is this because christians dont really know the history of christmas? that it was actually a celebrated PAGAN holliday to start with? many of the traditions (christmas tree, mistletoes, holly and others) are derived from the pagan holliday?
i was even taught in my christian school that december 25th wasnt really the day christ was born but a day picked out to be a celebration for his birth. this came AFTER the pagan holliday was already in existance.
now most view christmas as nothing more then a day we get to spend with our loved ones.
2006-12-01 08:58:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Try the winter solstice, the birth of the sun, The solstice makes more sense to celebrate since you are going thru the longest night of the year and it is the return of the sun that brings joy.
2006-12-01 09:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by DRAGON LADY 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians are supposed to be a positive impact on our culture. Yes I know that Dec 25 used to be a pagan holiday. Christ mas ( the Celebration of Christ birth) does not have to be celebrated on the day of his birth, how often is your birthday party on your birthday. Christians decided to spread the holidays out, instead of in the spring, close to easter, they decided to Change the pagan. To reform the world to take the bad and make it good.
The pagan holiday was extremely perverse like open sex in the streets no wonder the early church decided to try and replace it with Christmas
2006-12-01 17:12:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
christmas on the 25th-SO WHAT!?!? martin luther kings birthday is celebrated on the same monday in feb., does that mean it isnt legit?
No it wasnt a pagan holiday, christmas was decidedly put next to a pagan holiday to attract more converts ('well you could celebrate your gods birth on dec 25. OR you could celebrate Jesus's birth, who's Jesus? well let me tell you...')
traditions dont equal holiday, in my house i break cruziti, a polish wafer, that doesnt change christmas.
and the tree was reinvented to go along with christmas, its not like they just added it in for kicks.
heres an example to prove my point- the swatsticka is a thousand year old symbol representing fire and knowledge, but now it represents something completly different.
bottom line: christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, it doesnt matter what day its on, what 'traditions' are used, etc.
it celebrates the birth of Jesus so it would be incredibly illogical for people who dont believe in Christ to celebrate it.
Try hanukkah, or maybe kwanzah(if you can be nonchristian and celebrate christmas im sure you can be white and celebrate kwanzah)
2006-12-01 17:11:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's sad and ridiculous, but unfortunately, they feel that they have to "claim" certain things as their own, and don't know how to share it with others.
True religion = theirs
Christmas = theirs
being "victimized" = theirs
being "persecuted" = theirs
They can't just believe what they want and leave everyone else alone. They have to tell you what to think, how to act, what not to do, etc.
It's like a 5 year old who still doesn't know how to share his toys.
Ugh...get over it! Enjoy the HOLIDAYS....
If it weren't for the Pagan holiday, there would BE no celebration on December 25th....
2006-12-01 17:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by Heck if I know! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, all this Christmas hooplah wouldn't bother me if the people making the stink would just accept that theirs is not THE ONLY HOLIDAY this month, and that MANY if not ALL of the holidays this month involve GIFT GIVING!!!
Whenever I see one of the fundies spouting off about how EVERYONE is shopping for CHRISTMAS presents, so why SHOULDN'T clerks say "Merry Christmas" at the checkout counter, it just makes me sick. Maybe because there are people out there buying presents for Yule and Chanukah!
Sorry - end of the work week, I'm wound up, and all this "Jesus is the reason for the season" crap has left a bad taste in my mouth.
Bright blessings.
)O(
2006-12-01 17:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by thelittlemerriemaid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm hoping that a few of them are becoming better educated on the topic here.
Every time I hear the phrase "Jesus is the reason for the season," I cringe.
Okay, traditionally, in relatively recent history, Jesus has become *a* reason for the season. But not the *only* one by a long shot.
Have some egg nog and relax! We all will have out happy holiday regardless of what other celebrants think about it.
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2006-12-01 17:02:36 · answer #6 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
most people don't tend to know the facts or history of many things that they choose to believe in or subscribe to.
its a thing that most people do - in many walks of life. From why they are religious, to why they are not, or why they hate certain people... etc.
ignorance is everywhere. although it tends to be around in religious settings more often simply because keeping people uneducated helps in controlling them.
shoot, that is the main reason why so many people in the church hated the idea of making the bible in english vs keeping in in latin, and putting it out for people to take home and read for themselves.
they did not want people to be able to read it and make up their own minds about what it was really saying...
because they figured people were too dumb to make up their own minds... and what if people read it and found out that things they were being told it said was not even in there?
2006-12-01 17:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by nfreebairn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't it obvious we don't know when Jesus was born exactly? 'most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. ' http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556859/Christmas.html
2006-12-01 17:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by Nikki 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Christians don't know and if they are told they believe it's just propaganda. Christmas actually started 400 A.D. or C.E. (whichever you prefer). As long as no one tries to strangle me with garland or set the house on fire from cooking Im fine with whatever they want.
2006-12-01 17:13:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fair enough point.
How many people not interested in sport watch the olympics or a cup final?
2006-12-01 17:00:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋