Jesus was not born on Dec. 25, Mithras was.
2007-04-25 03:53:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How about the fact that Jesus asked us NOT to celebrate his birth but his death?
2007-04-25 04:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I fully believe that all days truely belong to God. If somebody else wants to pick a day, any day, and honor some weird demon with it, that is their problem, their sin. That will not make any part of the calendar "unholy" and unfit for Christian observances.
Of course, we know that Jesus probably WASN'T born on December 25. That date was just chosen (by a Christianized Roman Emperor, if I recall) as a day to remember Jesus' birth offically. It had previously been given over to a festival observing Saturnalia, or the winter solstice (the Day of the Unconquered Sun). When the Emperor embraced Christianity, he "whitewashed" the local holidays to give people a chance to have their party, and honor the real God at the same time.
No biggie. I really enjoy the whole Christmas pagentry, the manger scenes, the Nativity plays, the whole nine yards. It is a great time of year to be able to talk about Christ, and for familys to get together and celebrate the love of God.
2007-04-25 11:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know Mithras was born on 12-25 but I knew Jesus wasn't.
2007-04-25 10:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Unorthodox 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is a Christian celebration and as with many Christian holy days they are celebrated around the time of many pagan holidays. This was done purposefully. Anyone with any knowledge knows Jesus was not born of the 25th of Dec.
2007-04-25 11:02:18 · answer #4 · answered by Choqs 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know that so is EASTER and VALENTINES . And I have a friend that had twins on Dec.25 and I'm sure there was a bunch more born on that same day.
2007-04-25 11:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by rhonda h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are correct. The pagans celebrated the sun god. Constintine made it in to a day to worship the Son of God.
2007-04-25 11:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus wasn't born in the winter at all actually! He was supposedly born in the spring time.
2007-04-25 11:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by carlos b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who doesn't know about the Pagan celebration?
2007-04-25 10:58:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We know that. We know Christ was born in April, but we celebrate Christmas because it is a celebration of the birth of Christ, but not his birthday. It is a celebration of a Pagan god, but I forget which one...
2007-04-25 11:00:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Every Christian I have ever known has heard this. It is not new. It does not take away from our celebration of His birth. If your birthday was September 11, would you not celebrate it anymore?
2007-04-25 10:59:26 · answer #10 · answered by TLBFH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋