It seems majority of the people feel happy and joy on Christmas but Is Jesus the centre of your celebration?
is it only gifts and holyday, meeting friends and good feast?
did someone realise that Satan has deviated christians to do so and he enjoys watching you go astray?
2006-12-08 17:15:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I only celebrate gifts because that's what Christmas is all about
2006-12-08 17:17:36 · answer #1 · answered by DR.PHIL-A-LIKE 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you really want to pull the Satan card out for Christmas, try first pointing that accusation at those who chase mammon. Walmart target and other "super stores" come to mind.
I have several Ministers that come to speak with me that feel these stores and advertisers truly bastardize the holiday. Most Christians do celebrate the birth of Jesus and do hold dear the teachings of the church.
I am by no means Christian, nor do I observe the holiday, much to the chagrin of these Ministers. But I do enjoy our theological discourse.
Satan may well have a blast on Christmas. I would not believe it is because most Christians defame the holiday.
2006-12-09 01:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by tian_mon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please, someone tell me where in the world during the month of December do shepheards gather lambs, baby cows, or a baby animal for that matter. When will you all realize that your jesus was not born in December if there were all these baby animals around? He would have had to been born in the spring sometime. Especially if he were born in Jerusalem. No baby animals to come and kneel at his manger.
Your christmas wasn't celebrated on Dec. 25 until Pope Julius II "borrowed" the date from pagans. Pagans were celebrating the birth of the new sun god. This was a way to ease the conversion of pagans to christianity. By setting the date your your saviour's birth day on the same day as the son god. I could get into greater detail here but you have the general overview.
2006-12-09 02:05:29 · answer #3 · answered by shellywebsterstears 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-12-09 14:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people have forgotten the reason Christmas is a holiday at all. This may be because of the consumerism society, or the general drift away from religion in this country. Eitherway, the original meaning has been replaced with Santa, elves, snow, and presents in most homes in America.
2006-12-09 01:20:34 · answer #5 · answered by rsjet 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I totally agree! Sadly, I have to admit that Satan has a hold of me in this. My son & I go to the family get togethers and we eat and give gifts and sometimes play games. Last year I talked with my parents about putting Christ into it but they said it's known that it's about His birth. Nothing was done. But I gave gifts that were about baby Jesus, like ornaments and handmade nativity scenes. This year I made more ornaments with Jesus 'theme'. I'm going to think over this weekend about what we can do. My son said he wants to make a cake that says "Happy Birthday Jesus" on it and to sing to Jesus. I'll start with that.
I really thank you for this question. I don't know any Catholic family members or friends of mine that actually do anything to celebrate Jesus's arrival to the earth. I'm going to change that from now on. THANK YOU! Thank you for opening my eyes! And to help me kick Satan away from me this Christmas season. God bless you and yours!
2006-12-09 01:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is the celebration of Jesus' birth. The only person around here Satan has deviated is people like you who try to find reasons to be mean to Christians.
God Bless You (not Satan bless you!)
2006-12-09 01:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by Cayleen O 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christmas is (correct me if I'm wrong) the second most important feast of Catholicism--after Easter. The beautiful gift of love that is the Incarnation, Jesus Christ becoming both true God and true man when He took on human nature, is one of the greatest causes for celebration in all of history. When my family and I celebrate Christmas, we remember that it is "Christ's Mass." He is the center of our gratitude and love. I am thankful for gifts and the holiday spirit, friends and food; but I am thankful to God for them. I hope to always keep His generosity foremost in my mind.
2006-12-09 01:23:13 · answer #8 · answered by loopy.wolf 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Glory of Christmas is, that even with Satan trying to lead us astray, he cannot completely overcome the spirit of love and generosity and joy that comes from Christ; and even non-Christians get an inkling of it.
2006-12-09 01:20:09 · answer #9 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
are you trying to preach? hmm...
Well anyway, on Christmas, yes, I do recognize Jesus as the center of the celebration. I'm not naive.
2006-12-09 01:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by HeIsVigilante 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋