If it was Christmas then woudn't a manjure be a little to cold and why wouldn't there be snow on the grown? And I might be wrong but I get the picure of Mary on a camel in a dessert.HOW COULD IT BE CHRISTMAS?
p.s. I think it is Easter
2006-12-18 15:38:18 · 45 answers · asked by Christine 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay, for all of you that are dissing my spelling I am only 12 and I am interested in the people's answers who see the question not the mistakes.
2006-12-18 15:53:08 · update #1
HEY, DON'T YOU THINK THAT IS A LITTLE RUDE? I'M ONLY 12 AND FOR YOUR IMFORMATION I DON'T GO TO CHURCH! START THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WRITING BEFORE YOU MAKE ME FELL HORIBLE.....
p.s. thxs to all who have gave me nice answers
2006-12-18 16:08:04 · update #2
His birth is celebrated at Christmas, his Resurrection is celebrated at Easter. However, I believe he was born more likely in the spring. God bless****
2006-12-18 15:40:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
>If it was Christmas then woudn't a manjure
perhaps a manger?
>be a little to cold
A stable with the warmth of the animals stabled there.
Too cold? Maybe they were having a "global warming" decade in J'hudah then?
>and why wouldn't there be snow on the grown?
If there were snow, likely it would be on the GROUND, not on the "grown".
How frequent does there be significant snow fall in that area now? And maybe THEN they were having "global warming"?
>And I might be wrong but I get the picure of Mary
>on a camel in a dessert.
The pictures I got are of the Magi on camels; Mary rode on a lowly beast of burden, likely a donkey. You had better get your pictures finished elsewhere.
And I don't want camels riding through my dessert; keep them in the desert!!
>HOW COULD IT BE CHRISTMAS?
>p.s. I think it is Easter
No one knows, for certain, just what day He was born.
But we do know that He was born. Emmanuel, God with Us.
And we know that at Easter is the Day of Resurrection, when He came back to life. He was dead and, behold, is alive forevermore. Hallelujah!
2006-12-18 15:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ was born in Bethlehem which is near present day Jerusalem in Israel. It is the desert. Currently one week before Christmas the temp is 45. Yes it is cold but no there is not snow. This was before central heat and good insulation. Many buildings were made out of stone and clay. People were accustomed to the weather. However Christmas is not an exact date of birth it is said to be close though. It is the day we celebrate Christs birth.
Easter is the day we celebrate Christs ressurection. It is not an exact date either. We celebrate it on the Sunday following the Jewish passover because that is when it happened. The day matters not the date. That is why we attend church on Sunday.
2006-12-18 15:54:20 · answer #3 · answered by micheletmoore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.
The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.
2006-12-18 15:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Ra1ph10 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a great question! You've limited yourself too much, though.
John the Baptist was born 6 months before Jesus. He was conceived in late June (if calculations involving the time Zechariah was serving in the Temple are correct), so he was born about nine months later in March. That would be sometime between Purim and Passover. Jesus came 6 months later in September, right around Rosh Hoshana (the traditional date for the coronation of the Kings of Judah) and Sukkot. Some prophecies about Jesus' coming say that he would come to tabernacle (sukkot in Hebrew) with his people.
My vote is on Rosh Hoshana.
-yk
2006-12-18 15:59:53 · answer #5 · answered by Yaakov 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not Easter but it is a very interesting question.
Remember the shepherds in the fields.It would have been cold for the them to be in there fields in Dec. It is a strong argument that our dates of Christmas is not the exact date of Christ's birth.
The most important thing is that he was born right? Good question though, makes ou think and wonder how we got our dates.
It also makes you realise the most important thing is not the date but His birth.
2006-12-18 15:42:37 · answer #6 · answered by otssai3 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas grow to be moved to journey up with a pagan holiday (a minimum of interior the Western Christian faiths, the Easter Christian faiths nonetheless rejoice Christs birthday around the traditionally regarded time). This grow to be a planned attempt to transform pagans over to Christianity in western Europe. stable Friday is often the day after the Passover (a Jewish holiday), the actuality that it is close to to a pagan holiday is accident (nonetheless i'm helpful the early Church used this accident to transform human beings over).
2016-12-15 04:00:10 · answer #7 · answered by binford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. He was born around May. Some believe that the Wise Men got to Jesus around December. Christmas is in December because of a Pagan holiday. The history changes every time I look it up, but I do believe that.
Jesus was crucified around Easter. That is what it is. He was crucified on 'Good Friday' and then rose on Easter sunday.
2006-12-18 15:43:58 · answer #8 · answered by nrwilcox 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
While he was most likely not born on December 25th, he also was probably not born on Easter. He died on Good Friday and rose on Easter. There is no indication in the Bible that Jesus rose on the same day he was born. That would seem significant and worth mentioning. So I think we just don't know the real time of his birth.
2006-12-18 15:42:38 · answer #9 · answered by Sorrow & Bliss 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...there are so many things wrong here that i cant start...but its okay, we wont hold you against it.
First off, they dont know what year he was born, much less when within the year. The day we have as Christmas is what it is because a day had to be picked and that was one that rivaled certain pagan holidays in early Christian times.
Secondly, its Christmas *and* summer in South America right now, meaning its not snowing everywhere in the world in December.
Thirdly, and somewhat unrelated, is that Christmas as we recognize it is (visiting friends, presents, feasting) is based off the Roman Saturnalia and was banned for the first 300 years of Christianity as heretical.
2006-12-18 15:47:37 · answer #10 · answered by uberzwitter67 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
good theological question . i think it was many years later after the death of Jesus. when some roman figured out . how to use Jesus to make a lot of money and control people all at the same time. oh and as far as dieing on easter. that is another day that the catholic church stole from the pegans. note that easter day allways floats around near a perticular moon cycle
2006-12-18 15:42:38 · answer #11 · answered by truckercub1275 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋