Why do Cristian's keep pagan holidays???

Question

And not the holy feast days that are supposed to be kept forever according to the Laws and Prophets written in scripture???

easter from ishtar the goddess of fertility hints the egg, cristmas or the winter solstice, helloween or the worship of dead people, or better yet worshiping a sun god from rome

SORRY CHRISTIANS

Answer 1

Because Christianity has Pagan DNA.

Answer 2

Not all Christians participate in Pagan holidays. Some churches do observe Passover, the Feast of the First Fruits, and other traditional Jewish holy days and do not celebrate Easter and Christmas.

Why do non-Christians celebrate Easter and Christmas?

Tradition is the only answer I can come up with.

Right or wrong, people always do what they always have done because change is too difficult for most, and people want to belong to a group.

Answer 3

Fair question.

The reason that Chrsitian do not continue to keep the Jewish holy days is becasue we see them as shadows and types of Jesus. They were intended to show us the way to him. He is the fulfillment of those holy days. (Such as the ultimate Passover Lamb). It was an issue that was debated by the Christian during th first generation. Paul, writing in a letter to the early gentile Christian, who were be told they needed to keep all the Holy Days, said:
Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

That (and other New Testament scriptures) are taken to mean that as Christians we are not obligated to keep the Holy Days, just as we are not obligated to give blood sacrifces, or wear tassels on our garments, or have earlocks, etc.

The issue is dealt with in detail in a New Testament book called Hebrew. If you are really interesed in knowing what Christians believe on the subject, I invite you to read it. Might take a whole 20-30 minutes to read.

Why Christian's celebrate pagen holidays is another issue. You will have to ask Christians who do that. Most celebrate Christian holidays that happen to fall on days that were once pagen holidays. (When you consider that at the height of the Roman Empire, they celebrated over 250 holidays a year, it kind of hard to find a day that wasn't celebrated. If it wasn't a Roman holiday, then it was a celtic holiday, or a druid holiday, or a Chinese holiday, or....) But no Christian I know is celebrating the pagen holiday just because it came on the same day, any more that a Jew is celebrating the Christian Holy Week leading to Christ's crucifixion when Passover falls in the same week.

Answer 4

When new religions are formed, they usually take the holidays of former known religions. Christians adopted many pagan holy days because it was an easier transition for people. That's also why lots of customs that were once pagan are now Christian ones, such as Christmas trees.

Also, if you're going to write about Christians, lean to spell it right. C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N, not C-R-I-S-T-I-A-N

Answer 5

Well I don't celebrate Halloween, and yes I do decorate for Christmas cause its pretty, but I do not buy gifts cause I aint going into debt for something someone will put in a yard sale next year. But to answer your question on the Holy Feast and such. I aint a Jew.

Answer 6

Because of the olden days. Take Christmas for example. Jesus was actually born around September/October because of that's the only times when the shepherds are out around that time of year. So when Christians made it to the England area of the UK, the pagans would kill them for their beliefs. In order to celebrate the birth of Jesus, they moved the celebration to December 25th, a pagan holiday.

Answer 7

I think there needs to be a national message to Christians, stating that Halloween is a Pagan holiday. If they wish to celebrate it, fine. Just keep your mouth shut about their practices the other 364 days of the year. I don't see Pagans going to Christian churches one day out of the year to play dress up.

Answer 8

They are blinded to the truth about these pagan holidays, such as Christmas, Holloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, etc. Or if someone tried to teach them the truth, then they just don't want to hear it because they want to keep getting lots of presents or "just having fun." They don't care that what they are doing is not from God or Jesus.

Answer 9

When the Roman Empire embrace Christianity, they mix it with their existing pagan belief. The bible never taught christian to celebrate Jesus birth or resurrection days. It just told them to love God and other people. But the Roman empire has adding holidays since they used to celebrate them when they are still pagan.

Answer 10

Because, even if/when the Protestants say that they do not follow the Catholics, they do, all the time. In not only the feasts and festivals, but also in the day that they worship on. This may make some of them mad, but as far as I am concerned, they are all of them (Sunday worshipers) CATHOLICS!