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Jer 10:2 thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
Jer 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
Jer 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
2006-12-08 14:04:38 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Merry Mithras.
Love and blessings Don
2006-12-08 14:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Every day of the year is associated with SOME pagan holiday. It would be impossible to have any Christian celebration without it corresponding exactly to the day of celebration of a pagan one. To use Jeremiah's prophecy regarding the ancient Babylonians as a direct indictment against the Christian commemoration of the birth of Jesus is ludicrous and wildly out of context. Further, Christmas is the celebration of the arrival of the Christ, the Anointed One, the Incarnation of the One True God, the fulfillment of the entire prophecy of Jeremiah (if you bother to study the whole book), the Messiah, the Saviour. It is the quintessence of a Christian holiday.
2006-12-08 17:23:39 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I certainly did. As a practicing Pagan I've known for a while that all the Christian major holidays and even some secular ones are in fact Pagan celebrations most with Celtic, Nordic and Roman backgrounds. In addition to Christmas/Yule, you have Easter/Ostara, Groundhog's Day/Feast of St Brighid/Imbolc, Father's Day/LItha, May Day/Beltane, Haloween/All Saint's Day/Day of the Dead/Samhain and more.
2006-12-09 08:02:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In USA they did not celebrate christmas till the 1900's. The tree is a reminisence of a pagan festivity that included father and son pulling a cut tree. Also this time of the year was the time they celebrated with the tree, I mean the pagans. No own really know the birth date of Jesus.
2006-12-08 14:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by observer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is the day the Catholic church set up as Jesus' birthday. He was born in August or Sept. The Church came up with December 25th to co-incide with the Winter Solstice. By the way, the Old Testament isn't what most Christians use. It is considered to be the Before and the New Testament is what happened After Christ was born.
2006-12-08 14:08:45 · answer #5 · answered by Julia B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Enough already! So (insert adjective) what! Customs change. Traditions change. Change is inevitable, growth is a choice. Most of us regular Christians have accepted the tree, the ornaments, the lights, the presents, as symbols of our Christmas. These things do not detract us from our understanding of Christmas. If you don't want to celebrate Christmas with trees, ornaments, lights, presents, then don't. What the hell business is it of yours how I celebrate Christmas or even how I spell Xmas. You sit in your dark little perfectly ordered and structured world and live your life of condescending judgement and I'll live in my world; now leave me alone with this pagan Christmas crap already.
2006-12-08 14:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by Just Chillin' 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've known that for a while. Although some Christians celebrate Christmas ealier in the year like March or April or something like that. Anyways, most modern day religions, especially western religions, come from pagan religions and stem from pagan beliefs.
2006-12-08 14:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by dogmatitans 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, noone in the world but you. You can take a verse from anypart of the bible to do and say whatever you want it to do or say. You will disabuse the old testament to quote the new. You will forget the new to quote the old. Forget it! You are not that smart. You sound like a Souther BAAAAAAHptist. Sheep to the sheering.
2006-12-08 14:08:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see that. And Christmas isn't the only pagan Holiday. But many people don't care even if they know it. Ask yourself who from the Christians doesn't celebrate this kind of holidays. I heard that the Jehovah's Witnesses don't. I admire them for that.
2006-12-08 14:10:18 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has its roots in the winter solstice. Later, some religions, including Christianity and Mithraism, tacked on their religious superstitions to the holiday.
These days, it is a nice secular holiday, though a bit over commercialized.
2006-12-08 14:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by nondescript 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most do. However, I don't think it was called Christmas at the time. It's not the only Christian holiday that was pilfered from the pagan religion.
2006-12-08 14:07:08 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋