Most Christian denominations celebrate Christmas and Easter as the 2 most holy days of the year, but don't even have an understanding of the holidays that God established for His people in Leviticus. I grew up Christian and I'm sad that I missed out on God's holidays growing up. They have so much depth and are amazing! They are all prophetic of Yeshua/Jesus also. Besides, Christmas and Easter both have strong pagan roots.
Anyone else think this is a sad, sad thing?
Anyone else interested in God's holidays? They're amazing!
2006-07-21 19:31:25 · 14 answers · asked by Jujubee 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So, for you who admit that it's out of ignorance, would you change your celebrations if you found out the truth?
2006-07-21 19:34:35 · update #1
The word says that "..My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge." Christians have blindly fallen into worldy traditions. I agree with you about how the holidays are tainted. Resurrection Sunday is/has been called "Easter," based on pagan fertility rituals, hence the eggs. Christmas is commercialized, with the true intent being glossed over by Santa Claus, created by the Coca-Cola company to increase sales around the season. We need to keep the intergrity of the holy days.
2006-07-21 19:41:30 · answer #1 · answered by Happy Alien 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christians back then tried to convert all the pagans, so what they did was turn one or two of their holidays into Christian holidays. But we still celebrate them for the right reasons, no matter the roots. We celebrate Easter because we celebrate Jesus's resurrection, and we celebrate Christmas to celebrate His birth.
That's why they chose to celebrate Jesus's birthday in December -- to convert the pagan holiday that was going on around that time.
2006-07-22 02:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by CatholicDude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't really matter what the origins are. When I celebrate Christmas, I am celebrating Jesus' birth. It doesn't matter if He wasn't really born on December 25th. That is totally immaterial to the day and the celebration.
Likewise Easter. It doesn't matter that the name is taken from a pagan celebration. When I celebrate Easter, I am celebrating the Lord's Resurrection from the grave.
Not a problem in the least.
2006-07-22 02:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by Wayne A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These were pagan holidays which were taken by Christians for their own use. Better celebrating Christmas with reflections on the birth of Messiah that having drunken orgies in cemeteries as the Romans did (for Saturnalia December 21). It could be worse. Every day is made by and given to us by God, so everyday is Holy.
2006-07-22 03:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by Christicide 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The birth of Christ, celebrated at Christmas, and the resurrection of Christ, celebrated at Easter, are two of the most important events in history to Christians, so it only makes sense that Christians would celebrate those holidays above all others.
Also, as Christians are not under the Mosaic Law, it would not make much sense for them to celebrate the holidays outlined in the Law.
2006-07-22 02:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get with it all holidays are based on prior pagan holy days
christianity is Paganism that had a face lift .
even jesus ,god ,and the holy spirit are the symbolic representations of the life cycle of the sun and was copied from the story of Osiris and Horus.
the suns dying ,death and rebirth .ther fore all being thr same.
it has been humanized over the many centuries and it s original sybolism was lost with the wish full thinking of the believers ,who prefered to live with gods that could be closer to humans,
the guy who suposedly created Adam and Eve , created a whole slave race ,to mine gold for him.(not one Adam and eve)And he was not a god either ,but an Anunaki ,a refugee from Mars ,before it got knocked out of orbit .
But then most people that have escaped the middle ages know that by now.
2006-07-22 02:44:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas and Easter arent rooted in Paganism, they were institued to contridict pagan holidays close to them, and were only meant to be observations of the birth, death and resurection of Christ. And noone celebrates the other "holidays" because they are OT holidays, and have been dropped.
However, you make a great point!!
2006-07-22 02:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the holidays refered to in Leviticus were established for those under the Jewish law. in the NT it is clear that we as believers are no longer under that law.
2006-07-22 03:17:42 · answer #8 · answered by gray3278 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont miss something that I never have celebrated. I have never celebrated any pegan holiday
2006-07-22 02:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by c g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay, byderule above me seemed a bit "off" if you know what I mean... lol
I agree with you-I would love to become more educated about God's given holidays/feast days!!!
2006-07-22 03:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by gracefully_saved 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋