I'm agnostic but I like Christmas and all the cheer and pine tree stuff. Do you think Christmas will transform in to some gift giving, time off work/school holiday in the future? I know of many holidays that have transformed over time from dominant religion to dominant religion like Halloween.
2007-08-25 13:24:49 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Revelations 11:7-12
When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.
2007-08-25 13:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by ReefLobster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...Christmas is a Pagan holiday...and what about Chanakuah, or Kwanza? The other holidays during winter? What about them? What happened to them when Christianity took over? I enjoy the fact of the gift-giving, peace on Earth notion...not so much the b-day of a dead guy but..hope I helped some.
2007-08-25 13:33:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still celebrate Christmas. What the hell. It wasn't a Christian holiday in the first place, and latterly it's just become a Capitalist Feast, so why not.
Actually, I'm an atheist, but the "pagan" tradition of marking the Solstice is much more meaningful to me. In fact, in Christianity, the Nativity of Jesus has simply been placed for the Nativity of the Sun.
2007-08-25 13:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What you describe is basically what Christmas is now. In reality Christmas was never sanctioned by Jesus nor any of the apostles. Most of the traditions concerning Christmas were adopted and adapted from heathen religions. Basically, the popular forms of the celebration is a demonic method of enticing people into occultic idolatry, often into drunkedness, reveleries, and even fornication.
2007-08-25 13:44:20 · answer #4 · answered by Ronald D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering that hardly anybody celebrates the holiday as and only as Jesus's birthday, I don't think anything will change.
The idea of people in a family and community getting together in the deepest time of winter, to decorate things, give gifts, and feast...is something that's much, much older than Christianity.
2007-08-25 13:35:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as Christmas was taken from the Druidic/Celtic Yule, probably the same.
Though it is a very unlikely scenario. The human race needs something to hold to. Whether atm ppl are atheist or not, the majority of humanity HAS to believe in something. It is what makes their days livable.
If we didn't we wouldn't have worshipped things from the offset.
2007-08-25 13:31:28 · answer #6 · answered by Xzar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christmas was pasted over the Pagan holiday of Yule. It'll pasted over in turn one day. It'll probably always be pretty important.
2007-08-25 13:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Jack W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 11:56:07 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can still be a holiday. We can call it religion day, and celebrate the end of it, like Independence day. In fact, we can call it independence day.
2007-08-25 13:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never experienced Christmas as a religious time, but more of a family time.
2007-08-25 13:29:24 · answer #10 · answered by nckmcgwn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋