Do Christians deny the fact that the solstices and equinoxes happen?

Question

Or do they accept that they do occure but that it's god causing them rather than being natural?

Answer 1

It has to do with science so they don't believe it. They say science knows nothing and scientists are Godless, wicked, and evil.

Answer 2

Christians accept them as a fact of science, but it has no bearing on their religious beliefs. Easter for instance is based on the spring equinox, that's why in the Christian Calender, Easter is a different day each year. The religious holiday is dated to coincide with the Date of the equinox.

The ironic thing is, Easter is actually a pagan holiday. And I believe it was Constantine who changed the Liturgical calendar to coincide with many of the other pagan holidays in order to convert pagans over to Christianity.

And just for the record, Rabbits don't lay eggs. I understand why the church has incorporated rabbits and painting eggs as tradition because it represents the re-birth of things. The re-birth of nature, the re-birth of the world, Jesus dying and rising from the dead. However, the same thing is celebrated by pagans. The Easter holiday for pagans is also celebrating the re-birth of the world. After everything dies, nature is re-born and nature comes back to life.

So here is my question. Is Christianity copying off of paganism to convert non-believers? or have they incorporated pagan beliefs into Christianity because they realize that some pagan beliefs have merit?

No, I am not pagan, I just see a lot of similarities between a lot of religions.

Answer 3

Christians don't deny that, The Bible says that God made everything, including the sun and moon and stars, its in the Bible. Take some time and read Genesis, you might be suprised at what is in there. It also says that God make the days and times and years and seasons and everything in between, God put them all into motion, God can create something out of nothing, man can only invent, never has man created anything, don't you find that odd. Or maybe it is because the Bible is true, every word of it, which means Jesus Christ came into this world, born of a virgin, died on the Cross at Calvery, washing away our sins with his perfect Blood. I encourage you to do some reading this Christmas season, the Gospel of Matthew and Luke tell of the Birth of Jesus, take your time and read it, start attending church, you might be suprised at what you find. Good luck to you and God Bless!!

Answer 4

And your point is? My faith doesn't tell me I have to either accept or reject nature. Nature is just there. I believe that anything that exists is there because it is God's will, and nothing could or would exist at all without God. But that doesn't mean God has to make a new decision each time such events occur. I don't try to impose doctrine on nature or use nature to question doctrine. In case you haven't guessed by now, I'm not a fundamentalist, for whom your real underlying question appears to have been designed.

Answer 5

Christians believe in the solstices and equinoxes, and that they are natural. Hope that helps.

Answer 6

All those asserting the solstice is the twenty 2d are magnificent yet in Rome the holiday replaced into celebrated on the twenty 5th. Sorry adult males, yet maximum Christmas traditions have their place interior the Solstice and yuletide festivities. recover from your self.

Answer 7

To Christians, they are just markers created by man to show a natural God-given event.

Answer 8

Of course we do not deny this fact. Yes God caused them when he tilted the earth after the flood.

Answer 9

They absolutely occur. To us, they are created by God. Contrary to popular belief, we don't deny science. Or I'll say I don't.

Answer 10

These are simply astronomical events. What christians do not do is attach spiritual significance to them.