If I worshiped the Devil why should I not celebrate Christmas, after all the devil is part of christianity.
2006-12-31 07:53:37 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By not observing it, people will think that there is some significance in it, just like your use of the upside-down Cross. You don't deny something has significance by ignoring it. You make the appearance of opposing it, that way Satan tricks Christians into thinking that a pagan holiday or an idolic symbol is okay.
Of course, by observing it, you are endorsing the pagan aspects of it.
2006-12-31 08:12:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you worship the devil then you have a lot more problems than just whether to celebrate Christmas or not. The devil is God's enemy and while it may seem that he is in control now, you better believe that Jesus is coming back and the devil WILL NOT WIN and neither will his followers.
P.S. Don't say there is no God, there would not be a devil for you to worship without God. Also, if this is a joke, you shouldn't really joke around about something like that.
2006-12-31 08:27:00 · answer #2 · answered by Kat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude are you satanist or not? Satanists don't worship the devil. They worship themselves. And yes you should celebrate Christmas. Nobody even knows when Christ was born and it is highly unlikely that it was in December. Christmas is not for celebrating Christ but rather for celebrating love and being kind and giving. That's why Christmas rocks.
2006-12-31 08:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by Dido 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Celebrate whatever you like - it's your world, isn't it?
But, If you worship the Devil you ought to re-examine and re-design your core beliefs... devil worship is as useless and untrue as God worship. Belief in the existence of an honest-to-goodness Devil is just nonsense, isn't it? After all, it's only supportive documentation is in the Book of Paul and that's from the flaw riddled Bible - a book of historic fiction.
Get real... there are no spirits, good or bad. There is no Hell and no Heaven - life after death is a ludicrous concept. You're wasting your time worshiping the man-made Devil-idea. The idea of evil and the Devil are Christian devices intended to cause fear and guilt. The evil Devil is purely a farcical concept through and through.
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2006-12-31 08:02:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As you can see from previous posts Christmas is not necessarily about Jesus, some believe it is pagan, some are not religious but celebrate it anyway. I think it's a time for peace, love and being with friends and family, if your views and beliefs do not cross with the general 'feeling' around Christmas then there is no problem, it's what you make it, so celebrate it how you wish
2006-12-31 07:56:20 · answer #5 · answered by Crazy Blue Beetle 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why not? Believing in the Devil is still theism, but remember that Christmas was originally a Pagan holiday and the Christians basically stole it.
2006-12-31 07:59:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its all hocus pocus and superstitious garbage.
If your stupid enough to worship God or the Devil whose existences are about as real as the tooth fairy then you must surely be stupid enough to celebrate Christmas which is the biggest pile of nonsense we're subjected to each year.
Nobody I know with any sense bothers to acknowledge Christmas anymore. We all go away somewhere nice and hot at that time of year, such as the Bahamas or Egypt's Red Sea Riviera, in order to get away from it all.
If you want to be cured of your delusions about non existent entities then I suggest you read Richard Dawkin's excellent book The God Delusion which will educate you to the truth.
2006-12-31 08:25:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Christians celebrate Halloween so why not!!?? You could celebrate it in a macabre but-tongue-in cheek sense and lampoon the festive imagery I guess !!! You could maybe celebrate the festival of Yule as the pagans do .
I am intrigued to know what festivals you Satanists have. Anyway what ever you celebrate enjoy it!!!
Happy New Year (that is pretty much universal !!!)
2006-12-31 08:26:15 · answer #8 · answered by Andielep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since a lot of Christmas customs are taken from pagan festivals (including Yule, which is now synonymous with Christmas), definitely. You have more of a right to Christmas that Christians do. Enjoy!
2006-12-31 07:58:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Much more so.
M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.
Luke 2:8-11 shows that shepherds were in the fields at night at the time of Jesus’ birth. The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus states: “The flocks . . . passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”—(New York, 1962), Henri Daniel-Rops, p. 228.
The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—(1977), Vol. 6, p. 666.
The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.
2006-12-31 07:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋