Since Jesus was not really born on Dec. 25, why do people still celebrate Christmas, wouldn't that be wrong,

Question

since that is actually a lie, wouldn't Jehovah and Jesus be pretty mad at the human population?

Answer 1

The fact that Jesus wasn't born on that day is not what make it wrong. What makes it wrong is all the traditions that are pagan and have false-religous connotations to them.

Does it really make sense to make a tribute to Jesus using the same practices that were originally conceived of to give devotion to a false god, who in fact would be Jesus enemy?

You asked, "since that is actually a lie, wouldn't Jehovah and Jesus be pretty mad at the human population?"

And I say, it doesn't have to do with a specific date on the calendar, but rather, it has to do with the following principle being blatantly ignored when the apostate church of the 4th century decide to adopt these pagan worship rites and give them new, so-called "christian" meaning...

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 “Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Be´li·al? Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols?.”

Christmas is the yoking together of Jesus and false worship.

Answer 2

Yes, it would be wrong.
Look at Deut.4:19; 17:3; Gal.4:8-10 and Jer.10.
I don't celebrate Christmas, Birthdays and the other Pagan Days; I celebrate God's Holy Days found in Lev.23.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/370320470/1433208069049373547DrdFPq

GAL.4:8-11 = "Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain."

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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).

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Answer 3

They don't understand that Christmas is a holiday that "Christian" religious leaders adapted from the Romans so they would convert to Christianity. The celebration of Christmas (it wasn't called that at the time) took place long before Jesus was even born, but of course people don't want to believe that they don't want to do any research then they will just be stuck celebrating a false holiday.

Answer 4

The vast majority of so-called "Christmas" traditions are actually false religious pagan tradition rather than god-honoring.

It would seem that the Almighty and Jesus would only be unhappy with those humans who glorified false gods, rather than with the entire human population.

(1 Corinthians 8:5-6) For even though there are those who are called “gods,” whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many “gods” and many “lords,” there is actually to us one God the Father


For example, Jehovah's Witnesses do not maintain any vestiges of paganism in their worship. Learn more:
http://watchtower.org

Answer 5

Not really, because there is no dogmatic birth date, as long as we pick a day to celebrate the occasion. I think he'll be happy with that, one day out of 360 where most of the world at least recoginizes his exsistence, even though the majority don't believe.

In my personal opinion, I think we must celebrate Jesus Christ on a habitual basis.

Answer 6

Can I assume that you are a Jehovah's Witness? You then shouldn't concern yourself with Christmas (since you don't recognize it anyway ) , nor should you concern yourself with Jesus (since you are not Christian either). You are in a false religion whose rules have been revised several times to correct obvious errors in your doctrine. Since you have access to the internet, why don't you go and research your religion. You need to have an open mind so you can decide rationally. I think God (or in your case...Jehovah) gave us this gift of intelligence for a purpose. If He wanted us to just follow blindly, we wouldn't need brains. I am an Agnostic ( a doubter of religions who believes in God), so you cannot accuse me of promoting another religion.

Answer 7

Not so much a lie as something futile. No redemptive purpose. Christmas is a pagan holiday despite how it's packaged.

Answer 8

Christmas used to be a pagon holiday. Christians turned it into Jesus's birthday to over-shine the pagon culture.

Answer 9

That is just the day the church chose many years ago to celebrate the birth of christ. The actual day is unknown.

Answer 10

His conception was on that date.

Gennesis (begetting) of our Lord on or about 1st Tebeth December 25
Birth of our Lord on or about 15th Tisri September 29, 2 B.C.