2007-06-28 03:21:00 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No physical date is mentioned
2007-06-28 03:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Georgian calendar was not in use at the time so Christ could not have been born with reference to a Georgian date.
The Lunar calendar moves from year to year since there are 13 lunar months in a Georgian "year" and only 12 lunar months in a "year".
So depending on which calendar used, yes, it is possible that Christ was born on the 25th day of the 12th lunar month.
The Bible does not tell us what day Christ was born, or what calendar the writers, translators or interpreters used. There are only some circumstances that indicate a probability for what we call spring time.
Of course really ignorant people are going to claim that the Georgian calendar existed at the time of Christ, or that Roman Occupied Palestine used the Hebrew Calendar, or that various different calendars did not exist, or that Christ spoke English, or that Romans used the Georgian Calendar and December 25th was a pagan holiday.
2007-06-28 10:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This date has changed often. In most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25. It is preceded by Christmas Eve on December 24, and in some countries is followed by Boxing Day on December 26. The Armenian Apostolic Church observes Christmas on January 6, while certain old rite or old style Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas on January 7, the date on the Gregorian calendar which corresponds to 25 December on the Julian Calendar. The date as a birthdate for Jesus is merely traditional, and is not widely considered to be his actual date of birth.
2007-06-28 10:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not mentioned in the Bible that Jesus was born on the the 25th of December.
2007-06-28 10:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by hotchoclate0528 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, a specific date is not mentioned. Theoretical astrological evidence (based primarily on the Bethlehem star that appeared) suggests that he was born around mid-September in 3 B.C. People started speculating when Christ was actually born back in 200 A.D. If you want to know why Christmas falls on December 25th, study Charlemagne.
2007-06-28 11:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing the bible says about Jesus Birth, was that it was around the time of Census and tax. In rome, that was March 21st. The Ides of March.
Like Easter, December 25th was chosen by the catholic church, as the birth date, in order to get the pagans to come to church. It was easier to tell them that christ was born on the winter Solstice than it was to try to celebrate it at the actual date.
Easter was chosen as the time of ressurection to get the pagan to church by telling them Christ was ressurected during the Ester. Which was the pagans day of rebirth.
2007-06-28 10:26:43 · answer #6 · answered by josephwiess 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I believe that December 25th was chosen so that Christians celebrating the birth of Christ would not be easily picked out from the pagans and punished.
2007-06-28 10:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! it doesn't say. But, since Christmas represents the birth of Christ than I would say December 25th is the closest we're gonna get to the actual date. So enjoy!!
2007-06-28 10:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by Gir 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
NO. It was chosen to coinside with a pagan holiday, to help pagans accept the day. The only real evidence I have found of an actual belieivable date comes from a Church in Maccedonia. Because they claim that they sent people to seek out Jesus on his birth. I believe they are probably close if not right. But it doesn't matter. What matters is that he was born. What ever day. Died and arose from the grave.
2007-06-28 10:32:27 · answer #9 · answered by Ham Shank 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the 25th of December was taken from Mithra's birthdate. The Hebrews I think had a different calendar. The Bible itself doesn't specify.
2007-06-28 10:25:02 · answer #10 · answered by Runa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Jesus's birthdate wasn't mentioned. Ironically, he was actually born in the BC years.
Like all major Christian festivals, Christmas was originally a Roman pagan feast (Saturnalia), a winter soltice celebration. Easter is, of course, Passover. All Hallows' Eve is Samhain, etc etc.
The christian church simply rebadged pagan rituals as christian feast days as a PR exercise. Some christians will tell you this isn't so. They are blatantly lying. It's fact that this happened. You have to ask yourself what sort of religion is it that would deliberately lie to prove a point in an online forum such as this, don't you?
2007-06-28 10:29:05 · answer #11 · answered by Nodality 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋