How Nimrod(hero-god) got into Christmas.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/271589370/1272715597049373547QOChzt

Answer 7

tradition my man. Oh, and Constantine enforced it to get more people to go to his new church/failing government. What's more is the fact that the only people who celebrated birthdays in the scripture are murderous kings such as Herod who gave his daughter John the baptists head on a plate for hers.

Answer 8

We do it , to celebrate his birth and to keep his memory alive .
It does not matter what day we do it as long as we do it .

In my opinion , some "religions" try to destroy this tradition because they think if they destroy Christmas so will they destroy Christanity and memory of Jesus .

In my opinion , they try to destroy religion with "religion" same as they are trying to destroy the holy cross and all religious images of Jesus and the Saints . "Out of sight , out of mind"
( You forget what you don't see)

Answer 9

Because people are to lazy to research anything we do things because of the triditions of our parents and affraid of being outkast by the people who were groomed doing such things




Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Answer 10

One day is as another, seeing how somebody picked that day long ago for whatever reason is just fine by God, seeing how He made all days anyway. He's not offened by it, so don't worry be happy.