2007-05-29 03:51:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians Claim that God sent His Only begotten Son to Save the World, but, its a Real Mockery that, That Christian God failed to earmark his son's birthday for the World to remember..and also his so called deathday, no-one knows the exact date!
Neither the date 25th Dec. nor any other date on Jesus' birth is mentioned in the Bible. It was not until the year 530 C.E. that a monk, Dionysus Exigus, fixed the date of Jesus' birth on Dec. 25th. . "He wrongly dated the birth of Christ according to the Roman system (i.e., 754 years after the founding of Rome) as Dec. 25, 753". (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1998 ed.) This date was chosen in keeping with the holidays already indoctrinated into pagans beliefs.
Roman pagans celebrated Dec. 25th as the birth of their 'god' of light, Mithra.
"In the 2nd century A..D., it (Mithraism) was more general in the Roman Empire than Christianity, to which it bore many similarities" (The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, 1995 ed.)
Other pagan 'gods' born on Dec. 25th are: Hercules the son of Zeus (Greeks); Bacchus, 'god' of wine (Romans); Adonis, 'god' of Greeks, and 'god' Freyr of Greek-Roman pagans.
If Jesus meant his followers to celebrate Christmas, he would have practiced it himself and enjoined it on his followers. There is no mention in the entire Bible that any of his followers ever celebrated Jesus' birthday like Christians do today.
"The church did not observe a festival for the celebration of the event of Christmas until the 4th century" (Grolier's Encyclopedia)
Thus we see that neither the Bible nor Jesus and his companions say anything about the celebration of Christmas which currently involves fanfare, commercialization, and extravagent spending, devoid of any spiritual relevance.
2007-05-29 04:05:56 · answer #1 · answered by The Skeptic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Educator is correct in how Christians becan celebrating the birth of Christ on Dec. 25th. In all actuality, Christ was most like born sometime around May or June.
It doesn't bother me, however, to celebrate Jesus' birth on the wrong day, especially since we don't even know what the right day is. I'm just happy that He chose to came and enjoy the celebration of such love that was given.
2007-05-29 04:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by Betsy S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can be almost sure that Jesus was not born on December 25. That day was chosen to try to identify His birth with the winter solstice.
But it is more likely that He was born in the spring, because in December the shepherds would not be out on the hillsides with their sheep. The sheep would be sheltered in the caves which are located all along that area.
2007-05-29 04:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really thinks that jesus was born on christmas, except people who make most of their money on that date, and even them I am not sure about.
2007-05-29 04:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Date of Birth does not have much relevance in the big picture. Nor does the DATE of his Death. The fact that he came/died is all that is relevant....
The difference between Darkness and Light to us all.
2007-05-29 05:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Seraph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not mention the date of the birth of Jesus.
Christmas is a pagan holiday.
2007-05-29 07:30:14 · answer #6 · answered by watsgoingon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think Christ was born on dec 25 but that is the day we celebratre it on cause we dont know the exact day
2007-05-29 03:59:40 · answer #7 · answered by Mace Face 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋