I met this guy who doesn't celebrate X-mas but he says he's not a Jehovah's Witness or a Muslim. What is he?
2006-12-21 06:13:38 · 30 answers · asked by Noodle 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians; they teach that Christ was and is divine and of the same nature as God.
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!
Jehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ. They do NOT celebrate so-called "Christmas" because "Christmas" does NOT celebrate Christ; "Christmas" celebrates the pagan Saturnalia. Jesus was not even born in December. Nearly all so-called Christmas customs dishonor Christ.
(Jeremiah 10:2-5) This is what Jehovah has said: "Do not learn the way of the nations at all... 3 For the customs of the peoples are just an exhalation, because it is a mere tree out of the forest that one has cut down, the work of the hands of the craftsman with the billhook. 4 With silver and with gold one makes it pretty. With nails and with hammers they fasten them down, that none may reel. ...the doing of any good is not with them."
http://watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20001215/
http://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/19981215/
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm
By contrast, it's tragic that the one holiday Christ actually *DID* ask Christians to commemorate is entirely ignored by almost all of Christendom. It is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death, sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".
(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.”
(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.”
Christ Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have done so on the same Jewish calendar date as Jesus did, Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "Fourteen-ers", because the early Christians were well-known for this true holy day.
How would Jesus feel to learn that the holiday he commanded was widely ignored, while his so-called followers chose to celebrate a pagan false god and their own traditions of men? We don't need to wonder.
(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_08.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
2006-12-21 06:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Jehovah's Witnesses believe in Jehovah God and don't celebrate Christmas because its pagan origins.
Concerning the Christmas celebration as it is generally known all over the world, The Encyclopedia Americana says: "Most of the customs now associated with Christmas were not originally Christmas customs but rather were pre-Christian and non-Christian customs taken up by the Christian church. Saturnalia, a Roman feast celebrated in mid-December, provided the model for many of the merry-making customs of Christmas. From this celebration, for example, were derived the elaborate feasting, the giving of gifts, and the burning of candles."
2006-12-21 15:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He might be a true christain. A keeper of the commandments (not just 10) and have the faith of Jesus Christ. I am one. That might sound like I am perfect but I'm not by no means still working on it. But I don't celebrate Christmas I believe Jesus was my Savior and God's son. And that God the Father created all. The best way to say what religion I am is to prove to me using the bible that its wrong or right. Nowhere in the Bible does it say to keep Christmas so I don't. Hope that helps. If you have any questions shoot me an email.
2006-12-21 14:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by Cody 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not ask him?
Lots of people don't celebrate Christmas, for personal as well as religious reasons. And lots of people who don't believe in God celebrate Christmas. Christmas is a cultural thing, it has very little to do with CHristianity or God.
2006-12-21 14:19:37 · answer #4 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe he is a true Christian who only does what the Bible teaches.
Nowhere are we told when Christ's Birthday is or to celebrate it in God's inspired word.
The Church of Christ only goes by the BIBLE. We do not add to or take away from God's word.
Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22 warn against this.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 for these are not the words of man but the word of God.
2006-12-21 14:19:08 · answer #5 · answered by Penny Mae 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only 1/3 of the people in the world are Christian. He could belong to the other 2/3.
2006-12-21 14:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Jewish? Or today, there are many mainstream Baptists who have discovered for themselves that the celebration of Christmas is not Biblical, so he could have been with any number of religious affiliations, if he was not a Witness or Muslim.
2006-12-21 14:17:20 · answer #7 · answered by themom 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He could simply not celebrate Christmas. Jews don't believe in Jesus as the messiah, so they do not celebrate Christmas, but still believe in God. He could be Jewish.
2006-12-21 14:20:32 · answer #8 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a joke you're telling us, or do you really want to know what religion he was? Anyone who says they are Christian would not want to celebrate Christmas, or at least want to understand why Christmas is wrong.
2006-12-21 14:41:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witness. They don't celebrate Easter or birthdays either.
2006-12-21 14:18:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋