many people from man fold of faith celebrate this holiday but do not believe in God/Jesus how is that possible?
2006-12-19 11:50:32 · 12 answers · asked by californiabaybe 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
because they are celebrating the hope for peace on earth... and enjoying the fellowship of the season?
2006-12-19 12:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by dedum 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whatever reason some people celebrate it, for it's Yule/Pagan origins, or for Christ's birth (which aparently wasn't even on this date??), or just because we grew up with this tradition, I have a question for you:
Do you celebrate Labor Day, July 4, New Year's day, etc? Well, for non-believers, they can celebrate Christmas for the same reasons: it's just a tradition, and holidays are fun. It's great to get together with family, and put a little more effort into spending time with them and thinking about what they might want. The songs, rituals, and decorations get all the kids excited and bring people together in a shared experience. Even if you don't believe in Chrst, doesn't that sound worthwhile?
Nobody gave me the chance to name this holiday, so I just call it what everyone else does. It's tradition.
Hey, I take a day off on Labor day, and I'm not a laborer...are you?
2006-12-19 12:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by Derek K 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The holidays now-a-days is more about getting together with family, decorating your house and getting a tree, and gifts than it is about God. It's not that religious anymore. The most religion that comes into it for most families is are a few songs and one or two decorations.
Maybe those who don't believe in God or Jesus shouldn't call it Christmas... but really, does it matter? It's not hurting anyone. I celebrate Christmas because it's tradition. I believe in God, but I'm no longer a Christian. I grew up a Christian though. Most of my family doesn't even know that I don't consider myself Christian. In the eyes of some I never was, because I was never baptized.
Yes, it is a little weird, but there are many reasons for a non-Christian to celebrate Christmas. The biggest is that they grew up with it.
2006-12-19 11:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by many_happy_kittens 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its like celebrating Easter and not believing in the Easter Bunny. Ok, I get your point that Christ isnt Santa, but it's only a matter of belief right? Not everywhere is Christmas called Christmas. I celebrate Yule, which is the pagan and much older version of Christmas. It is the time that the days grow longer, the light comes back to earth. In your case, Jesus comes to earth and he is the light for you. Same difference really. All that matters is that everywhere, whether Yule, Christmas, Hunnahka (pardon the spelling if its wrong), families and friends get together and have a lovely time. I dont see anything wrong with that. Merry Xmas!
2006-12-19 11:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the origins of Christmas are in the paegan festivals of Soltice. Before Christ, many cultures celebrated the turning of the months and the beginning of winter with food and festivals. About 1,600 years ago, a Roman emperor merged the celebration of the winter soltice with Christ's birth because soltice marked the rebirth of the sun, roughly translated into Christian terms are:
The rebirth of the sun.(solstice)
The birth of the Son. (Christianity)
Because Christianity dominates Western culture, we call it Christmas now. Soooooo, to make a long story short, those who do not believe in the Judeo/Christian view of "God" see Christmas as a time to celebrate family and friends much like how the ancients used to do.
2006-12-19 12:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by ivybear98 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I celebrate Yule ( which was a holiday first )Yule has nothing to do with Jesus and we were celebrating it 200 years before Christians made up the birth of their god or their commercial holiday
2006-12-19 11:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by harmony moon 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i celebrate yuletide. as yule came well before christmas. yuletide is a pagan holiday, celebrating the suns birthday.....perhaps in that you might see a/or the connection between my faith and yours, of which the church changed. still. its not a question of believing in god. more importantly, it is a question of acknowledging the festival for what it is.....i leave you to make your own mind up.
2006-12-19 12:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, that is to say, to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, once can not truly celebrate Christmas at all without a belief in God. What the unbelievers celebrate is commercialism and the annual trek to the unbelievers Mecca.....the Holy of Holies....THE SHOPPING MALL
2006-12-19 11:55:12 · answer #8 · answered by steven_p_ohio 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
christmas for others is just a HOLIDAY, celebrated but not fully apply its essence
2006-12-19 11:55:16 · answer #9 · answered by JEA 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they celebrate it as the middle of winter celebration(pagans) or as just a time to celebrate and give gifts.(atheists)
2006-12-19 11:55:31 · answer #10 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋