“In ancient Rome, the first day of the year was given over to honoring Janus, the god of gates and doors and of beginnings and endings. . . . New Year’s Day became a holy day in the Christian church in A.D. 487.”—The World Book Encyclopedia (1982), Volume 14, page 237.
2007-12-31 16:16:54 · 10 answers · asked by conundrum 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yep. That's why I don't celebrate it. I knew it and I am glad. I would not want to be invloved in false worship. That would be terrible.
2007-12-31 16:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by no name 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
The appendix in 'What Does the Bible really teach?' book has alot of infromation. "New Year's Day" is just another pegan celebration.
2007-12-31 19:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No I did not know. Thanks for educating me.
2007-12-31 16:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and before Julius Caesar, the New Year began in March.
2007-12-31 16:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you know the first day of the year used to be April 1? Anyone that celebrated it after it was changed to January 1 was an April fool. Hence the tradition.
2007-12-31 16:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by Imhotep 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I did not know that nice to learn something on here for a change instead of constant bickering thank you
2007-12-31 16:25:25 · answer #6 · answered by Naemr Radbodson 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup, New Years like Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox etc. where co-opted by christians in The Great Pagan Festival Grab of the middle ages...
It's alot like the Great Land Grabs that happened years later when settlers took the American Indian lands and put them on reservations...
2007-12-31 16:25:21 · answer #7 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hence the word January.
2007-12-31 16:20:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2008-01-01 01:31:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
to me and my family, it is just another day.
2007-12-31 23:42:00 · answer #10 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋