Christains: If you hate pagans why do you celebrate christmas?

Question

Hey christians did you know that X-mas n easter are PAGAN holidays/celebrations and that jesus was actually born either in fall or spring.
If christinaty says that paganism is evil (which explain the christains i know who are trying to make halowwen illegal) then why do u celebrate festivals which originated from there

Answer 1

I'm a Christian. I certainly don't hate Pagans. I have a lot of Pagan friends, and we get along quite well. I recently attended a Pagan Pride event, which I wouldn't have done if I had some kind of animosity toward Pagans.

Yes, Christmas and Easter have Pagan roots. But these holidays have, over the centuries, come to have a different spiritual meaning within Christianity than they do in Paganism. So one person may celebrate Yule, while another celebrates Hanukkah or Christmas. The holidays have different meanings to different people, and that's okay.

Answer 2

Speaking as a pagan, I am actually appalled by the abuse of the Holiday some call Christmas. I was raised as a christian but later found myself on my present path. I noticed over the years that the holiday it's-self is now nothing but a marketing tool for businesses great and small. If you'll notice, people spend so much money during the Christmas holiday season hoping to make someone else happier than they did last year.I also notice that the money people spend trying to out decorate their neighbor with all the sophisticated lighting and effects.

Answer 3

I am a Christian and I neither hate pagans nor do I practice Christmas or Easter. Most Christians that do celebrate these things do so out of ignorance, not knowing where the origins of these holidays come from. Most people enjoy the trappings of these holidays anyway so even when they do find out are slow to forsake them. This is no more silly than unbelievers practicing the same holidays.

Answer 4

Who said Christians hate Pagans? I don't hate anyone.

I celebrate CHRISTmas as a day to recognize the birth of Christ and the spirit of the season. Getting together with loved ones, exchanging presents. Nothing Pagan-related.

Answer 5

When christianity became the official religion of the roman empire the pagan festivals were given "christian names" like instead like instead of halloweeen there was all saints day and the winter equinox was replaced with christmas etc. People got used to the "christian" holidays and forgot about the fact that these used to to pagan holidays.
I can't see holloween being banned seeing that it's so popular with a lot of people (it almost rivals christmas)

Answer 6

I don't know about the pagan holidays. I follow the holidays such as Christmas and Easter as described in the Bible. I celebrate them from the Christian point of view. How do you spell Christmas? CHRISTmas. Get it? The first letters spell CHRIST. Who said we hate pagans? We might hate paganism but not the pagan. It's the what, not the who. Jesus died to save everybody. Pagans included. It's up to them to accept His gift to them. The actual date of Christmas, the birth of Christ isn't listed. But we know it was around that time of year because of the reason Mary and Joseph were headed to Bethlehem. It was time for everybody at that time to pay taxes and a person had to go to the place of their heritage to pay these taxes. History records that the tax paying time was around that time of year.

Answer 7

In the first place, I don't hate pagans. I'm dating one.

In the second place, do you have any clue how many times the pagan origins of some Christian holidays is brought up around here? If not, might I suggest you use the search function?

Answer 8

Hate to Rain on Your Parade Santa Claus is modeled after St Nicolas who was a real man and Bishop, Patron Saint of Children in Commeoration of the Birth of Christ. We don't worship trees or ornaments..It's not Pagan We honor Christ and those symbols are reminders of what we still could be...Lost! Merry Christmas!

Answer 9

You are partially correct,but we also have to live in the world.As the scripture goes,what is the Lord's give to the Lord what is caesars give unto caesar.I don't know any Christians who don't accept that Christmas and Easter are Christian holidays.Wouldn't halloween and thanksgiving be more apt to be non-christian holidays,just a thought.

Answer 10

Firstly, Christians (or rather true Christians) do not hate anybody. We are commanded to love our neighbors and our enemies. This does not mean, however, that we're in any way supposed to LIKE our neighbors or enemies.

Secondly, Christmas and Easter are CHRISTIAN holidays that have been perverted by secular and pagan beliefs. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ (hence CHRISTmas). Easter celebrates the most important day in Christian faith as it signifies the day Jesus resurrected from death.