so why the big hoopla in the dead of winter?
2007-12-12 19:57:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A pope wanted to Christianize the winter solstice.
That's the reason--nothing more.
2007-12-12 19:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The actual existence of Jesus as narrated in the Gospels is questionable... His birth is extremely questionable... Jesus is the illegitimate child of Saint Joseph. The Virgin Mary was never married to God the Holy Ghost, either! She was a single mother when she was birthing God the Son Jesus Christ! This is the only reason why the Early Church Fathers came up with the brilliant idea to keep Mary a virgin for ever otherwise the morality of the whole affair would be very, very questionable and most likely unacceptable because God the Son Jesus Christ would be vulgar b-a-s-t-a-r-d, but the perpetual virginity idea made Christianity to fly!!!
2007-12-12 20:04:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There have always been celebrations of mid winter, and yes, the current Christian holiday is probably based on one of those pagan celebrations.
What does that matter? some people say taht makes it a pagan celebration, I fail to see the logic in that.
What matters is what is in your heart during the season, we gather to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the fact that we have the date wrong doesnt really change what is in our hearts.
Yes, it is overly commercialized, and many people have lost the spirit of christmas, but if even a tiny percentage of the people celebrating Christmas stop and contemplate on the miracle, isnt that worth it?
2007-12-12 20:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the big hoopla?
Dec. 21 is Yuletide. The winter Soltice....the sun's birthday.
It is a Pagan festival....A great time to eat, drink and make merry.
2007-12-12 21:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol well where hes from; Israel they don't get winter like us, so you see.. GaH! i hate winter, but i love christmas. The winter is nothing to look forward to, but with christmas it makes it so much more bareable. A winter without christmas would be strange, it's been going on for so many years anyways, so we should just coutinue it the traditional way.
2007-12-12 20:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many are converted thru the keeping of it.. also some think He was born in the fall...the festival of Tabernacles is where they were going when Mary was very far along and thats in fall..
2007-12-12 20:01:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The early Christians didn't want to be persecuted, so they celebrated it during a Pagan holiday.
2007-12-13 01:22:54 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya, like you had some else planned for the winter
geez,
give those old dudes way back when a break, they needed an excuse to drink
2007-12-13 02:27:25 · answer #8 · answered by magnetic_azimuth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup he was born sometime then but the three wise men found him on a 25th of december.and he was not born in a manger but under a palm tree.they found him in a manger.
2007-12-12 20:01:10 · answer #9 · answered by Pariah 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Jesus was born in the coldest day in the winter.
in the very poor place in he world.
2007-12-12 20:32:23 · answer #10 · answered by Mosa A 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋