2006-12-23 15:08:37 · 15 answers · asked by Caera Ram 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The census mentioned in the bible during Jesus's birth was done in the spring. No one knows when (or if) he was born. The December 25th thing comes from the early Church's attempts to put their religious celebrations on top of the old, pagan holidays in order to let people continue to celebrate as they had, but slowly replace the old traditions with the new ones. Most of the time, it never worked as planned and many old traditions were simply supplanted into the new "Christian" religion, i.e. Christmas trees.
2006-12-23 15:20:40 · answer #1 · answered by fnord_2005 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they had historians back then, and it's interesting how NONE of them even mention Jesus! (And nobody better bring up that interpolated section in Josephus who was born AFTER the alleged time of Jesus, anyway). Not only don't they know what day he was supposedly born (and they borrowed the standard borthday of all Mystery Cult god-men) but they can't even get their details straight on the year! Luke says he was born during the census of Augustus, which was in the year 6-7 CE. Matthew says he was born during the reign of Herod (the great), who died in 4 BCE! That's a difference of at least 10 years!
A solid case can be made for the assertion that Jesus never existed. It starts with the fact that there is no real evidence he ever existed, apart from the Gospels, which can be dismissed as fictional.
2006-12-23 23:16:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere between 5 BC and 5 AD are the most popular opinions.
Some have tried to figure out what the star was, and if there were some celestial event that took place, and tried to place the time on that.
Some think the star was a super-nova, which makes it a little trickier to determine the time (from historical accounts of people reporting super novas around that time).
The bottom line is,
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He was born!
And He is risen!
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The exact year, the exact date, is irrelevant!
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2006-12-24 00:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jimmy Dean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows the exact time of His birth.
According to the Bible He was in ministry 3 and 1/2 years and was crucified. Going by that they figure he was born sometime in the spring/early summer months.
The pegans use to decorate trees and celebrate something else all together. The Christians took it on and started celebrating Christs Birth at that time instead of celebrating what the pegans were celebrating.
It has been that way for thousands of years. Though not all Christians celebrate Christmas as being Christ's Birthday, they do all agree that its not the correct time of His Birth
2006-12-23 23:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by Bridget 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the church has an idea of when Christ was born but they choose to celebrate it on DEC 25 (winter solstice ) the same pagan holiday for Mithra . Mithra was a roman/Persian sun god it was established as the birth of Jesus due to similarities as mithraic beliefs , pope at the time made a decree and its been the same ever since
2006-12-23 23:14:40 · answer #5 · answered by monkey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because that's what so-called early Church Fathers determined. Pretty much the early foundation of Christianity is essentially dogma.
2006-12-23 23:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Maria Gallercia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't know. Theologians believe it's actually in mid April.
The early church made it on December 25, which was taken from a pagen holiday which welcomed the Winter.
amen.
2006-12-23 23:11:42 · answer #7 · answered by Speedoguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it happened it was not important enough to record the event.
What's with the 3 wise men and the star BS?
2006-12-23 23:20:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not know. This is why they chose a fixed day each year and choose to celebrate the Incarnation.
2006-12-23 23:18:45 · answer #9 · answered by jonathan x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
december 25th is symbolically a day we celebrate Jesus' birthday even though we know its not his actual birthday.
2006-12-23 23:27:15 · answer #10 · answered by Nikki 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋