Yes, Christians are insulting God and actually worshipping the Sun God, Ra, by observing Christmas on Dec 25.
2006-08-11 17:12:17
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, it was a pagan holiday, celebrating the birth of Saturnalia. Anyone who is truly a Christian would not celebrate Christmas as the birthday of the Son of God. It is also the celebrated birth date of many so-called avatars such as Buddha. If God wanted people to celebrate the birth of Christ He would have told us when to do it. And, this interesting tid bit. Easter is also a pagan holiday. Research it and you'll be amazed at what you find. And, I almost forgot, children attended school in the US until the late 1700s, when it became a vendor's holiday in the states.
2006-08-11 17:12:26
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answered by The Nana of Nana's 7
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We know that the Sun God is born on the shortest day of the year and the birth is calibrated after three days (so it is easier for the right day to be determined with ancient observing methods).
There are many many sun Gods, but what most people don't realize is that the church of Isis (mother of god and holder of baby Horus) had deified each Pharaoh since ancient times and during Greek and roman times deified each leader on death in the name of Zeus-Amen. During the reign of Herod the great, the name of god was the Deified Julius-Cesar and the Isis cult became connected to the cult of the deified Emperor.
The God was depicted with a crown of suns rays, (very similar to the crown or thorns).
A splinter group ran a counter religion that was a monotheistic version of the cult of the deified emperor and also an offshoot of the Isis cult but followed Mark Antony, not Julius Caesar. Tiberius was rejected as a deity during the time Jesus was supposed to be here. Caligula, who followed Tiberius joined both camps by having decent from both Mark A and Julius C.
Emperor Constantine was the final follower of the Cult of the deified Emperor. He let Christians into his army, used them, tried to stop the infighting of Christians and made them sort out their beliefs. On his deathbed he converted (as claimed by Christian attendants) and Christians took over the empire.
2006-08-11 17:30:23
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answered by PlayTOE- 3
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yup I already read all about what Dec. 25th was originally. The christians wanted to be able to celebrate their own on the same day.
It doesn't matter to me either way,
Christmas to me is a time to spend with family, a time with beautiful decorations, happy family gatherings, feasts and joyful children opening their presents :)
Also, many of the decorations are pagan symbols, the wreath symbolizing the circle of life, the christmas tree was to bring good fortune for the next harvast, the yule log I forgot what that one originally meant I just remember that it was pagan, even the colors of red and green are of pagan origin. I think Christmas is in the heart, and it means what you want it to mean, it doesn't matter what it originally meant and it makes no person less of a christian to celebrate it as the birth of Christ. I also think fundamentalist who think santa claus is evil because it's an anagram of Satan are very silly, because Santa actually just means saint.
2006-08-11 17:11:41
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answered by moonbaby279 4
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Pagans usually had a winter celebration usually around the time we now celebrate Christmas. Early Roman church leaders wanted to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but didn't want to inconvenience the people or change their traditions. Thus, Christmas was to take the place of their annual pagan winter celebration.
2006-08-11 17:12:15
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answered by Kurt 3
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yes, you are right. the Catholic church decided that Christians should celebrate Christ's birthday on that date... and most did start celebrating Jesus's birthday then.. why? I don't know exactly, but I think it was to cancel out the pagan holiday.. however if you do your research of the Jewish calender you will find that Christ's birthday was actually sometime in September (on our calender)
2006-08-11 17:18:02
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answered by Anonymous
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No offense taken. December 25 is when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. His actual birthday is in the spring of the year, most people believe in April.
2006-08-11 17:13:33
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answered by sleepless in the ATL 3
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I've heard this before, that December 25 is the celebration of some pagan god and that the CELEBRATION of Christ was moved to December 25th.
The specific date and time are not as important as the event itself.
2006-08-11 17:10:42
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answered by Molly 6
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Yes, there is ample evidence that Christ was born in the Spring . . . probably near Easter. The Catholics just incorporated pagan ritual times and turned them into Christian celebrations.
2006-08-11 17:10:02
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answered by whozethere 5
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Yeah, actually I did. I'm Pagan. It's pretty easy to figure out too! Christ was given a lamb within a few days of his birth.... Well, if you look at when lambs are born it could NOT have been in December!
2006-08-11 17:12:45
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answered by cyanne2ak 7
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