Since they couldn't get the people to stop celebrating pagan holidays, they tricked them instead. Years later, we still celebrate Christmas on that same day.
2006-07-11 09:00:18 · 18 answers · asked by mutterhals 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hey Molly, you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are ya sweetie?
2006-07-12 08:18:43 · update #1
EVERY ONE knows that.
The Queen of England even moved her birth date.
So What!
2006-07-11 09:04:20 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Really? My Latin teacher told me the story was that the Christians were being persecuted by the Romans and couldn't freely celebrate the birth of Christ. So they made it later so it would be at the same time as a pagan holiday and they could celebrate the birth of Christ and have people think they were celebrating the pagan holiday.
2006-07-11 16:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by mychemicalobsession 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!!!!!!!!! Christians never changed the birth date of Christ. Christians observe the birthdate of Christ Dec. 25th. Everyone knows that Dec 25 was a great roman Festival to the Pagan sun God. Pagans became Christians and took their customs with them. Call it politics...or what you may but it did benefit christianity.
By the way, the same thing happened when Mohammad named the popular pagan God Allah as the one true God. Great politics. yes?
2006-07-11 16:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Roxton P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Not that anyone really knows the date anyway. It's anyone's guess. Even the year is probably off by more than a few. Almost every "christian" holiday has pagan origins.
2006-07-11 16:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't know exactly when Jesus was born. The best available evidence and scholarly research says in August.
Yes, the date was moved.
The date is not the point. What happened is the point.
2006-07-11 16:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by wiregrassfarmer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The exact day is not important, its celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior that is important. I wish the Catholic church hadn't changed it, but I'm not overly concerned.
2006-07-11 16:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is believed that christ was born in the spring, yet we aren't sure when. December 25 is the winter equinox which resembles the light (aka christ). so that was chosen as his birthday
2006-07-11 16:04:19 · answer #7 · answered by esero26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didja know that they changed a lot more then just that.
2006-07-11 16:03:29 · answer #8 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. What's the difference?
2006-07-11 16:05:24 · answer #9 · answered by keri gee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so is Easter......the third sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox...that's sounds pagan to me :)
2006-07-11 16:05:41 · answer #10 · answered by slycher2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋