Have Christians no shame celebrating Pagan holidays?

Question

The jig is up, it's all Pagan, how long will you continue this silly sharade? Christianity has been mixed with Paganism, and it's teachings (Such as the Trinity) have been affected and heavily influenced by Pre-Christian Pagan beliefs.

darchangel: I'm in a Catholic school.

Answer 1

Good point. You are correct. Which is why Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to celebrate any holiday with roots in paganism. Including birthdays, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc.

The only thing we were told to commemorate by Jesus was his death, which we do annually on Nisan 14 after sundown.

The trinity is also a pagan doctrine. Long before Jesus was born, pagans worshiped different trinities. (Horus, Isis, Osiris; Sin, Shamush, Ishtar; and many others) Jesus never claimed to be equal to God, he even prayed to Him. The trinity was adopted by apostate Christianity to accommodate the beliefs of pagans. So were the doctrines of hellfire and the immortality of the soul.

As Jehovah's Witnesses, we give all our worship to Jehovah God, and not to anyone else. We believe that when you die you are simply sleeping. And certainly not burning forever!

Answer 2

Remember it was the pagans that adopted Christianity and not the other way around. Are you saying that it was wrong for pagans to become Christians?
Changing a Pagan holiday to a christian one...eg Christmas, was a good gesture.
Try as we may, we can't get away from pagan customs; our days of the week, months of the year etc are of pagan origin. If Christianity completely rejected the pagans, there would be few Christians today.

Answer 3

Paul put it quite well when speaking to the Corinthian congregation at 2 Cor. 6: 14 & 15 "Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever?" verse 17 "Therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves', says Jehovah 'and quit touching the unclean things."

God has said not to mix pagan things with our worship, not to even touch them. It's now our choice if we are going to obey him.

You also right about the Trinity doctrine, the Hellfire doctrine, among others that were influenced by pagan teachings.

Answer 4

i could guess that Christians shouldn't rejoice a pagan holiday. far as i understand, what Christians are celebrating at Christmas is the incarnation of their god. the actuality that they use some issues that pagans additionally use of their holiday journeys does not make Christmas pagan. I mean, human beings use festive decorations, candles, specific foodstuff and drink, events, etc for all way of activities. This issues do no longer dictate the objective of the middle and the concentration of the soul. they are merely issues. i'm a pagan. however lots of the traditions etc you record above do no longer take place to affix my faith and practices, a number of them do...yet that does no longer mean my faith is comparable to their faith, merely because of the fact a number of the trimmings and trimmings are a similar. because of the fact the previous asserting is going "a cat would have her kittens interior the oven, yet that doesn't lead them to biscuits" Mistletoe, holly, and adorned trees are area of the cultural history of a lot of human beings, for this reason human beings keep them, as area of their cultural history, to no longer honor yet another faith. even however i'm pagan, I word an earthly cultural Christmas with my kin

Answer 5

More than just affected by them ...
They have actually been adopted from pagan ideas.
Take for example the case of the Santeria beliefs:

The Lure of Santeria http://watchtower.org/e/20000708a/article_01.htm

Beliefs and Customs That Displease God
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_11.htm

Christmas Customs---Are They Christian?
http://watchtower.org/e/20001215/article_01.htm

How Did the Trinity Doctrine Develop ...?
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/article_04.htm

Should You Pray to the Virgin Mary?
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2005/9/8a/article_01.htm

Unbiblical Doctrines + Ungodly Actions = Not Christian
http://watchtower.org/library/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm

It is a Huge Relief to know that ...

The End of False Religion Is Near!
- What false religion is
- - How it will end
- - - How to identify true religion
http://watchtower.org/e/kn37/article_01.htm

Answer 6

Do not generalize your comment as Christians because many christians do not believe the Pagan holidays.

YOu know that Roman Catholics came from the Pagans belief and why generalized it to the whole Christian.s It is the Roman |Catholics that celebrate the Pagan holidays

ARe you afraid to the Pope of Rome to say it directly? When it is true? Say so.
jtm

Answer 7

Are you upset because we use the pagan holidays or because we are still worshipping Christ? Christians have used pagan holidays to celebrate Christian milestones since the beginning of the persecutions. They have hidden in plain sight even while worshipping the "Son". They have used every opportunity to celebrate Christ. Even old drinking tunes have been turned into hymns of the faith. There is a wonderful quote from Genesis. What you meant for evil, God has used for good. It doesn't bother us that pagans celebrate on the same day or that the great songs of our faith were once sung in taverns. What matters is that the message of Christ is preached throughout the world.

Answer 8

Hmm, a lot of anti-Christian sentiments here. Well, as a Christian I'll just say I don't care what roots a Holiday has. I celebrate Christmas as both a rememberance of the birth of Jesus and as a time to be with family, share gifts, etc etc etc. Easter is a time to remember Jesus' death/resurrection as well as a time to recognize the rebirth of everything in the world... plants, baby animals, etc.

So what if they have Pagan roots? I mean, a Holiday is what you make of it really. All of us Christians know that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th, but it was just set aside due it's timeliness with other 'pagan' holidays. Oh well. Again, it's just a time of year - our Bible says nothing of holidays, so it's not like we're doing anything 'wrong' for celebrating these "pagan" holidays.

And to all the Christian bashers out there - yeah, there are some annoying Christians in the world, I don't deny it, they bug me too, but some of us ain't so bad. Give us a chance.

Answer 9

The Father was not made, nor created, nor generated by anyone. The Son is not made, nor created, but begotten by the Father alone. The Holy Spirit is not made, nor created, nor generated, but proceeds from the Father and the Son. There is, then, one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits. In this Trinity, there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less. The entire three Persons are coeternal and coequal with one another. So that in all things, as is has been said above, the Unity is to be worshiped in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity.

Answer 10

You could say the same things about non-Christians.
Have atheists no shame? Why do they celebrate religous holidays?
Or are non-Christians exempt from this argument?

When a Christian celebrates Easter,he is not celebrating Ishtar the goddess or pagan rituals.HE is celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.

And no,the trinity was not based on paganism or pre-Christian relligions.It's taught in the Bible.

And no again,Christianity was NOT based on paganism.Here's a debunking of your theory:
http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/copycathub.html