One for his actual birthday and one for the pagan holiday we currently celebrate.
2007-01-20 04:48:54 · 17 answers · asked by mullah robertson 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They have stolen every pagan holiday. There's a free slot available at the summer solstice though. Maybe they should choose June 21st for his birth.
2007-01-20 04:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
No, it would only come once a year, if at all, on his actual birthday, which the Bible doesn't consider important enough to identify or celebrate. Real Christians wouldn't celebrate the Pagan holidays in December at all, and they also wouldn't have "Christmas trees", since the Bible forbids them as a heathen custom.
Jeremiah 10:2-4 "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, . . . For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."
Jesus is NOT the reason for the season. The Winter holiday season existed centuries before Jesus was invented.
2007-01-20 15:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by gelfling 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If we would know Jesus' actual birthday, then Christmas could be set to that very date.
And if that appears to be in the summer, then we still have the pagan holiday to enjoy the snow. And the festivities of Santa Clause.
So yes, it probably would come twice a year.
2007-01-20 13:05:07 · answer #3 · answered by The Orange Whisperer 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oddly enough there are 2 christmas events to celebrate - Dec 25 commemorating Jesus' birth and Epiphany Jan 6 to commemorate the day the magi arrive and revealed the miracle.
I think Non-Christians and Christians alike would be happy if Christmas was seperated - I think Pagans could easily agree to Festivus on the Winter Solstice, if it could be declared a national holiday and no one would have to work. At this point in our history I think the only ones objecting are the capitalists who don't want to lose 2 full days of labor over the winter holidays.
Peace!
2007-01-20 12:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by carole 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus IS real and it doesn't make any difference what day His birth is celebrated on. It is a day set aside in remembrance of the occasion. Let me ask you a question. Do you (or would you) accept a Christmas bonus? Do you take advantage of the Christmas sales in the stores? If you do then aren't you are also celebrating Christmas but in a hypocritical way? The day doesn't matter. We aren't celebrating the day--just the occasion. Be thankful for the reason for the season!!!
2007-01-20 13:58:03 · answer #5 · answered by DixeVil 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well if we were sure what day He was really born on, then we would probably not use Dec 25th anymore and celebrate the orginal date. I dont know if I would or would not still celebrate Christmas (as we know it) on Dec 25th, it really doesnt have any sun god worship left in it anyway and is still pretty festive. But Id like to do something festive on Jesus' real birthday if we ever figure it out.
2007-01-20 12:57:43 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
the first answerer was right.
we actually dont knwo his real birthday... it was made up becuase christians needed something else to celebrate in place of the pagans holiday... anyways we should celebrate jesus 24/7
2007-01-20 12:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you are right about the pagan holiday. So, maybe we should celebrate everyday and give a gift to someone everyday to make sure we get it right.
2007-01-20 12:55:02 · answer #8 · answered by Putta Rat 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well if you think about it, it kind of does. We've got the December 25th for His first birth at the same time as the Pagan holidays, and we've got Easter for His resurrection (or re-birth) in the spring (which is probably closer to when He was really born).
2007-01-20 12:53:38 · answer #9 · answered by daisyk 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, he was born sometime when it was warmer. So we aren't really celebrating his birthday at all...so yeah, but it's not nice to think about.
2007-01-20 14:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋