Paganist: If our God didn't create Christmas, why does it just happen to fall on the shortest day of the year?

Answer 1

The shortest day of the year is on the 22nd which is the Winter Solstice

Answer 2

I happen to be a Christian, but I do not believe in Christmas. Read Jeremiah 10, it's a real eye-opener about Christmas. This is the only part where Christmas is referenced.

In truth, Christmas was created by a Pope, I believe it to be Pope Julius, some thousand years after Jesus was born. Now, I do not know if you are Catholic or not, but the mere thought of worshiping graven images/idols, goes against God's word. Christmas was created to help convert the pagans of Europe, and judging by today, it did a good job.

Really, the symbols of Christmas all have a pagan meaning. The mistletoe, decking the halls, and trees all work their way into these early religions. The Druids in particular. The evergreen tree has particular meaning. If I remember right, the roots represent hell, which is the name give to a specific figure named Hel. The lower twigs and branches represent life, and the ornaments represent people, I believe. The top represents Walallah, the god. This is not how you spell the name, I know, but I'm remembering info from about 6 months ago, high school German class.

I don't like to fight with people, especially other Christians, but this is how I believe it. The worshiping of graven images, all the saints created by the church, the chapter in the Bible, Jeremiah 10, and hidden pagan meaning, I believe Christmas not to be true.

Answer 3

There are so many things wrong with this question I dunno where to start.

First up: The word Paganist means somebody that studies Pagans, not a Pagan person.

Secondly, the shortest day of the year changes with the calendar.

Thirdly, how do you know that it wasn't an accident if he WAS born in December, which many authorities (Read as: People that read more than one book as research.) doubt.

Fourth: God didn't create Christmas, the Christians did, as a celebration of Christ showing up in the first place.

Answer 4

Christmas isn't generally the shortest day of the year. In the most commonly used western calendar, Christmas falls on December 25. The winter solstice (the shortest day of the year) occurs on June 20 or 21 in the southern hemisphere and December 20 or 21 in the northern hemisphere.

Answer 5

Maybe you should ask yourself how that mirrors the story of your jesus, rather than asking paganists how a god that didn't exist during the founding of their cultures made the holiday that christianity stole to help convert them?

Kind of ironic that the sun (jesus) dies (the shortest day of the year, the 22nd) and begins rising again (on the 25th, 3 days later). Wow, the fact that ancients knew full well of this and also worshipped the sun may in fact be the reason for the creation of Jesus, he is the newest of the sun gods. Carved from Horus, Mithras and others... but with a new twist.

Answer 6

For one thing, the word you're looking for is 'Pagan'. For another, Christmas doesn't fall on the shortest day of the year; the solstice is around the 21st of December (give or take a day). Anyway, even if it did, what would that prove? By your logic, god created Yule. It was so nice of him to give the heathens a festival to celebrate.

Answer 7

firstly Yule predates christmas

secondly theres no such thing as a paganist

thirdly it was the pope who stole Mithras's birthday

fourthly Christmas isn't the shortest day.

and lastly : If you are trying to make some kind of religious point you need to actually know what you are talking about first.

Answer 8

Paganist? Is that like an Organist?

Answer 9

Oh Church Lady... how I do love thee!

Christians came along and, to "make the transition easier" for Pagans who had to forcibly convert to Christianity, the Church slapped it's logo all over the Pagan winter holiday season.

Answer 10

That is truly a uniquely stupid question and not worth my attention.....you don't even know the correct date for the shortest day...