2006-12-17 06:41:42 · 19 answers · asked by Cynroddddddd 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-12-17 06:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere does the bible say that Christ was born on Christmas day. The bible does not give a date at all. It gives some clues which scholars have used to determine an approximate year and time of year. Honestly, I knew at one time but have forgotten it, but I think that Jesus was actually born closer to the middle of the year than December.
2006-12-17 14:48:53 · answer #2 · answered by Unorthodox 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The reason it doesn't is because the 2 birthdays mentioned in the Bible, Pharoh's and Herod's both had someone murdered on it. One was a Baker and the other was John the Baptist (1st cousin of Jesus Christ). God said in the Bible, "better is the day of your death than the day of your birth." We know what day he died on, Passover on the Jewish calendar which is always the same day every year. So, if he died at 33.5 years old on Nisan 14 (Passover) that would place his birthday in September-October (look up Nisan 14 - Passover on the Jewish Calendar. Its always on the FIRST full moon AFTER the Vernal Equinox.) But, as God said, when you die, you have a name with him which you don't at birth, meaning you've had an entire life to impress, worship and love him whereas an infant hasn't. This is why Christs birthday was unimportant. It was his death that would save everyone, not his birth.
2006-12-17 14:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is the holiday that celebrates Christ's birth, but nobody can say for sure what the exact date was. The celebration was moved to December 25 by the early church in order to cancel out the pagan Solstice celebrations.
2006-12-17 14:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christ wasn't born on Christmas day, Christmas day is actually a pagan holiday that was 'replaced' with the birth of jesus (jesus was actually born more closer to May in our modern callendar)
would it also surprise you to know that Jesus was actually born in 4bc... when the gregorian callander was nearing completion they had made a major cock up and got the year totally wrong...
But most Christian holidays actually fall on the date of old pagan holidays, as its called displacement (the removal of 1 religion by displacing the reasons to celebrating on that day)
2006-12-17 14:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It never says that he was born on Christmas day. Also, if you look at the difference in the season he might have been born sometime in June, because that's Winter on that side of the world. People just chose a day and it stuck.
2006-12-17 14:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It does'nt. And Why would it say he was born on CHRISTmas day if he had not been born yet. He was actually born in the spring, most likely April.
2006-12-17 14:44:44 · answer #7 · answered by Pace 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you mean Dec 25th, it does not.No one ever said it did. But the word Christmas is Christ Mass, celebration of his birth. It is just tradition that it is Dec 25th the feast day of St. Nicholas. Why? What difference does it make?
2006-12-17 14:45:50 · answer #8 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't say that. Its just celebrated traditionally on that day. If I'm not mistaken, according to the Scriptures, I believe Jesus was actually born in September.
2006-12-17 14:51:25 · answer #9 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Silly rabbit! Of course it doesn't say any such thing in the Bible. In fact, there's no mention whatsoever of "Christmas day".
2006-12-17 14:44:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't, per se. It was established based on calculations and analysis of their time-frame versus ours and their calendar system versus ours.
In fact, there's a good number of people that feel that December 25th isn't even close to the real date on our calendar at all. It doesn't hurt to have a well-known established date though.
2006-12-17 14:50:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋