Why is not God the father, doing something special for his son's birth day?

Question

I mean, here we are in London, yesterday and today, with heavy fog enveloping the airports, creating havoc and misery among the people trying to go on holiday and celebrate Christ's bithday.

Why does not his father move a finger to help his sons' friends, or even join in the celebrations?
Not much of a father is he?
My wife would never let me get away with such behaviour!

Answer 1

You are very ignorant, sign seeker, by the way just because we celebrate his birth on that day doesn't mean it's his birthday.

Answer 2

Would your wife expect you to do something if what happened was nothing to do with you? The mess we have made in this world is not God's doing but ours. Why do so many people who say they don't believe in God suddenly start blaming him when things go wrong? Are all these people rushing around to celebrate Christ's birth, or is it just an excuse for a boozy get together? As for not being much of a father, how many dads do you know who would be willing to let their only son die such a horrible death for the likes of you and me????

Answer 3

Think of this: Have YOU ever had birthdays--orhelped others celebrate their birthdays--on days with bad weather? And did that--or the other inconveniences that life throws at us ruin the celebration?

Christmas is supposed to be a time of reflection--and of helping others. Circumstances such as you describe can be a hassle. But if we approache them as an opportunity--to cheer someone up, perhaps make a new friend, or brighten someone's day by making their situation a little easier in some way--then we are truely celebrating Christmas. So why should God take away that opportunity.

And as far as celebrating His Son's birthday--neither you nor I have any way of knowing what He has planned--nor are we likely to. I

Answer 4

Probably for 2 reasons

1 - Jesus wasn't born in December, more like September, although if it was important to celebrate Christ's birth then I'm sure it would have mentioned the date.

2 - The 25th December was a date decided on by Pope Julius 1 in the year 325 CE/AD, and which was also used by people celebrating the Roman festival ‘the birth of the unconquered sun’ (or Dies Natalis Solis Invicti). The Romans didn't stop celebrating this until the year 390 CE/AD. In fact pretty much all of the Christmas/New Year celebration is based on pagan religions, and that's the reason why Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate it.

1 Timothy 4:7
But turn down the false stories which violate what is holy and which old women tell. On the other hand, be training yourself with godly devotion as your aim.

Jeremiah 10:2-5
2 This is what Jehovah has said: “Do not learn the way of the nations at all, and do not be struck with terror even at the signs of the heavens, because the nations are struck with terror at them. 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. 5 They are like a scarecrow of a cucumber field, and cannot speak. Without fail they are carried, for they cannot take any steps. Do not be afraid because of them, for they can do nothing calamitous and, what is more, the doing of any good is not with them.”

Galatians 4:8-11
8 Nevertheless, when YOU did not know God, then it was that YOU slaved for those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that YOU have come to know God, or rather now that YOU have come to be known by God, how is it that YOU are turning back again to the weak and beggarly elementary things and want to slave for them over again? 10 YOU are scrupulously observing days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for YOU, that somehow I have toiled to no purpose respecting YOU.

Matthew 15:8-9
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.’”

Colossians 2:8
Look out: perhaps there may be someone who will carry YOU off as his prey through the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary things of the world and not according to Christ

Answer 5

The majority of the time, when God *does* do something, mankind does not recognize it. When planes are missed, they scorn God, not realizing that God may have caused them to miss the plane because it was going to crash, or because if they made *that* plane, they would have been involved in a severe auto accident upon arriving at their destination. It goes on. If we would *look* for his miracles and blessings, we would find them every day.

Answer 6

Maybe God is having an off day and just sick and tired of people blaming him for all the wrongs in the world, maybe the fog is just his way of showing us all that sometimes we all have to stop and think.

Answer 7

Unfortunately, according to the legions of the mad, God and His son are one and the same. Therefore God's gift to himself was in fact His usual messing about with all of us. It's what He does when He gets bored or frustrated, which is apparently every damned day.

Answer 8

Well, He will not fix what WE did to his creation. Would you?

Why you people think that God is just a maid who fixes our messes? You mess the house and God should clean it? Yeah, right.

He offers you the same gifts as everyone. The problem is that you don't accept it, and don't even recognize it. That's very sad.

Answer 9

How do you know God the Father is not doing something special for his Son's birthday?
Have you decided what form the 'something special' should come in, where, when, and how?

Answer 10

Do you know the true meaning of Christmas?It is to celebrate Gods birth not to celebrate all the commercialism that goes with it.May be he was trying to make the people sit back and think?????????????//////