a noticed this and i still dont figure it, non--believers and those from other religions celebrate christmas and they buy lots of christmas gifts for family and ffriends but if you mention God or Jesus to them in any other day they will laugh and call u name and say none like that ever existed.Is it not time to take them to court for calling me stupid?>?????
2006-12-07 07:17:16 · 39 answers · asked by BeautyBreak H 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
What has Christmas got to do with God? Does he put on a funny hat and pull crackers as well? Christians say that Christmas is too commercial nowadays and then ask why others like it. You can't have it both ways. It is either your holy festival or a cultural holiday for us all. It is unlikely that it is your festival as you just adopted an ancient pagan day as your own, read your bible Jesus was born in March. We like the cultural holiday not the made up Christ bit and this time of the year (solstice) has traditionally been a holiday before your false messiah had a look in.
2006-12-07 07:24:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Its not that non believers are excited about the concept of Christmas in terms of the Nativity and Christianity because that doesn't even come into the equation.
Its more about the holidays, being with the family having a break off work and school, letting people know that they are thinking about them by giving and receiving presents etc.
(Im a non believer)
but Christmas has been turned into the wrong thing, it is meant to represent Christ etc but it is so commercial these days and is all about presents so i think the question should really be;
... has the meaning of Christmas been lost within all the commercial jargon and are Christians following suit allowing the true meaning of Christmas to slowly vanish?
2006-12-07 07:30:57 · answer #2 · answered by Beautiful - 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I am an Agnostic, I still celebrate Christmas. For one thing, I was raised in a Catholic family and I love the togetherness my family has this time of year. And for those people who laugh at people who mention Jesus when referring to Christmas need to get an education. Although December 25th was originally a Pagan holiday, it is now a day for Christians and such to celebrate the birth of their savior. I do not celebrate Christmas for this reason. I celebrate it because it is what Western society does. We cannot get away from it. So hey, when in Rome! I love giving presents to people, the food (especially), and the love and kindness people seem to express this time of year. Nothing is more rewarding that the look on a child's face when they see the presents that Santa left for them under the tree.
Like I said, I am not religious, but it saddens me when you say that people make fun of you for mentioning Jesus when talking about Christmas. They make the rest of us non-religious folks look bad.
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-07 07:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because Christmas is now a secular celebration that has very little to do with the birth of Jesus. And it was originally "borrowed" from the pagan holy day called Yule or Saturnalia in an effort to make the conversion of pagans easier since they wouldn't stop celebrating. The "Christmas" traditions are almost all originally pagan Yule traditions.
You should study up a little and you may soon be asking yourself why you, a christian, celebrate a blatantly Pagan holiday.
Peace )O(
2006-12-07 07:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because christmas isnt a religious festival anymore for most people its a commercial thing where everyone has been programmed to spend a lot of money and make the shops rich! An example is father xmas, he was dressed in green and white (st. Nicholas) but then along came cokecola and an advertising campaign (The most successful in the world i believe) and now hes in red and white the world over.
2006-12-07 07:25:16 · answer #5 · answered by xray_daddy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't get excited by Christmas. I am invited to a couple parties and I will go to visit my friends.
My family also, for the last 8 years, has sponsered a needy family who can not afford Christmas. So, you could say, that as an atheist, I have spent about 500 bucks on Christmas for the last 8 years.
Go figure ...
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2006-12-07 07:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by Alan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
party time
i think also because it's the end of the year, it's dark and nobody feels especially happy and there's no other event that everyone celebrates. it's an excuse to have one occasion in the year where the whole country gets time off work and does what they like. if non-christians didn't celebrate they'd have to make their own thing. christianity still affects our everyday lives and although the number of christians has fallen it's just a tradition that people have carried on with because it's enjoyable and promotes good will
2006-12-07 07:31:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
December 25th is the day to celebrate the Roman Sun God, it was hijacked by the Christians.
The celebration of Christ's birth is, of course, a heresy and has at various times been banned and was not celebrated at all until about the 4th century. Christ is one with God and the Holy Spirit and has no end and no beginning. The heresy is to celebrate the beginning of a God with no end and no beginning. So leave the 25th of December to the Pagans and the unbelievers.
2006-12-07 07:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by Stewart H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Christmas used many of the seasonal traditions of ancient people. They celebrated winter events long before Christianity and religion took most of those traditions to create Christmas. It's got all of the elements of the winter solstice. It's natural for people to note and even celebrate seasonal events. It's winter, people generally had less and these were the opportunities to have something to look forward to.
2006-12-07 07:22:18 · answer #9 · answered by BeamMeUpMom 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the general message of what Christmas is gets to them?
Peace on Earth, the Brotherhood of Man, Be Kind to others,
you know...that good feeling we all get this time of year. It can be quite contagious.
But your final comments there are not all that Christian-like and certainly not in line with the spirit of Christmas.
2006-12-07 07:31:12 · answer #10 · answered by michael g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋