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2007-11-17 15:44:48 · 17 answers · asked by Hi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christmas isn't the celebration of Jesus' birthday. It's the celebration of the Yule, with Jesus' birthday tacked on as an afterthought.
2007-11-17 15:48:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
RIGHT ON!
I worked at a major dept store last "holiday season." Some morning I reported to work @ 5 am, and there were already dorks beating down the door to get the good stuff before anyone else. Greedfest! Some nights I didn't go home until midnight because shoppers had destroyed our store.
I was never so disgusted with Christmas in my whole life--this is NOT the meaning of Christmas!!!
If you want to celebrate Christmas, go down to your local soup kitchen (take some food to donate) and serve people who have no presents to open and no food to eat--I don't care if they are drunks or not, and neither would Jesus!
2007-11-17 15:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is a holiday celebrating capitalism. People may put on their nice new clothes and go to church, but there is little else about the holiday that has a religious association.
I love family get togethers, but I dislike Christmas immensely. Most of the money spent on gifts is wasted. Keep a list of everything you buy for people, then go looking for it a month later. Most of it is either still in the box or has been discarded because it was unneeded/unwanted.
2007-11-17 15:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by slogirl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
absolutely nowhere. I'm sure some Pagan's here could probably give some insight, however. As I remember it, Jesus wasn't born in December. There was a Pagan festival that was hugely popular at the time Christianity was spreading. The church had the celebration of Christ's birth coincide with the festival in order to Christianize it.....hence the gift giving tradition, among others.
2007-11-17 15:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by lapis 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Jesus didn't say we were to celebrate his birthday at all, but we should remember his death till he comes back, and that is to be included in your worship service every first day of the week, if you add his birthday to the worship service, you are changing what he said you should do in the worship service, which makes it wrong and not pleasing to God.
2007-11-17 15:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by Silver Fox 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn"t say that; Heven Gives ---Earth Sells-and Hell Takes;
This buying and Selling (Commerce) is Man"s way of making Money; People feel obligated to
buy things they can"t afford to try and Relive the
Secure and Innocent "Time" of their Childhood;
There is subtle Pressure placed on People by the
Arch Enemy of God; to keep people so busy, That You will not have time for Jesus Christ;
This Year take some Time to get alone with God,
Let Him Speak to Your Heart;
2007-11-17 16:01:25 · answer #6 · answered by section hand 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't. The whole thing came from the part about the gifts presented to Him, and from there became a marketing and spiritual nightmare at the same time. Nothing in scripture even hints that His people should do such things. But, silly human "traditions". Gotta love 'em, I guess.
2007-11-17 15:53:13 · answer #7 · answered by Wired 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ was not born on Dec 25. This date was set by man. He was most likely born mid late Oct time frame.
The events of todays Christmas unfortunately represents little meaning towards Christ. Things like Santa Claus, excessive presents and materialism have nothing to do w./ Christ nor is any of this even in the bible.
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2007-11-17 15:51:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
a lot of human beings take the assumption of present giving at Christmas decrease back to the scripture in Matthew 2:10-11 which talks with regard to the Magi (sensible men) giving presents to Jesus at his domicile: "while they observed the celeb, they have been crammed with excitement! They entered the domicile the place the youngster and his mom, Mary, have been, and that they fell down in the previous him and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh." The Bible supplies a staggering tale with regard to the present God gave us - Christ - and we can use it as an probability to recent the gospel and to teach love. Giving and receiving presents would be slightly of gratifying what Paul says approximately giving in 2 Corinthians 8:7-8, "because of the fact you excel in such countless approaches—you have lots faith, such proficient audio equipment, such awareness, such enthusiasm, and such love for us now i want you to excel additionally in this gracious ministry of giving. i'm not saying you may desire to do it, even nonetheless the different church homes are wanting to do it. it extremely is one thank you to teach your love is actual." Paul replaced into chatting with the church homes who have been giving him presents (financial) so as that he would desire to maintain on in the ministry. we can practice this same lesson to our own lives by utilising being giving to others, not purely at Christmas, yet year around! So, can present giving develop into the concentration of Christmas as a replace of thanking the Lord for the present of His Son (John 3:sixteen)? actual! Does giving presents would desire to get rid of from the actual meaning of Christmas? No, it does not. If we concentration on the astounding present of salvation the Lord has given us (Isaiah 9:6), it rather is a organic expression of that gratefulness for us to offer to others. the secret's our concentration. Is your concentration on the present, or the appropriate present-giver - our gracious Heavenly Father? "each reliable and proper present is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lighting fixtures fixtures..." (James a million:17
2016-09-30 22:43:34 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get all technical..his birthday would have been in August not December.
2007-11-17 17:31:08 · answer #10 · answered by muggin_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋