Are Christmas trees a sin and prohibited by the bible?

Question

“Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not” (Jeremiah 10:2-4).

Answer 1

Yes, they are, but in 1093 the Catholic Church decided to adopt the pagan traditions and adapt them to the Mithras legend substituting Jesus and calling it a celebration in His name as a way to persuade the heathens to join Christianity.

Answer 2

ive never taken note of that scripture, so thank you for pointing this out...
this is a highly debatable subject, when involving christianity...
Pagans originaly would gather a log large enough to burn for 24 hours, celebrating the winter solstice, a.k.a Yule. thus, the yule log! viola! sound familiar?
As time grew on, pagan family began just getting large logs, and decorating it for the holiday celebrating the coming back of the suns trip farther away from the earth. slowly, it became accustomed to just get a pine tree and decorate it.
It is a pagan tradition, no doubt.
In the 1300-1600 during the rennaisance, and mostly the catholic reformation, many people began leaving the church for more freedom from old traditions that were very strict. If more and more people left for a free life, the catholic church would be dead. Therefore, some brainy genious decided they would pick up some of the pagan customs to bring in more people, which meant more money, of course, so the pagans wouldnt feel so far from home. this all happend after jesus, and jeremiah being far before jesus, this makes sense. if you would like to research this more, the history channel did an article and show explaining the traditions of christianity and just modern life that came from the ancient pagans. It shouldnt be too hard to find.
its also interesting to look up the similarities in the holidays, and the days of the week, even.
easter is also a big holiday for pagans, not by the same name, of course, they call it Ostara. Which celebrates new life, new fertility, everything being born again and blooming. Shocking similarities, eh?
keywords you might like to search for...
Pagan wheel of the year
Pagan holidays vs. christian holidays.
christmas origins.

Answer 3

The tradition of bringing a Christmas tree into the home stems from a German story about a missionary.

The missionary came across a crowd of people who were about to kill a man by hanging him from a tree on Christmas Eve. The missionary stepped in and begged the crowd to spare the mans life. He then chopped down the tree and told the people to take the tree inside a nearby house and decorate it in rememberance of Jesus birth.

This legend led to the German tradition of bringing trees indoors and decorating them for Christmas. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries that tradition spread throughout Europe and into North America although few people actually knew the legend behind that tradition.

Answer 4

I look to think of that Christmas timber have been presented to the united kingdom, and then something of the international from Germany, as Queen Victoria's husband Albert delivered them in. i don't be attentive to ways long they have been approximately, yet truthfully as Jeremiah is previous testomony, there would not have been Christmas. beneficial, there became a brilliant form of worry of Pagan or Heathen customs, so in line with threat there became a forerunner of the Christmas tree.

Answer 5

Wow, i didn't know that was in there. Somehow I missed that. We must be careful though we don't allow ourself to come under a yoke of bondage. I've thought a lot on this subject. My feelings are that we are to take things in their current context. For instance, our days of the week are named after Roman gods. However even though this has pagan roots, it has lost that original meaning and noone I know of is paying homage to Roman gods in their mind when they use our names for the days of the week. My guess without further research is that this passage in Jeremiah is in a setting when this particular tradition was tied to paganism in the minds of the people of that day. Its ok to exercise our God given discernment in such matters. There may be some grey area, but as the Word says, "Let every man be convinced in his own mind". Paul said nothing in and of itself is evil, yet not all things are profitable. Its the meaning that is attached and how it affects us and others, and our relationship to God. If its your personal conviction not to have a Christmas tree, then you should not have one.

Answer 6

Only if people bow down and worship the tree as an idol which is what that passage is referring to. Otherwise an evergreen is just an ornament that a Christian can decorate their house with and if they want to think any spiritual thoughts about it they can consider how Jesus was hung on a tree to give us eternal life.

Answer 7

I think those people were cutting down trees to worship foreign gods, but most people just use Christmas trees as a Christmas tradition, although my family personally ALWAYS uses a fake tree.

Answer 8

No they are a symbol of God. Have you never read in Hosea where God says, "I am like a pine tree". Evergreen trees like God always live. And I read an article which said that evergreen trees were kept in the temple.

So, I don't think it's a sin.

Besides God understands that Gentiles did not come from Jewish backgrounds. If we try to stop celebrating false gods, I think He's happy with that.

God bless.

Answer 9

So sayeth that ye shall not put lights on dead evergreens and furnish with ornate objects that it will divert glory from the lord thy God, Amen.

tards.

Answer 10

14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

GREEN FIR TREE...hmmm