Why did early Christians celebrate Christmas and Easter on the same days as Pagan Holidays?

Question

There are serious misconceptions on this subject in Modern times.

Answer 1

The early Church celebrated the birth of Jesus and the death of Jesus on different days until after the reign of emperor Constantine.
That was around 300AD.

Answer 2

Cause those who introduce Christmas and Easter was Pagan themselves - The belief filtrated down from Babel. Check out the Book the Two Babylons, and also 50 Years in the Church of Rome. 50 years in the Church of Rome by Charles Chiniquy.

(50 YEARS) can be found at Chick Publication. http://www.chick.com

(Note) As a child, Chiniquy memorized scriptures at his mother's knee and developed a deep love for God. Becoming a priest, he wanted desperately to place full trust in his "church", but was hit by waves of doubt as his "church" claimed adherence to the Gospel, yet violated it at every turn. His jealous superiors falsely accused him, but Abraham Lincoln, a young lawyer from Illinois, defended him and saved his reputation. Chiniquy proves that it was the Jesuits who later killed Lincoln, and explains why.

Finally, after twenty-five years as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, his bishop demanded that he give up his precious Bible, and pledge blind obedience to the "church. After a dark night of struggle, he emerged gloriously saved, and led almost the entire Catholic population of St. Anne, Illinois to trust in Christ alone. Here is the finest work ever written to show, from the inside, what Catholicism really is. You will feel Chiniquy's broken heart for Catholics, even as he clearly refutes Catholicism's errors. Now, abridged from the 1886 edition, it is even more readable than before!

Answer 3

It's a lot easier to convert a group when your religion and beliefs are similar to their own. They can just say "Look! Our holidays are the same, our churchs are where your temples were. It's ok to convert!" It was easier than just killing them all.

Answer 4

because in the early years of christianity they were competing with the pagan religions' holidays, and decided to go with "me too" marketing to try to obtain more of the market share of religious folk.

Answer 5

They probably had good intentions, by trying to cover over it with good, but it says that we should not put a new patch on a old cloth yet it will make the hole worse.

Answer 6

To make it easier for the general public to accept christianity

Answer 7

so no one would have to change their calenders