Is Xmas a pagan festival?

Question

Research shows that Jesus was born in Autumn.....

Answer 1

first of what is of importance is the fact that no where in the bible did Jesus command anyone to celebrate his birthday. he said to celebrate his death but not his birth. in the third century of our common era as the roman empire was in decline . Constantine in order to solidify his power over the empire merged the Christian faith and the pagan faith, into one, a lot of the false doctrine that we now claim as christian came into being. Jesus was born when the sheep where in the fields history has shown that DEC is still to cold to keep the flocks out at night. the Christmas tree came into being in The 19th century, and Santa Claus as we know him today was started in the 17th century, the English oxford dictionary published in 1904 under Santa Claus says see Old nick. under old nick it says Satan the Devil. the pagans in Constantine time celebrated the winter solace, and a lot of its pagan roots are in Christmas today the giving of gifts , the mistletoe, etc

Answer 2

In Northern Europe there has always been a celebration on the darkest day of the year. Britain called it Yule. The early christian missionaries in trying to encourage Pagans to join their faith, chose dates as close to those used by the people anyway. They had to choose sites for their churches in the same places considered 'Holy' by the Pagans, or they would never had got them built. The Irish refused the Trinity outright because it was all male. Mary, mother of Jesus was brought in the fill this position. It must have been quite a crafty Public Relations exercise trying to get it right, but it's fascinating to read about.

Answer 3

Christmas is not a pagan festival. it is the celebration of Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior. That is why it is called CHRISTmas.

Yes, Jesus was probably born in the Spring or Autumn, not in the dead of winter.

We celebrate Jesus' birth on December 25 partly because that was the date of a pagan festival. Early Christian teachers used the festivals and symbols familiar to the pagans to teach them Christianity.

Instead of celebrating the birth of the Sun, Christian teachers taught the pagans that they should be celebrating the birth of the SON of God.

Evergreen trees were brought inside the house and decorated because the pagans believed that spirits lived inside the trees and bringing the tree inside and decorating it was a way of honoring the spirit that lived in the tree. The early Christian teachers used the evergreen tree to teach the pagans about the EVERLASTING LIFE that we have through the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The decorations we put on the tree are an expression of our JOY for this gift.

What is most important in life is what is in our hearts. If you see someone doing something that you think is questionable, ASK THEM WHY THEY ARE DOING THAT. The listen to what they are saying. the Pharisees were notorious for PERFORMING acts of piety with no love in their heart. We must look not only at what people are DOING by also look at WHY they are doing.

Answer 4

It was originally. It derived as answerer above said from celebrating the winter solstice and return of the sun and lengthening days. Christianity adopted the date of Dec. 25 which was the original birthday of the pagan God Mithras (also born of a virgin) and the holiday Saturnalia. It made conversion more palatable for pagans and also I think made Jesus more acceptable to add the trappings of previous pagan Gods, like rising from dead and virgin birth. The latter is an unprovable opinion but I think rather likely.

Answer 5

Further research shows that Jesus was born on Aug. 21 , 7 BC. Dec 25 was a pagan festival ,but has been adopted as Christian.

Answer 6

Or spring.

Yes

Christmas and EAster are both build around Pagan Holidays.

The idea was to integrate PAgans into a Neo-Judiastic approach.

Since Passover comes near the spring solcist, they adopted a day near the start of spring to celebreate Jesus.

Since the Winter Solcists is near, they adopted this for his Birthday.

Made good sense if you were trying to integrate Pagans into a new beleif system.

Making them become JEws would not make good sense.

Jesus was a JEw, he didn't not celebrate Pagan holidays, BUT Christmas is close to Chunnak, which JEsus did celbrate. Easter is close to Passover, which Jesus did celebrate.

See how it works!

Answer 7

Yes you are correct.Jesus was born approx Oct.The idea of Dec 25 can be traced back to the time of Nimrod and pagan worship.And it was fused in with apostate Christianity to win support and favor.
What is also interesting is that Jesus never commanded his birthday to be celebrated.He did however,command his disciples to commemorate his death.(The Last Supper),which is what Jehovah's Witnesses do on Nisan 14 of every year.

Answer 8

I thought it was in the spring, but I could be wrong.
I heard a rumor that it was moved to December to coincide with some major pagan holiday that happens about the same time. I haven't researched though.
I'm still trying to understand why we buy each other gifts on some one elses birthday. And just how do we get them to the proper owner since we buy them on his birthday as a celebration of his birthday.

Answer 9

yes Christmas is based on a Pagan Festival

Answer 10

"Winter Solstice" is in November? Did you miss the Basic Astronomy course, out of curiosity? Solstices and Equinoxes are astronomical events, determined by the earth's orbit around the sun.

Winter Solstice is around Dec 21
Spring Equinox is around Mar 21
Summer Solstice is around Jun 21
Autumn Equinox is around Sept 21