According to the pagan origin, He was born in spring. Then why do we celebrate it in december? Also where did God come from. He had to come from SOMETHING. He couldn't have just popped out of nowhere. Thats not logical whatsoever. If you dont believe in God, don't answer. I want a christians opinion.
2007-11-17 08:15:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christmas is celebrated in December 25th because it was previously the celebration of Mithra, the Sun God who was born of a virgin, ascended to Heaven after a Last Supper with his disciples, who taught salvation and baptism...
I believe it was Constantine who made the deceleration that Jesus' birth would start to be celebrated on that day instead. It wasn't much of a stretch, the doctrines of Mithra-ism and Christianity are extremely similar, and Mithra-ism was, at the time, the biggest "rival religion" of Christianity. Mithra-ism, however, did not hold the same obedience to Government that Christianity did, so from the perspective of an Emperor, it was an easy choice as to which one to back...
However, Mithra wasn't the only one, Osiris, who was sacrificed for the good of his people, and rose to life 3 days later... Celebrated December 25th.
Dionysus, who had a major temple in Jerusalem, whose followers celebrated taking in his flesh and blood by eating bread and drinking wine? December 25th.
The God Attis? He was sacrificed on a tree (around march 25th..), spent three days in the underworld, and then came back to life. His birthday was celebrated.... Oh yes, December 25th.
Jesus had to join the club.
In short, it was part of the conversion process of Pagan Rome, especially the followers of Mithra.
2007-11-19 06:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Xythos 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here- this website gives a good explaination of why December 25th was chosen.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2000/dec08.html
Originally it was held that Jesus was born and batised on the same day, January 6th. However because December 25th was already the date of some pagan holidays, the church decided to use that date and introduce a new celebration.
To me, the accuracy of the date is not as important as the celebration itself. The birth of Jesus is something that deserves a special time to be honored and remembered.
And your question about God- why did He have to come from somewhere? Just because we don't understand how something came to be doesn't mean that is isn't real. Look at it this way- if God didn't create the planets and the universe and life, how did it get here? All this matter had to come from somewhere, right? It couldn't just pop out of nowhere.
2007-11-17 08:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christmas gets celebrated in December because, by putting it near the Winter Solstice, it was easier to get the pagans on board with the celebration. A lot of our Christmas traditions are pagan in origin...the tree, bells, mistletoe...
As for the 2nd part of your question, I don't know. I asked my mom that more times than I can count when I was a kid. She had no answer other than "He just always was..." I don't have a better answer than that, sorry.
2007-11-17 08:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by Tish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The celebration is in December because that is when an older festival was held so it was convenient.
Also, by asking where did God come from you are making the mistake of thinking of God as some kind of tangible object. That is something you can actually see. Try thinking of ourselves as characters in the longest novel in the world, written in a book which is the confines of existence as we know it (after all the characters in a book have no idea what life outside the book is like). And think of God as the author of the book - he created the environment we are in and is subtly directing our lives.
2007-11-17 08:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by lizzie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The social gathering of the shortest sunlight hours, has constantly been component of the ritual in the previous - the Jews, yet even the Romans celebrated a trip in this time. as nicely, Jesus became born in a sturdy (i'm no longer community English talking, i'm hoping it extremely is the main suitable word for the kinfolk animals to stay in) as a result a sheep interior the sturdy, is by applying no means a ask your self. Christmas tree could have come from someplace else - they do no longer advance in Mediterranean areas in basic terms in greater mountains.
2016-10-17 02:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't born in the Spring. He was actually born in the Fall. What does it matter when we celebrate it?
God is eternal. He always has been, and always will be. We, as Christians accept that, and don't question it. He says it in His Word, and we Believe Him. Whether it's logical to us or not, is irrelevant. We walk by Faith. Faith that His word is the Truth. Faith in the One and only God. Jesus Christ our Lord.
2007-11-17 08:29:15 · answer #6 · answered by byHisgrace 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christmas is not a "birthday". It stands for "Christ Mass" and is the feast on the church calendar that celebrates the birth of Christ.
The tradition of starting it near the beginning or end of the year traces back to the Christians of Alexandria, Egypt, around 200 AD. A number of pagan feasts celebrated at this time of year, so it seemed like a natural time for Christians to pick their feast as well.
The reason being that the church year culminates with Easter, which is always after the equinox (since passover is on the day of the first full moon after the vernal equinox.) So starting the liturgical year as the year approaches the winter solstice, when light is needed to come into the world makes a lot of sense, since Christ himself was the light that came into the world at its darkest hour.
As for all the stuff you tend to read about "christmas trees came from pagans" don't believe a word of it - that's urban myth. Christians did not adapt these things until the Rennaissance, a thousand years after Christians began celebrating Christmas (which was originally just a religious feast, and had no secular element.)
In the original Christmas, priests would vest in red (red for royalty) and the readings would be the ones about the nativity, just as today. They would sing a number of Christmas hymns - not the ones we know today, of course, but chants that are now lost to history.
Why am I getting thumb-trolled? That's annoying - my answer is historically accurate!
2007-11-17 08:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by evolver 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Because early Christians couldn't compete with the more popular Winter Solstice celebrations so they joined the two together. For example, a Christmas tree is a symbol of pagan worship and has nothing to do with Christianity.
(btw - I resent your asking for 'Christian' opinions only, this is not a private forum for Christians and as long as people have something relevent to say, you should welcome all opinions)
2007-11-17 08:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
its close to "yule" a pagan holiday around that time (winter solstice) and the catholic church made it so that pagans would convert and if a catholic comes here and says that its not true than he/she/ needs to do more reseach on their religion
oh yea im not christian well yes i am but you know waht i mean
2007-11-17 08:19:42 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
According to the pagan origin???...well, am glad we have the ultimate Authority on the subject..
2007-11-17 08:21:24 · answer #10 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋