Don't Christian know that Christmas is really a pagan holiday just with a different name?
You savior was born on the 1st day of the Feast of Tabernacles! In the year 5 B.C.E., this fell in the month of September.Not Dec 25.
The purpose of this was so that the Roman Catholic church could convert the northern EU pagans. Because they found out the hard way they went going to be able to do it by sword point. That right you are celebrating Yule or the Winter Solstice. Light on a tree Pagan. Wreath on a door pagan. Kissing under the milestone pagan. But of course the other thing like Santa all come from that great American religion call capitalism.
Shhhh the same thing about Easter...It a lil holiday named after the pagan Goddess Ostera
2006-12-20 13:23:22 · 13 answers · asked by Jarl V 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are absolutely keeeeerect!
However, please do not confuse Christianity with Christendom.
Christendom has only held the Bible in their hand and thumped it.
A real Christian will open up the Bible, read and apply it.
2006-12-20 13:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do some more research and you will find several other stories like:
Jesus birth is said to have been APR 17 6BC. Christmas was Christ's Mass, the remembrance of the Last Supper. Christianity was far from popular in the early centuries, and so in order to celebrate it, the Christians adapted the December date (the sun's birth=Son's birth) and traditions in order to celebrate it inconspicuously. Easter wasn't a name that was established until the 1700s by Germans related the Ishter.
2006-12-20 13:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'm glad to see so many here that knows the truth about Christendoms holidays.
But out on the streets, so to speak, it's not like this.
In repy to an above answer, why it matters is because Jesus does not approve of tainted and polluted worship. The Bible strongly admonishes to flee from the unclean things.
2006-12-20 13:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by rangedog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically, Santa Claus is Pagan too.... he is based on the story of the Holly King who battles with the Oak King on the Winter Solstice.... http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/sabbats/a/hollyoak.htm
http://twilightmists.tripod.com/thepaganconnection/id49.html
2006-12-20 13:35:19 · answer #4 · answered by mutherwulf 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think most true Christians know that Christmas was an invented holiday. It's like most things, when it becomes a tradition it is hard to break it.
2006-12-20 13:27:57 · answer #5 · answered by Trey G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually Santa comes from a Dutch tradition of St. Nicholas being a gift bringer.
2006-12-20 13:31:52 · answer #6 · answered by suede_blueyes 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If I was beaten with a bat the number of times I've heard this, I would be dead by now. Who cares. Every tradition and/or belief derives from somewhere! Our own English language did. Should we stop speaking English? Hey dude, stop telling Christians what we already know and BTW, It doesn't really matter, does it?
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-20 13:28:13 · answer #7 · answered by Lily P 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
This must be the topic of the week - I asked something similar 2 days ago! LOL
2006-12-20 13:26:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares, eat cookies, exchange presents. Have fun.
2006-12-21 03:54:36 · answer #9 · answered by kaplah 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check out this web-site
http://www.av1611.org/othpubls/santa.html
It gives you a lot of info-someone at work had it.
2006-12-20 13:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by selysammi 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋