I'm Protestant and our church doesn't celebrate Christmas because it's not a correct date. That also means no decorations, or trees nothing at all. So, I was wondering do all Protestants do this or just some?
2006-12-30 07:21:00 · 9 answers · asked by .:Gigi:. 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's not silly, for the first person that answered.
2006-12-31 09:36:41 · update #1
Perhaps your church's doctrine is more directly based on the Bible than that of other Protestant churches. Christmas does not occur on the "correct date" because it simply "replaced" a pagan Roman holiday. The Christmas trees and other means of celebrating Christmas are pagan customs. Indeed, Christmas is altogether a pagan holiday.
Most Protestants seem to celebrate Christmas to some extent, but, then again, most Protestants (and most Christians as a whole) do not base their doctrine directly on the Bible. If their doctrine was based more directly on the Bible, not only would they not be making such a fuss about Christmas, they would reject the non-Biblical belief in the Trinity.
2006-12-30 08:08:28 · answer #1 · answered by HF 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a mix between various Protestant sects. Some are more traditional & celebrate Christmas. Others care not to. As far as I am concerned, and this is me personally, I don't care much to celebrate it. I like what Charles Haddon Spurgeon (a great preacher back in the 1800's) said regarding Christmas:
"We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Saviour; and, consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority."
I echo his views.
2006-12-30 09:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by srprimeaux 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only "Protestants" I know of that don't celebrate Christmas are the Jehovah's Witnesses. Any chance your church is of that affiliation?
2006-12-31 02:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by Martin Chemnitz 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm Protestant also. I've never heard of such a thing. What branch, denomination are you. I'm Nondenominational and we do celebrate. How old are you. Even adults need the celebration of the Savior's birth no matter what day you celebrate it on.
2006-12-30 10:00:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
As you spot maximum folk don't have a real answer that bargains with the bible its all own "i like to receive presents or its custom they have not have been given any biblical reason they do have fun a pagan holiday it would not say have fun my delivery or do my delivery in remembrance of me it says have fun my loss of life try this in remembrance of me and that's not celebrating Easter yet another Pagan holiday
2016-10-19 05:53:17 · answer #5 · answered by benner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your particular church is a small minority. The vast majority of Protestants (Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalian, Prebysterian, Anglican, etc.) all celebrate Christmas on December 25th.
2006-12-30 07:26:13 · answer #6 · answered by Good Times, Happy Times... 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Protestant means non-Catholic. Both are Christians. If you don't recognize Christmas then that sounds like Judism. I'm no expert but maybe you are a member of some fringe organization that makes its own rules? Do you celebrate Festivus?
2006-12-30 07:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The mass of Christ is completely pagan in origin and has NO place in Protestantism. That's what the Pro-Testant is supposed to be protesting about. Christ-Mass is Catholic (universalism) (paganism).
2015-03-08 13:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by jason w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's silly. You should celebrate your saviors birthday sometime. The date doesn't need to be the same as long as everyone can agree.
2006-12-30 07:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋