2007-11-06 09:52:02 · 20 answers · asked by mairszee 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I just heard it and wondered if any one else has
2007-11-06 10:01:22 · update #1
Jesus was born six months after His cousin John the Baptist. That would be either late Sept or early Oct making a December/January conception entirely possible.
2007-11-06 09:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well, as christ was most likely born in April or May, rather than December (according to the description given in the bible) it's neither the birth nor the conception of christ. (As if he was conceived in December, he would have been born in September. (It was a very cold christmas the year before I was born....most of my friends and three of my cousins were all born in sept the same year as me....we're all just a couple of weeks apart...LOL)
Christmas is a couple of things. First, it's Constantine's birthday....you know, the emporeror that put the bible together? It's the pagan holiday for midwinter, it's the winter solstice. It is not, however, by any means, a christian holiday.
2007-11-06 10:01:59 · answer #2 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've heard this theory but ultimately it's really not important. We have no way of knowing what day he was actually born on. As such, what is the harm in simply picking a day and celebrating it? Unfortunately, this is only part of the truth regarding Christmas. Dec. 25th was also specifically chosen so that Christians could replace a pagan holiday with a holiday of their own.
2007-11-06 09:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by Rance D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the holiday is supposed to celebrate the birth. After all, the Magi come and give gifts to the baby, right? It is held when it is so as to coincide with and supercede a Pagan winter holiday that took place at the same time of year.
2007-11-06 09:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That would be wrong, according to what I've read the conception would have taken place June, 4 AD born March 5 AD
2007-11-06 09:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is actually pagan.
Scholars believe Jesus was born around September or October. That's like celebrating your July birthday every year in February.
Jeremiah 10 talks of a "tree fashioned with tinsel and nailed down."
Sounds like a Christmas tree, eh?
2007-11-06 09:57:22 · answer #6 · answered by n9wff 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
Yes this is a teaching of some Christian faiths. It can be calculated by using Mary's visit to her cousin (Mother of John the Baptist) who was about six months pregnant at the time.
2007-11-06 10:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by skiingstowe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are 2 different thoughts....
1 he was born is sept. that means a december conception.
2 he was born during passover (mar/apr)..that means a
july conception.
christmas as far as i know has always been about his birth
not his conception.
2007-11-06 10:12:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Makes sense. It appears that so many regard embryos as fully-formed humans that birth is a minor event in a child's life.
CD
2007-11-06 10:01:58 · answer #9 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, but why ignore its pagan roots?
Its like saying that on Veterans Day we are going to celebrate leprechauns, and ignore veterans.
2007-11-06 09:55:50 · answer #10 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋