LOL!! Some pagan athist said it was pagan.
2007-10-02 19:51:54 · 23 answers · asked by Bajingo 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What is a christian?/ What makes a christian?
A christian is giving.
A christian is sharing.
A christian thinks of others.
A christian enjoys the happiness of other.
A christian do good work to others regardless of race, religion, etc..
Yuletide is season of giving... giving is christian act
Yuletide is the season of sharing.... sharing is christian act
Yuletide is the season of loving... loving is christian act
Yuletide is the season of making people happy... definitely a christian act.
Yuletide is the season for remembering and gathering of friends and family... truly a christian act..
Then this absolutely makes yuletide a christian celebration. Yuletide is done in honor to Christ being born. Yuletide may have similarities with pagan beliefs or has pagan root... And so as pagans has christian like values and beliefs. But yuletide is definitely a christian celebration with all its goodness.
2007-10-02 20:11:34 · answer #1 · answered by jerriel 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
First of all ... I object. I can confirm that there are pagan atheists. I am one. I'm an animist (or is animism not counted as pagan these days?). I have the belief that there are souls inhabiting all natural things around us. These spirits are not gods, although they have been worshipped as such in the past - spawning the belief of pantheism. I have the belief that there are no gods, only the spirits around us (which are sibling souls not gods), and I am therefore also an atheist by the dictionary definition.
I agree with the others that are saying Yule is pagan, it's Germanic Saxon in origin and traditionally celebrated with the burning of the Yule log at the Winter solstice (December 21st). There was also a Roman festival, the Saturnalia, which has already been mentioned.
The actual birth date of the Christ is still debated. The date ranges from September/October, through November to early January. The confusion comes from the Jewish calendar being a lunar calendar, the exact year not being known, and the differences between the modern Gregorian calendar and the Roman Julian calendar. So, December seems to be as good a month as any for the Christians to celebrate the birth of their god.
2007-10-02 21:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by Valarian 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I want to touch on Jerriel's points - I'll add my comments between asterisks:
What is a christian?/ What makes a christian?
A christian is giving. **Are other people from other religions not giving?**
A christian is sharing. **Are other people from other religions not sharing?**
A christian thinks of others.**Do other people from other religions not think of others?**
A christian enjoys the happiness of other. **Do other people from other religions not enjoy the happiness of others?**
A christian do good work to others regardless of race, religion, etc.. **Do other people from other religions not do good work to others regardless of race, religion, etc?**
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Then this absolutely makes yuletide a christian celebration. Yuletide is done in honor to Christ being born. Yuletide may have similarities with pagan beliefs or has pagan root... And so as pagans has christian like values and beliefs. But yuletide is definitely a christian celebration with all its goodness."
**Now this is wrong, I'm sorry and I don't often like to say to people that they're wrong, but please do your research. Christmas is, at the very core, Pagan. And Pagans do not have Christian-like values and beliefs because Pagans came before Christians (and then the Christians tried to wipe Paganism out, remember?). In actual fact, most (if not all) religions have similar values and beliefs. It's not just other religions taking from Christianity.**
2007-10-02 22:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yuletide is pagan...christmas is christian.
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my fellow pagans let's remember that there is no right or wrong way to be pagan. you can believe in no deity and still be pagan.
it is a very personal thing. i've taken several things from several paths and made them my own.
it's one of the things i like so much about being pagan, and one of the reasons i left christianity.
The term "pagan" is a Christian adaptation of the "gentile" of Judaism, and as such has an inherent Christian or Abrahamic bias.
2007-10-02 22:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Started out as a Pagan Celebration. Yule is a celebration of rebirth. and the christmas thing is a fake anyway. jesus was not even born in the winter according to the youth minister in a group i used to go to. Before I found my calling and became a pagan.
2007-10-02 20:43:00 · answer #5 · answered by Trickster 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Point one...there are no Pagan Atheists.~Pagans have different gods, but we do believe in them.
Point Two...Most christian holidays were put when there are to cover up the fact that people were celebrating Pagan holy days.
Easter.... Oestra
Christmas.... Yule
I guess you dont know much about your religion or any other do you?
Sad.....
2007-10-02 20:45:01 · answer #6 · answered by *~Ariel Brigalow Moondust~* 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christians celebrate today though Pagans did before!
2007-10-02 19:54:32 · answer #7 · answered by Hari O 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
as pagans celebrated the winter solstice for thousands of years before christ was born, and as soon as the christians wanted to make their religion the one in power, and took over all the pagan festivals and renamed them, then yule, xmas etc IS originally pagan.
its fact
no need to debate
why do christians hate admitting to this? it doesnt diminish your religion - does it??
after all, all major religions rise and fall over the years. we dont mind that we had to take a back seat for a while, after all, 2000 years is but a drop in the ocean of time compared to how long our beliefs have been around for :D
and we know that ours is rising again.
is that why so many christians are quite agitated at the moment?
blessed be
)o(
2007-10-02 20:19:15 · answer #8 · answered by hedgewitch 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What the hell is a pagan atheist? Contradiction much?
It is pagan, as is almost everything else in christianity, if not then it is jewish. If you took the elements of those two faiths out what would be left of christian mythology?
2007-10-02 19:56:01 · answer #9 · answered by Gawdless Heathen 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is a pagan tradition with a very light Christian veneer painted over the top of it. A thin glaze, if you will.
2007-10-03 12:20:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋