2007-09-13 13:28:21 · 18 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First - Christmas is a celebration of a number of pagan and pre-Christian festivals. The main one being the midwinter festival.
Christians have tried to hijack Christmas in order to try and stop the pagan holiday being seen as such. Sadly the Birth of Christ is ignored by Christians at the correct time because of this!!! Christianity thus celebrates a lie Every Christmas - hardly christian behaviour is it.
And why should non Christians not be allowed to make Christmas records?
Why indeed should they not write hymns? It may be hypocritical but it would no doubt be commercial and after all hymns are to the glory of God!!
Sadly your question suggests that you would support doing away with free speech, burning books and dictating to all who do not agree with your religious ideas.
2007-09-13 19:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas isn't Christian. Christians are the Grinch who stole the Roman celebration of 'Io Saturnalia' and made up the 'Meaning of Christmas' out of absolutely nothing as a marketing ploy. They did the same thing with Easter which, also, has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity.
Non Christians have as much right to these celebrations as anyone and, I suggest, more honourably so than Christians.
2007-09-13 22:11:50 · answer #2 · answered by Frog Five 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There has always been a mid-winter festival - Christians just hijacked it. And given that the vast majority of the population are not active Christians and still celebrate Christmas well why not.
2007-09-14 04:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by LillyB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't care less what they do as long as they aren't hypocritical & try to profit from proclaiming the Christmas message in the form of Carols...
The message of Christmas is slowly being buried under a barrage of wishy washy humanism that means nothing , stands for nothing & makes absolutely no difference to anyones life !
If society finds that acceptable then society can wear the consequences !
2007-09-13 21:02:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since a lot of Christmas is (by Christians' insistence) a non religious winter celebration, why not?
2007-09-13 20:32:39 · answer #5 · answered by SC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So many people celebrate Christmas for secular meaning today, why not? The public holiday is celebrated and accepted universally, the meaning tends to get lost in all the hub bub. Have a great eve!
2007-09-13 20:36:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mookie 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think Christians has taken the true meaning out off Christmas....
2007-09-13 22:12:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just so you know...."Christmas" started out as a PAGAN holiday...tyvm!! Christians don't hold the exclusivity of that Holiday. If they did, there would be no "Santa Claus" for children to believe (God forbid ANY parent takes that right away from a child before the child figures it out for themselves).
I never thought I would see such an "OMG you've got be kidding" question!! Talk about petty close-minded thought processes!!!
2007-09-13 21:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by swee_pea630 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Of course,it`s just the hijacked Winter Solstice festival.
2007-09-14 02:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know if this is relevant, but I always get a kick out of those hippocritic Beatles profiting from Christmas songs as they are so anti Cristian, American and all else. What a bunch of sellouts
2007-09-13 20:40:28 · answer #10 · answered by louis z 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋