Christmas is not based on the Bible, but why do people continue to say that its about Jesus.........?

Question

even though He was never born on December 25th?

Flower,
Those scriptures that you just put in your answer has absolutley nothing to do with Christmas.

Reasoning from the Scriptures

Holidays

Is there any objection to sharing in celebrations that may have unchristian roots as long as it is not done for religious reasons?

Eph. 5:10, 11: "Keep on making sure of what is acceptable to the Lord; and quit sharing with [them] in the unfruitful works that belong to the darkness, but, rather, even be reproving [them]."

2 Cor. 6:14-18: "Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness? Further, what harmony is there between Christ and Be´li·al? Or what portion does a faithful person have with an unbeliever? And what agreement does God’s temple have with idols? For we are a temple of a living God; just as God said: “I shall reside among them and walk among [them], and I shall be their God, and they will be my people.” “‘Therefore get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing'.........

“‘and I will take YOU in.’” 18 “‘And I shall be a father to YOU, and YOU will be sons and daughters to me,’ says Jehovah the Almighty.”(Genuine love fro Jehovah and a strong desire to be pleasing to him will help a person to break free from unchristian practices that may have had emotional appeal. A person really knows and loves Jehovah does not feel that by shunning practices that honor false gods or that promote falsehood he is in anyway deprived of happiness. Genuine love causes him to rejoice, not over unrighteousness, but with the truth. See 1 Corinthians 13:6.)

Compare Exodus 32;4-10. Notice that the Israelites adopted an Egyptian religious practice but gave it a new name, "a festivak to Jehovah." But Jehovah severely punished them for this Today we see only 20th-century practices associated with holidays. Some may appear harmless. But Jehovah observed firsthand the pagan religious practices from which these originated. Should not his view be what matters to us?

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Illustration: Suppose a crowd come to a gentleman's home saying they are there to celebrate his birthday. He does not favor the celebrations of birthdays. He does not like to see people overeat or get drunk or engage in loose conduct. But some of them do all of those things, and they bring presents for everyone there except him! On top of all that, they pick the birthday of one of the man's enemies as the date for the celebration. How would this man feel? Would you want to a party to it? This is exactly what is being done by Christmas celebrations.


FYI: I don't celebrate Christmas or any other pagan holidays for I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. But we do celebrate the Memorial of Jesus' death aka The Lord's Evening Meal on Nissan 14 ONCE a year.

The Memorial of Christ's death is the ONLY event that Jesus Christ commanded us to memorialize.

Answer 1

Because it gives them a reason to not be accountable for what they're doing.......however, they fail to realize that each INDIVIDUAL regardless of what religion he or she practices, is accountable to Jehovah!

Answer 2

You are correct when you say that "Christmas is not based on the Bible" as the following authoritative references attest:

"DECEMBER 25 - Neither scripture nor secular history records the date of Jesus' birth; even the season of the year is not stipulated. Some evidence points to spring, but it is not conclusive. The only thing reasonably certain about the coming of the Christ Child is that his birth did not take place in winter. .... In A. D. 350 Pope Julius I formally designated December 25 as Christmas. He chose that date because it coincided with important PAGAN FESTIVALS. These, in turn, were linked with the winter solstice [the shortest day of the year]." - How it Started, p. 54.

"It was noted later that this date [Dec. 25] would fall within the rainy season in Palestine, so that the shepherds would hardly have been in the fields as they were when Jesus was born." - p. 1425, The World Book Encyclopedia, 1958.

Here are some more informative Bible-based articles that delve into the origins of Christmas and what the Bible has to say about the REAL story concerning Jesus' birth:

CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS - Are They Christian?
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20001215/article_01.htm

Jesus' Birth - The Real Story
http://www.watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm

Has Christmas Lost Christ?
http://www.watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_01.htm

Answer 3

Theres no account in the Bible where it shows Jesus or any of his disciples celebrating any birthday. If this date was so important, then it would have been celebrated by them.

The fact is, birthdays were considered idolatry by the early Christians, and thats one of the reasons why the did not celebrate birthdays. So if people are celebrating something that has nothing to do with Jesus, then they are actually celebrating pagan gods.

People may thing its the "Spirit of Christmas" or "The Love" thats associated with the day, but that doesn't make it acceptable.

Answer 4

Christmas is a worldly holiday, loaded down with fairy tales and folklore. Has nothing to do with being a christian. Santa Claus,presents, Christmas trees, Can cause an awful lot of trouble. People get lonely at Christmas time. They tend to drink and eat too much. They overload credit cards and try their best to make their kids happy. Lots of criminals emerge at Christmas time. The poor get a good meal at least. If they don't get beat up going to the shelter. Satan is working himself into a frenzy as the little people run to and fro using the birth of Christ as an excuse to blow a lot of money and such. Can you tell me this isn't the work of the devil?

Answer 5

I had asked my neighbor a question, u say that it is Jesus Christ birthday, what does he get? she could not answer me. Jesus told us to celebrate his death and since he died on Nisan 14, the last supper or passover, we celebrate it once a year. he was 33 1/2 years old when he died and if you count six months forward, you come up with Oct, not DEC. I always wondered how come Jesus is always a baby in DEC. babies grow up and around Easter he is a man. Jesus never celebrated Easter either because he was Jewish, he would of celebrated the Passover not Easter

Answer 6

Its interesting to know that at Luke 22:19 (conscerning the memorial passover) Jesus himself said KEEP DOING THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME... I wonder how many are actually doing this. Not celebrate his birth, His death is more important to us than his birth since he was also in the beginning , because he came to the earth to DIE for our Sins.

Christmas, Is No where in the bible. Like Many have said its a date Man came up with, Not the Son of Man. No chrisian in the bible is ever recorded to celebrate any ones birth day. So that leaves me wondering conscerning Jesus himself whom direction and advice shall we follow, his? or mans False traditions?

Answer 7

It's all about money, just like most things these days. Notice how not many people even mention Jesus during the holidays anymore; everything is so commercialized now. The Bible is true when it prophesied that that's how it would be in the last days.....

Answer 8

Christmas is not in the Bible. But Christians , along the years have used this day , to REMEMBER the birth of Jesus. As in ancient times, it happened to be a holiday.

The truth is it was actually a non Christian holiday.

But instead of us fighting over it, why not use it to remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus, as no one knows exactly when He was born.

Its not the date that matters. Its the closeness and the feeling you are feeling inside for Him during this time.

Some people argue and say well you SHOULD feel this way all the time.
But no one does. No single human being feels 100% close to God 365 days a year. So whenever we get a chance, and whenever circumstances, enviroment or situation, permits us, why not take the opportunity in rejoicing His birth and His exsistance?

So enjoy it , and get closer to Him this Christmas season, and build on this forever.

Answer 9

Christmas equals Christ mass. And Christ is Jesus Christ. Therefore it is about Jesus. It is the annual celebration of the incarnation and has been for about sixteen hundred years.
No one knows on what date or even what year he was born so the church chose a date.
Not everything that Christians do is based on the Bible. In the Anglican tradition we also recognise tradition and experience. Our faith is a living one.

Answer 10

I bet Jesus never told anyone to post questions on the internet, either.

What do you think you're doing?

And regarding the actual date of Christ's birth ... were YOU there?

If not ... then how would YOU know, for sure?

Why would Christmas be based on the bible ... when the bible itself is based on the traditional beliefs and practices of the authentic Christian church ... which predates the bible by some 400 years?

In truth, ONLY the church had people "on the ground" at and around the time of Christ ... and only the church was in a position to interview the eye witnesses, record the facts ... and decide when, whether, and what ... to celebrate.

This is what the church understood about the birth of Jesus Christ, going back to the early days:

The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
According To the Flesh ... from the Roman Martyrology

The twenty-fifth day of December.
In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world
from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;
the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;
the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;
the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses
and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt;
the one thousand and thirty-second year from David's being anointed king;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
in the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
the seven hundred and fifty-second year from the foundation of the city of Rome;
the forty second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus;
the whole world being at peace,
in the sixth age of the world,
Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming,
being conceived by the Holy Spirit,
and nine months having passed since his conception,
was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary,
being made flesh.

And in spite of all that we know (or THINK we know) today, the above still holds up pretty well.

Merry Christmas!