Why do so many Christians follow Thanksgiving?

Question

I have been told that Thanksgiving is actually a Pagan holiday that has nothing to do with God. So if it is then why do so many Christians follow a holiday that would be against Bible? I hope this doesn't offend anyone I am just really wondering why.

Answer 1

Pagan men and women offered up sacrifices and prayers to the mysterious forces of the Mystery Religion, which they believed controlled the workings of nature on their behalf. Their hope in offering this worship was to ward off catastrophe, to ensure fine hunting, to obtain bountiful harvests, and to live again beyond the grave.

The MYSTERY WORSHIP was set in the CYCLE OF SUN WORSHIP. In the SPRING of the year, man sought fertility for himself and for his land. Bountiful crops would assure food for himself and his household. It was during this springtime of the year, at the Vernal Equinox, that the Goddess he worshiped was fertilized by the God he worshiped.
In the summer of the year, the hot, arid land he lived upon became brown and barren. At this summertime, directly on the Summer Solstice, Proserpina-Persephone went into the underworld to remain until the time for vegetation to begin growing in the fall of the year.
At the autumn of this yearly cycle the sun started dying. The days grew shorter as the nights grew longer. At the fall of the year, directly on the Autumn Equinox, the Goddess he worshiped began to weep for the lost (or murdered in other mythologies) Goddess (or God).
At the Winter Solstice the sun started to come back to life as the days started growing longer and the nights shorter. Life would be assured for another year. The Goddess who had been fertilized at the previous Vernal Equinox gave birth to a son at the Winter Solstice. The God had been reborn.

Such was the cycle of the PRIMITIVE FERTILITY RELIGIONS portrayed through CUTE STORIES which EFFECTIVELY HID the VILE, HIDEOUS meaning behind them.

Thanksgiving Day worship is merely the ancient fertility rites veneered with the respectability of Christianity. However, THE FACT STILL REMAINS, that IT IS ANCIENT FERTILITY WORSHIP. The Apostle Shaul tells us of the Gods, and the sacrifices to these Gods, in:

I Corinthians 10:19-22—
19 What am I saying, then? That a God (el) is anything, or what is offered to gods (elohim) is anything?
20 But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to Yahweh; and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of Yahweh and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of Yahweh's table and of the table of demons.
22 Do we provoke Yahweh to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?


The Apostle Shaul has told us emphatically that the things the Gentiles sacrifice are sacrificed to the demons, and we are NOT to have any fellowship with this DEMON worship.

Romans 12:2—
And do not be conformed to the pattern of this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may be able to test and prove what is the righteous, and acceptable, and perfect will of Yahweh.

Yaaqob 1:27—
Religion that is pure and undefiled before Yahweh our Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

And Yahweh's people do not defile themselves with the holidays of this world!

Answer 2

The "First Thanksgiving" was when the local Natives helped the Pilgrims, who had landed at Plymouth Rock in what is now Massachusetts. The Pilgrim settlers had had an awful harvest, and were on the verge of being starved out, when the local Indians brought them enough food to make it, and a large feast was held. It is not a pagan celebration, it crosses all religious lines, as a symbol of cross-cultural co-operation. I think it was first made into a national holiday by Abe Lincoln.

Answer 3

Actually, the traditional American Thanksgiving feast was celebrated by the Pilgrims to give thanks to God for being able to live in the harsh new land they had come to. For Christians, this is not against the bible at all. In fact, it could be considered a celebration of the goodness of God. I treat it as another day to be with the family, not being religious.

Answer 4

Thanksgiving Day is not a religious, but a legal holiday here in the U.S. only[?]. It allows us to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims in the America and EVERYONE of all religions gets the day off... except restaurant workers maybe?? LOL.

Peace be with you and have a Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Answer 5

Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Christianity. It is a national holiday in the U.S. and Canada, in honor of a feast between the pilgrims and American Indians.

Answer 6

Officially, Thanksgiving came from Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation.

" I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the Unite States, and also those who are at the sea and those who are sojourning in the foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens."
A. Lincoln, October, 1863

You can read the entire Proclamation at:
http://www.classicallibrary.or/lincoln/thanksgiving.htm

God bless

Answer 7

From my understanding, Thanksgiving as it is celebrated in the USA is a conglomeration of several cultural feasts surrounding the harvest with a dash of politics thrown in for taste.

I see nothing wrong with setting aside a day to highlight what we should be doing every day - Thanking God for the bounty of His gifts. (And hey, let's face it, it wouldn't be the first time Christianity took a local custom and came up with a reason to join in the celebrating.)

Answer 8

Thanksgiving is a pagan holiday alongside with Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and valentines. Christians have 7 holiday journeys. Passover, dinner occasion of unleavened bread, dinner occasion of first end result, Pentecost, dinner occasion of trumpets, dinner occasion of atonement, and dinner occasion of tabernacles. If all and sundry tells you in any different case they are incorrect. If uncertain seek interior the Bible. They inform you. in case you want to thrill the author. Then persist together with his dinner occasion and not the dinner occasion created via guy. Kjv They replied and pronounced unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye have been Abraham's little ones, ye would do the works of Abraham. Kjv 1Then some Pharisees and scribes got here to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2“Why do Your disciples harm the custom of the elders? they do now not wash their palms whilst they eat.” 3Jesus spoke back, “And why do you harm the command of God for the sake of your custom? "

Answer 9

Christmas is held on a pagan holiday, but its meaning is singularly Christian.
Thanksgiving can be used used as a Christian holiday as well.

Answer 10

Thanksgiving has pretty christian roots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

Unlike christmas and easter, which were originally pagan holidays.