2006-11-17 05:37:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Perhaps they realize that the secular Christmas is really the more meaningful one, even if they don't want to admit it.
Religious Christmas:
1) The birthday of a guy who supposedly lived long ago (even though it wasn't his birthday)
Secular Christmas:
1) Peace on Earth
2) Goodwill towards Men
3) Life continuing through the winter (pagans also promoted this)
4) Spending time with family
5) Remembering those less fortunate
6) Enjoying the presence (pardon the pun) of children.
7) A nice wrap-up for the year
8) Giving gifts to people to let them know you care about them
9) A time of good food and good drink in otherwise dismal weather
2006-11-17 05:39:45 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The bible says that "pinning" a christmas tree is not offensive and will do no harm. The hanging of garland comes from an ethnic group (the nordic people I think) just as hanging candy canes on your tree comes from I think the German people. The candy cane was hung in defience of the people and times when the Germans were being religously oppressed. The candy cane is an upside down J for Jesus.Most Christians know that Jesus was born around tax time. The church endeavored to turn many pagan religous celebrations into celebrations to and for God and Jesus Christ. I think there is no secular Christmas. Many people practice Christian celebrations because our country was born and prospered on Judial Christian beliefs. To me secular Christmas means concentration on giving or receiving gifts, they are forgetting or dont know that they are mimicking the gifts that were given to the King of Kings and the Saviour of the world after his arrival, Jesus Christ.
2006-11-17 06:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, yes! The duplicity of Christianity. Thou shall honor the baby Jesus. Keep the "Christ" in Christmas. And other screed pours forth from the righteous this time of the year, while simultaneously the congregates rush about decorating the church with tinsel and trees.
All purchased at the very retail establishments they condemn vociferously for their blatant commercialism.
The answer is clear the nose on your face. These well meaning folks espouse forth with forked tongue. Do as they say, not as they do. For if you fail to follow their way, you are a Scrooge. Or worse yet, a NON CHRISTIAN.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all from a non-Christian who celebrates a time of the year when all try to come together, despite differences. If only we could do so 365 days a year.
2006-11-17 05:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by Frogface53 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a good question... some churches don't frown upon gift giving therefore they do decorate and such. My church has a giving tree and people adopt families that church members have signed up from the community that can't afford stuff and we help them enjoy receiving while we enjoy giving.
To go along with your question though (help me out if you can) how do some churches justify having ornate things at all, a gold cross, an organ that cost half a million, pews that are more comfortable than my own furniture... there is so much wasted money in the church it is sad, I often wonder what God thinks...
Have a GREAT day
2006-11-17 06:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Umm...who's not trying to celebrate the secular Christmas. Christmas to me is both. One, its a time for festive holiday spirit and fun times for giving gifts to other's but it is also a time to celebrate my Lord and Saviour's birth.
Sadly, you do have a point. Some churches these days try to lessen the objectional material in Christianity and make their own version of it to please other's and blend in with society.
2006-11-17 05:45:43 · answer #5 · answered by Simon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably because of the traditional meaning of christmas.meaning the decorations and whatnot.they try to keep the spirit of christmas within a little far fetch.keep the old traditional meaning of the americans.we are the ones that created the meaning of christmas by adding the tree and saint nic and so on.
2006-11-17 10:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by )O(THE DARK WITCH)O( 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is a Celebration! So why not have some decor to show
it as such. And who said they trying not to celebrate the secular. Perhaps not over-emphasize it, but to forego it.... no way..
2006-11-17 08:10:16 · answer #7 · answered by michael g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess that depends what you mean by secular. Throughout the ages we have used symbols and signs to help us express an emotion, a feeling we have, or an event. I don't think the symbols themselves are of any harm, but I think your heart, intentions, and spirit is what needs to be right. There is only one person who can judge are inner motives and that is God.
2006-11-17 05:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by Glee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay all of you religious people for a fact of my opinion of course but anyway the bible is man made so the rules out its for sure fake no proof so I say seeing is believing love that quote all I care about the gifts straight up so you are all celebrating a day of birth of a regular man
2016-05-21 23:03:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting that the secular and religious meanings have become so entwined. I think it's beautiful that a holiday can be interpreted in so many good ways.
2006-11-17 07:01:13 · answer #10 · answered by ChunderHog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋