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Question

well my Q is.... why did the catholics invent christmas 2000 years after christ died and nobody else did when everybody knows that he didnt die on christmas day... and why do you worship pagens then























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Answer 1

so they could make money in the winter time

Answer 2

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It may come as a surprise to many that the origin of Christmas actually predates the birth of Jesus Christ by hundreds of years. Perhaps it comes as an even greater surprise that the origin of Christmas is rooted in heathen religions and beliefs, and not the Word of God. This is easily verified with just a little research, research that amazingly few are willing to do. Personally I have examined many encyclopedias, newspaper articles, the internet, and pagan as well as Christian sources. All the resources that I have studied trace the origin of Christmas back to heathen religions and beliefs well before the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Did you realize that no one knows on what day the Lord Jesus was born. You can search the Bible from cover to cover and you will not find from its pages what day the Lord Jesus was born. In fact the Bible tells us that the shepherds were keeping watch over their flock by night at the time the Lord Jesus was born indicating mild weather, certainly not the dead of winter (Luke 2:6-8). It was the Roman Catholic Church in the 4th century A.D. who chose December 25 as the day to celebrate the birth of Christ. It chose December 25 because it was the time that the heathen were celebrating Natalis Solis Invicti, the birthday of the Unconquerable Sun. Instead of condemning the idolatrous festivities and practices of the heathen, the Church of Rome absorbed them and “Christianized” them. Instead of celebrating the birth of the god’s of the heathen’s they now would celebrate the birth of Jesus. Instead of SUN worship they now would have SON worship. The Roman Catholic Church called December 25 “Christmas” which means, “the Mass of Christ”. Almost all of the heathens customs and forms of celebrating were retained by the Church and given different meanings (see The Two Babylons, by Hislop). Thus the Roman Church allowed the heathen to continue their idolatrous ways under the guise of celebrating Christ’s birthday with
the link is where I got this information from is:http://www.nlbchapel.org/Christmass.htm

Sorry about the cut and paste but it is much better than whatI had written as the answer and I did search many encyclopedias too in the past I don't have on right nmow

Answer 3

All religions are pragmatic about leaning certain events, dates beliefs etc in order to bring people into the fold.

For certain Christmas day was celebrated by other religions prior to Christianity taking it over. It was in the middle of the shortest daylight days and therefore for what was primarily an agrarian culture, letting people have a holiday on the day when there wasn't much daylight to get any work done, seemed a very good idea.

Nothing evil, or wrong in that thinks I.

Answer 4

ther e were winter solstace celebrations in england and elsewhere before christianity. In Rome there was a celebration of the new sun that took place just after midnight 24th december.

Many pagan gods had birthdays on 25th december so it's possible that christians just decided to celebrate the birth of their god on the same day. Espetially as dates were not acuratly recorded so they couldn't know the exact day they should celebrate on.

I don't understand what you mean by "2000 years after christ died" christmas has been celebrated for centuries.

Answer 5

Me no Christian but me think me can tell you
Christmas is not about his death and Resurrection, but it is about his birth. But it is also said that he was born in January, however Christmas was chosen as the official time to celebrate his birth. Apparently, Christmas we have now at the end of December was originally a winter festival that was celebrated by people lived in North Europe, before most people in Europe became Christians.
Easter is about Jesus's death and Resurrection.
Am I right, Christian people?

Answer 6

It is better not to ask a question that you already know the answer. Just go straight to the point by saying what you want those catholic to know about.

Answer 7

Christmas has been around for a long time.Although Jesus was not actually born on Dec 25, that is the day chosen to honor His birth.

Answer 8

Christmas was created by Catholics six years ago? I don't know. Why do you worship a Hebrew Messiah? Are you Hebrew?

Answer 9

Isn't is supposed to be about his birth...? Although it's not that day anyhow...

Answer 10

a little coherency would be nice