2007-01-02 16:08:08 · 16 answers · asked by Monica 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All the christian holiday's are pagan originally. That's why Jehovah Witness don't celebrate and holidays. They recognize the truth, so choose not to participate in something that isn't part of the bible.
2007-01-02 16:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by quietwater 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In case you haven't noticed, pretty much everything in the world can be traced back to some form of "paganism". However, that does not mean that all who participate in those things are "Pagans". God never said, "Thou shalt not celebrate new beginnings", and New Years isn't solely a pagan celebration, so there is nothing wrong with it.
2007-01-02 16:14:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
How do know that God does not approve of pagansim? The Bible forbids superstition, worship of idols, but I have never read anything about "paganism" in Scripture. And what pagan holiday was associated with New Years?
2007-01-02 16:17:11 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? If you want to celebrate a new year, go ahead. If you want to celebrate a new haircut, go ahead.......God looks at the reasoning BEHIND your celebrating.......if you are celebrating anything out of happiness, fine. If you are celebrating to appease some pagan "god" then yes, God might be angry, but if you are like most people, celebrating a new year has ZERO "pagan" connotations and so arguments like yours are irrelevant. Like Easter being equated with a pagan rite of spring, halloween being equated with a fall harvest pagan ritual, it is silliness. Christmas being equated with some ancient pagan winter festival. Nobody who celebrates these now care what it might have been thousands of years ago. They care about what it means to THEM...NOW. And that is what God cares about too.
2007-01-02 16:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by Rebecca C 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
lol - New Years is a gregorian calendar celebration. True Pagans Begin the year at halloween time, Jews in September, many at spring time. The only reason New Years is celebrated is because the Gregorian calendar turns at that time. It is the one non-religious, non-patriotic holidays we, as humans, share.
Peace!
2007-01-02 16:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by carole 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's only a pagan celebration if a pagan God is worshiped. I may be missing something here, but no one worships Zeus at Times Square.
2007-01-02 16:15:00 · answer #6 · answered by Dysthymia 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Just an observation here vashsunglasses, I don't remember seeing anybody celebrating any god on New Year's. But then again, they might have been worshiping any god. Did you poll everyone?
2007-01-02 16:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Brian W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
shh, don't tell anyone, but the reason we celebrate Christmas on Dec 25 was so the Catholics could replace a pagan holiday with their own; to assimilate into the culture to win more numbers (all about numbers). But people who don't want to celebrate Halloween or whatnot for the reason that it is based on a pagan holiday like to forget this fact. ..
2007-01-02 16:11:26 · answer #8 · answered by mountain_laurel1183 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
gee, I didn't know, is Presidents day pagan too? what about Labor Day and my birthday? are they pagan too?
your calendar sure sounds full! you must be worn out at the end of the year!
2007-01-02 16:17:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that the term "Holiday" was dirived from "Holy Day" which means setting aside a day (or days) for God. Does this mean that every holiday you celebrate regardless of your faith, that you really worship God? Of course not, because one must first love and honor God to worship Him. So how in the world are Christians "worshipping" any other god if they do not love honor or acknowledge them? You need to look up the definition of the word "worship"
2007-01-02 16:12:32 · answer #10 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋