guys come on... Jesus wasn't born in December. The holiday that we celebrate as the birth of our savior is based on a combination of pagan celebrations
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2006-12-21 10:55:25 · 7 answers · asked by littlehey5 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the date of December 25 was chosen to coincide with the yearly celebration of the Roman god Saturn
known as Saturnalia
2006-12-21 10:56:38 · update #1
no i dont mean offended by it, but why are they so incensed when people decide to use other terms
2006-12-21 10:59:27 · update #2
I'm Christain and know many other Christains, but none of us take offense in the phrase, "Merry Christmas". In fact, it's a good thing to us.
2006-12-21 10:58:21 · answer #1 · answered by *gasp* it's me! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
little: This issue has been posed for decades by people. Look at it, this way, knives were used by pagans to sacrifice humans with.
Now; with your reasoning, Christians should not use knives because pagans once did ? Dec. 25th is the modern day agreement point where Christians decided to celebrate Christ's Birth date on. In all reality, Christ was born in the late autumn, around 4 B.C. Have you not read where King David went into the Temple and took the "show bread" from the alter and fed it to his hungry men? This offence was to be punishable by death for ANY man outside of the Levitical Priesthood to enter therein, to do and King David was no Levite. Merry Christmas to you !!!
2006-12-21 19:08:56 · answer #2 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could understand Catholics celebrating Christmas. In addition to the Bible, they have a higher opinion of the traditions of the fathers.
But why do Protestants celebrate Christmas? During the Reformation, the marching order was "sola scriptura" (the Bible and the Bible only). Where in the Bible is it recorded that anyone celebrated a BIRTHDAY of Jesus? Now, don't confuse that with the angels singing at the BIRTH of Jesus. That was NOT a birthday celebration but the celebration at THE actual birth of Jesus.
2006-12-21 19:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by flandargo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be similar to saying "Happy Enslavement Day" on Martin Luther Kings Day in January. To remove the reason for the season is offensive for those who celebrate Christ's birth.
Come on, rudeness is rudeness whether against Christians or not.
2006-12-21 19:09:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lives7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I'm an atheist and I have been told by other Christians that it isn't right for me to celebrate Christmas. Christians seem to think they have cornered the market on Christmas. So I celebrate Krismas!
And I LOVE the pagan traditions!
2006-12-21 19:00:50 · answer #5 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let's face it, people are offended by everything now...It seems like we wouldn't be Americans if we weren't offended by something? Nobody's ever content to just leave things as they are without complaining. Back when I was little nobody ever gave it a second thought about saying "Merry Christmas" and schools didn't change things to accomodate other people who believe in different holidays like Hannukah or Kwaanza.
2006-12-21 19:02:54 · answer #6 · answered by Cute But Evil 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure what you mean by defensive. You mean defensive about our right to celebrate the birth of our Redeemer?
Damn right we have a right to celebrate it without being ridiculed about it.
2006-12-21 18:58:50 · answer #7 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋