in the bible jesus b-day was never metion the dayyy time year ect. so where did the 25th day come from?
2006-11-24 02:58:00 · 10 answers · asked by TELEATHA S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Made up nonsense............
2006-11-24 03:00:42 · answer #1 · answered by germans 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
In point of fact, we know that Jesus' birthday was NOT on the 25th of December. Virtually every reference work, secular and religious, acknowledges this fact. The Bible also indicates that he was not born in this wintry month.
As Kreevich mentioned, the date of December 25th was chosen by the Roman Catholic church – borrowed from the Romans, which borrowing included the attendant features and customs. Christmas blends the elements of the feast of Saturnalia and the birthday of Mithra. Devotees of Mithra celebrated the birthday of the invincible Sun. Saturnalia was a seven-day Roman festival which included drinking, dancing, gift-giving, decorating homes with evergreens, etc.
The Catholic church was trying to convert pagans and rather than rely on the magnificent power of God’s word to do this(see Hebrews 4:12), they tried to use the emotions of the pagans who were already enthralled with this pagan festival.
Some feel that it does not matter about the paganism inherent in Christmas as long as we honor Christ. But ask yourself: can we truly honor Christ by celebrating the birthday of an enemy? For all pagan gods are enemies, are they not? Suppose a husband wanted to celebrate his wedding anniversary with his beloved wife? But he does it on the date that he met an ex-girlfriend; buys his wife the favorite flowers of his ex-girlfriend, makes reservations at the favorite restaurant of his ex-girlfriend; has the violinist play the favorite song of his ex-girlfriend, and so on? Do you think the wife would be honored? Or would she be insulted?
There is absolutely no indication in the scriptures as to the exact date of Christ’s birth. There is a reason for that. Also noteworthy is the fact that Christ taught us to commemorate his death – not his birth.
Hannah
2006-11-24 11:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever a religion spreads to different peoples and cultures, the people spreading it intentionally use existing and familiar holidays and beliefs and customs. It's logical that they do this and it's loving. Christmas itself was integrated into a pagan winter solstice event which was then reinterpreted and re-symbolized in christian terms to get across the teachings of christianity (again, using terms and symbols and events that were already familiar to the people). When people say that christians stole christmas from the pagans, it completely misses the point. When buddhism spread, it did the same thing, naturally leveraging the culture's existing world views and symbols which is why we have a different expression and flavor of buddhism in china, japan, the united states, etc. (e.g. the zen master at zen mountain monastery in NY understood this dynamic and worked with christian contemplatives to create a zen that was still zen but one that took into account western symbols and customs). With all this said, December 25 is not the real birth of Jesus but a date that was integrated into existing pagan beliefs and rituals. The major spread of christianity was not in the jewish communities that the apostles concentrated on but, instead, in the pagan/gentile communities that Paul concentrated on.
2006-11-24 11:27:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not, December 25th is a pagan celebration of the sun god, and some how during time the pagans mixed with the christains and accepted the day as Jesus birthday.
2006-11-24 11:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church chsoe the 25th of December in the 4th century because it was the standard biorthday of the god-men of the Mystery Cults, like Mithras. If Constantine had chosen Mithraism instead of Christianity to be the favored religion of the Empire, we'd be Mithraists today, and celebrating his birthday instead on Dec. 25th. Merry Mithras!
2006-11-24 11:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by kreevich 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't the 25th of December, but that is the day that was chosen for all Christians to celebrate it. that is why it is so very important that Christians celebrate the birth, life, and ressurection of Jesus every day of their lives, by living according to God's word, and accepting Jesus as their savior. Prasie the Lord!
2006-11-24 11:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The exact day doesn't matter. The main thing is that we have set aside a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus just like we celebrate His death.
2006-11-24 11:06:17 · answer #7 · answered by Texas T 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When did Christmas become a month?
2006-11-24 11:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gee, I didn't know there was a month called "Christmas".
2006-11-24 11:16:42 · answer #9 · answered by edward_lmb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Made up, like the rest of it
2006-11-24 11:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋