I've been witnessing all sorts of religious holidays over the last years. You know, those days when we all celebrate the birth of Jesus and His resurrection and his trip to Heaven, etc, etc. And I do remember reading about it in the Bible, but I can't find it anymore..
It's two verses, they must be something like this:
1. And thou shallt paint the eggs and hide them
2. And thou shallt buy a tree, decorate it and put presents under it.
Something like that. Please help me find them. Just verse and number is enough. Thanks in advance.
2007-03-17 17:40:07 · 31 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When paganism became Christian-like...I believe it was about 300+ years after the death of Christ...the Romans decided to absorb the Christian religion because they couldn't defeat it's followers. The devil had his hands in this--whenever the Romans absorbed a religion, it became diluted and watered down...it became Roman, and every other religion absorbed before by the Romans became that religion as well. It's kind of like the Borg in Star Trek--their opponents were assimilated. True Christian followers may or may not celebrate these holidays the same way as the non-Christians or even the Catholics. The bunny and the tree spell commercialism, and they come straight out of paganism. The bunny and the eggs are symbols of fertility. No wonder Easter is called Easter--that was the name of a pagan fertility diety. The Resurrection should be called as such, as it occurred at the end of the Passover. To celebrate this holiday, a nice cermon, a family gathering...take the kids out to have fun. Hiding eggs and candy is fun for the children. Christmas is fun for the children. Let the children enjoy their holidays, but educate them on the facts. Christ was born in the spring, not in December.
2007-03-25 07:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jalapinomex 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those are just the outward appearence that marketing has put on the holidays. Sad this world is all about money. Us Christians have a hard enough time just trying to keep God in the holidays that they still manage to get twisted with all sorts of pretty lights and presents and easter bunnies and chocolate. So what you are seeing is how the world can really distort things. If you would like to see how the holidays are really celebrated I recommend going and talking to a couple well knowledgeble pastors.
2007-03-23 23:03:35 · answer #2 · answered by rfurgy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These do not exist in any bible, except the one you are making up. The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of New Testamanet origin. The day of Christ's birth cannot be ascertained from the New Testament, nor from any other source. Says McLintock and Strong's Cyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britanica says this of Easter: There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic Fathers. The sanctity of special times was an idea absent from the minds of the first Christians.
2007-03-25 12:11:07 · answer #3 · answered by thilitha_tipton 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tee Hee - very funny.
You'll find verses in Jeremiah about not using trees for celebrations, because God didn't want such close association with active pagan rituals in the region... but we no longer have those particular religions operating in the forefront of today's society.
The odd practice of coloring eggs comes from an old story about a wittness telling a ruler about Christianity and a miracle was performed by turning an egg red...
But as for general society and the trappings of their perception of the season? Their just weird little traditions... like making the tradition of All-Holy's eve into the child's candy filled romp and teen's excuse for vandalism that is Halloween.
Peace hon.
2007-03-17 17:51:50 · answer #4 · answered by Depoetic 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
The method of celebrating these holidays is a hold over from the early days of Christianity. At the time, pagan religions were very popular (probably because they had great parties around the time of the winter solstice and spring equinox). The early Christians didn't want to be outdone by the pagans, so they had to come up with cool holidays around the same times of the year. Christmas and Easter were born!
2007-03-17 17:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by jlp 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Jeremiah 10:2-4
Jer 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Jer 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Jer 10:3 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.
Jer 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
2007-03-17 17:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Sorry markyy, Not in Bible. It does refer to the birth of Christ-and to His death-burial-Resurrection. Have a good day--
2007-03-24 08:25:31 · answer #7 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know as well as we know that the world created the Easter bunny and Santa and the tree and the eggs so that they could have fun and leave Jesus out of it.
2007-03-24 17:03:20 · answer #8 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here is one about the tree: Jeremiah 10:3
2007-03-17 17:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by RRJJ 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God wants people to be happy; just not to lose the meaning.
We don't have to refrain from doing everything not instructed in the Bible. There aren't verses forbidding those traditions either =]
Gift-giving was started by the three wisemen, and bunnies & eggs celebrate new birth & beginning. Jeez let the kids have their fun.
♥ S.Q.
2007-03-17 17:46:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋