a holiday such as Christmas, which has been shown to have been adopted from a pagan holiday? Why do we continue to celebrate the birth of Christ when in the Bible itself, there is no mention of Christmas or of celebrating his birth? If we are to believe what is in the bible, how can we pervert the bible and make claims that are not biblical?
2006-12-22 02:38:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OH NO... DON'T.... DON'T open that door so close to christmas.... don't make them think... when they start thinking bad things happen.....
but if you must.... ever thought about that the whole bible is just a new edition of pagan myths anyways?
2006-12-22 02:43:36 · answer #1 · answered by elwoodo0oo 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The bible also never mentions "altar calls" or Casting Crowns albums either. I am struggling to understand the point of a critique of this kind. If we were never to do anything not specifically prescribed in the bible, then we should be commuting to our office tent on camel caravans, and speaking Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic.
At some point, the saviour of the world was born to a young woman, heralding a new age in which men and women were set free. That day was probably not Dec. 25, true, but "Christ Mass" is not a birthday party - it is the feast of the nativity, heralding a time when light begins to overwhelm the dark.
Don't let bibliolatry (worship of the Bible) crush your soul, and sap the life from you. Some things are worth celebrating... and the birth of the Holy One is one of them.
2006-12-22 10:43:35 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Beats the heck out of me! You'd think that once a person learns the truth, it would matter to them wouldn't you? 1 John 2:15-17 says for us to 'not be loving the things of this world, that those who do, do NOT have the love of the Father in them'. We also know that for some, man's traditions mean more than God's opinion..Proverbs 14:12 says that 'there exists a way that is upright before a man, but the ways of death are the end of it afterward'. We are admonished at Ephesians 5:10 to 'keep on making sure of what is acceptable to the Lord' SOOO many don't care what that is!!!
2006-12-22 10:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by themom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is the Christian free to celebrate a holiday that not only has pagan origins, but also is used by the unbelieving world a promotion of commercialism? In my opinion, it depends.
The Christians must hold his standard of righteousness and devotion to God above those of the world. The Old Testament says that we are to worship God in truth according to the dictates that He has established (Exodus 20:1-4; 24:12-31:18). Christmas was not established by God. In addition, there are no records at all of the early church celebrating the birth of Christ.
On the other hand, there are those who say we have freedom Christ and can celebrate any day we want to. Paul says, "All things are lawful, though not all are profitable" (1 Cor. 6:12).
Should we then participate in the celebration of a festival origins and exceeding commercialism?
It is my opinion that we are free to celebrate the day. This is why.
In the Bible in 1 Cor. 10:23-33, Paul speaks about meat sacrificed to idols. This meat was often sold in the meat market and the question arose, "Should a Christian each such meat?" Paul said in verse 25, "Eat anything that is sold in the meat market, without asking questions for conscience' sake." The origins of the meat were, essentially, pagan. Many animals were raised for the purpose of sacrificing to pagan deities and their meat was offered in the market place. In reference to this Paul said it was okay to eat the meat.
Then in verses 28-29 he says, "But if anyone should say to you, 'This is meat sacrificed to idols,' do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake; 29I mean not your own conscience, but the other man's; for why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?" (NASB). Paul is saying that if you are with someone who might be stumbled by your eating meat that was sacrificed to idols, then don't eat it -- not because of you, but because of the other person. In other words, eating that meat won't affect you. The false gods are not real. They have no power.
1 Cor. 8:-7-9 echoes this idea. It says, "However not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 8But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. 9But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak." Though this passage requires a bit more examination, it still carries the sense of freedom. And, Jesus has definitely set us free.
However, if you are not comfortable with this conclusion and you don't want to celebrate Christmas, that is okay. You must answer to the Lord.
2006-12-22 10:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The question you have to ask yourself is: Are there things not in the Bible that are also good?
Christmas for me is about spending time with my family, reading Luke 2, singing Christmas songs, hot chocolate, giving etc. I personally believe in integrating good things into my life (even if it came from something other than the Bible).
2006-12-22 10:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is better to celebrate that Christ lives then to preach Christ's sufferings..All i ever see any more are pictures of Christ hanging on a cross. we have great cause to celebrate and we should do away with all the pictures of his suffering and replace them with triumphant pictures of him coming in the clouds.The message is of peace and the spirit of contention is of the devil, for it is he who stirreth up the hearts of man to anger one against another. WE celebrate christmas cause thats what our parents did and christmas itself is a noble idea one that makes America great give your stuff away is this not noble?
2006-12-22 10:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God encouraged celebration. Our motivations are our own despite the origins of the holiday. Any day that we choose to celebrate the birth of the One that has set us free is a great idea in most Christians' opnions. I'm sorry that you can't get past the meaningless origiin to your own motivations.
2006-12-22 10:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
What is wrong with celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ regardless of the day it is done?
2006-12-22 10:43:36 · answer #8 · answered by Gods child 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
i am christian ,, and i agree with you .. if you look at the most part its the catholics who celebrate,, they dont even know how to follow the teaching of out father
2006-12-22 10:43:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well we know Jesus was born so we celebrate it 1 day knowing that Jesus was here and still is here
besides Christmas is fun
2006-12-22 10:42:07 · answer #10 · answered by , 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋