IS Christianity on its way out?

Question

I have seen lots of good questions contradicting Christianity, its teachings and the bible.

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My question is - is Christinaity declining as Governments, local councils refuse to put up xmas trees in town centres. If it had been in the old days of Henry 8th, we would still be celebrating it everywhere in our land. But recent councils banning decorations etc seems to indicate that Christianity is on its way out. Do you think this is true?

Gods word? Islam, Judaism etc are they not Gods word?

Answer 1

yes i think its true ..it wont be stamped out but rejected by the world more and more as the end gets nearer ..

Answer 2

Christmas trees have nothing to do with Christanity.
Jesus wasn't born on that day and the Jews never celebrated their birthdays. The early christians never did it.
After the apostles died came the great apostacy.
The Catholic Church was converting pagans. They worshiped the Sun by bringing in an evergreen tree and putting lights on it to represent the stars. They were astrologists something the bible condems in Deuteronomy.
They had a party when the sun would go away in the winter time to bring back the sun and give each other gifts and have orgies and do all the things Christmas does today.
To get the pagans to convert the Catholic Church brought in their pagan worship of the sun, moon and stars.
Which most religons today come from. changeing the name to the son of God rather than just the Sun.
But nothing else basically changed.
So when governments refuse to put up Christmas trees they are just refusing to keep doing pagan ceremonies that was sent down to us from astrologers.
It wasn't that time of year he was born and we were never commanded to keep his birthday.
then they adopted the Sex worship of another tribe of pagans and come up with the Easter bunny and colored eggs that they had in their spring festival. Calling it worship of Jesus resurrection. What does Santa Claus a fictional character that is supose to know if your good or bad? ONly God knows that. To get away from Christmas trees would be a going back to a purer form of Christianity. Early Christians never celebrated any of our pagan holidays.

Answer 3

The various factions within Christianity, i.e. catholic protestants e.t.c. have lost there steadfast supporters in the congregations. However most of the rest still firmly believe in right and wrong as defined by the Holy Bible. As for the despicable councillors who hang on to their lucrative payments by appeasing the ungrateful minority and ignoring the pleas of the indigenous locals, by promoting and funding their alien ideas, in exchange for votes and money. They may think they are important, but in reality they are beneath contempt, and the only reason they survive is because they have pissed off the locals so much they do not bother to vote for their lies anymore, a bit like religion, comes to mind.

Answer 4

The main problem with placing Christmas decorations, mangers, etc in the public view on Government property is that an equal amount of time/space must also be available to groups that promote hate and that is not good for anyone who is not among that group's membership. Christianity is not on it's "way out" from what I have seen. It appears that the opposition keeps fighting because we are growing in numbers and our membership is becoming better informed about HIS TRUTH. Have a wonderful evening.
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Answer 5

what does Christmas trees have to do with Christianity?
That was handed down to us from pagan astrologers who worship the sun and stars. If they took it out it would make Christianity better.
Nothing about Christmas is the truth.
is there really a Santa Clause?
What does the tree represent, to pagans in the winter it meant life. Isn't that what God should mean?

Answer 6

You mean they are thinking of taking pagan worship out of Christianity? Wonders never cease.
The Christmas tree came to us from astrologers. Has nothing to do with Jesus birth. He wasn't born then.
Maybe they are trying to clean up Christianity?

Answer 7

Is it (Christmas) REALLY Christian? God wants worship to go to Him only...not to be shared by false gods as listed below. So TRUE Christianity is not on it's way out, but false religion is.



A winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures. Reasons included less agricultural work needing to be done during the winter, as well as people expecting longer days and shorter nights after the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.[9] In part, the Christmas celebration was created by the early Church in order to entice pagan Romans to convert to Christianity without losing their own winter celebrations[10][11]. Most of the most important gods in the religions of Ishtar and Mithra had their birthdays on December 25. Various Christmas traditions are considered to have been syncretised from winter festivals including the following:

In Roman times, the best-known winter festival was Saturnalia, which was popular throughout Italy. Saturnalia was a time of general relaxation, feasting, merry-making, and a cessation of formal rules. It included the making and giving of small presents (Saturnalia et Sigillaricia), including small dolls for children and candles for adults.[12] During Saturnalia, business was postponed and even slaves feasted. There was drinking, gambling, and singing, and even public nudity. It was the "best of days," according to the poet Catullus.[13] Saturnalia honored the god Saturn and began on December 17. The festival gradually lengthened until the late Republican period, when it was seven days (December 17-24). In imperial times, Saturnalia was shortened to five days.[14]

Main article: Sol Invictus
The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, "the birthday of the unconquered sun." The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped collectively, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the god of Emperor Aurelian (AD 270-274); and Mithras, a soldiers' god of Persian origin.[15] Emperor Elagabalus (218-222) introduced the festival, and it reached the height of its popularity under Aurelian, who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday.[16]

December 25 was also considered to be the date of the winter solstice, which the Romans called bruma.[12] It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be "unconquered" despite the shortening of daylight hours. (When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, December 25 was approximately the date of the solstice. In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.) The Sol Invictus festival has a "strong claim on the responsibility" for the date of Christmas, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia.[2] Several early Christian writers connected the rebirth of the sun to the birth of Jesus.[17] "O, how wonderfully acted Providence that on that day on which that Sun was born . . . Christ should be born," Cyprian wrote.[2]


Main article: Yule
Pagan Scandinavia celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in the late December to early January period. Yule logs were lit to honor Thor, the god of thunder, with the belief that each spark from the fire represented a new pig or calf that would be born during the coming year. Feasting would continue until the log burned out, which could take as many as twelve days.[18] In pagan Germania (not to be confused with Germany), the equivalent holiday was the mid-winter night which was followed by 12 "wild nights", filled with eating, drinking and partying.[19] As Northern Europe was the last part to Christianize, its pagan celebrations had a major influence on Christmas. Scandinavians still call Christmas Jul. In English, the Germanic word Yule is synonymous with Christmas,[20] a usage first recorded in 900.


The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianization of pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the Winter Solstice, which included the use of evergreen boughs,[34] and an adaptation of pagan tree worship.[35] The English language phrase "Christmas tree" is first recorded in 1835[32] and represents an importation from the German language. The modern Christmas tree tradition is believed to have begun in Germany in the 18th century[35] though many argue that Martin Luther began the tradition in the 16th century.[36] From Germany the custom was introduced to England, first via Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, and then more successfully by Prince Albert during the reign of Queen Victoria. Around the same time, German immigrants introduced the custom into the United States.[37] Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments. (Wikipedia)

Answer 8

I do not think so because there are 90% Idiots in the world
who like to believe in fictional things and do not live in real world.

Answer 9

November 2008 end of an error.

Answer 10

Voltaire was one of the most famous men that said the same thing. In fact, his quote went something like "when I'm done with America, there won't be five Bibles left." He was a brilliant philosopher, and if anyone could have done the job, it would have been him. Unfortunately, he failed, and when he died, they turned his very house into a printing press where they printed, yes, you guessed it, Bibles.

Christianity, like the human race, will die when the end comes.

Answer 11

Christianity will NEVER die out. Just because the opposition is getting louder and ruder doesn't mean anything, except that possibly Jesus will be returning sooner rather than later. And if you think the question in the link you provided gives you a firm foundation for your attempt to beat down Christianity, it doesn't. You can come up with lots and lots of little "ideas" about why you think God doesn't exist, but it doesn't change reality.