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Is Christmas from Christianity?
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- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Lot of false teachings crept in the early Christian church and these are still practiced.
The true Christians don't celebrate Christmas and they don't believe that Jesus is God.
They never excepted the false teachings and doctrines of man.
They kept clean from pagan worship and worship the one and true God, not Jesus.
- 8 years ago
Not originally. But it has become the agreed upon date among many Christians of many races to commemorate the birth of Christ Our Saviour. So it's no wonder the name "Christ" is contained within it. Believe me, when the theists fill you in on who [saturnalia] was the original, they most likely never greeted each other with the term "Merry "CHRIST"mas" So brush off the non believers. It is so a Christian holiday ! Merry Christmas. And Happy Saturnalia to the theists.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
christmas is christian, but santa is more like a corporate invention.
the day is not jesus b'day, but it is celebrated on a page solctice
its not evil to have in rememberance the spirit and birth of christ nor is it evil to give gifts.
there might be many things wrong with christmas, but i dont think it should classified as evil and wicked.
its a sin to lie, its a sin to bear false witness, but its not a sin to sing christmas carols. nor to have a nativity scene in your front yard.
you post a muslim commentary on a christian holiday. how hypocritical is that?
what i understand is this: if muslims dont want a christmas tree, or a nativity scene, let them do what they will. but dont take away the right of a christian to do as they will.
if you take away their rights, they will take away your rights. if you dont live together in peace, everyone that sheds blood is guilty of murder.
- 8 years ago
No. Christmas was adopted as a christian holiday to make it more appealing to the Gallic and Germanic peoples of europe who celebrated the solstice, near the same date.
- 8 years ago
X-mass was introduced by the church to replace the pagan rituals of the winter solstice (dec 22nd). Every religion has some abstractisation of certain rituals during important astronomical events.
- Anonymous8 years ago
It was borrowed from Paganism to win over converts. Jesus wouldn't have wanted his birth celebrated anyway because Christians didn't celebrate birthdays. It was exclusively pagan to do so.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Don't know but Christians are from Christianity, that is all the info I need. Lucifer can trick us. I rather go with the bible and not people.
And better yet. More importantly just the new testament fror it is intended for us. After Christ.
- 8 years ago
it started as pagan as the sun worshipping during the Winter Solstice. Roman Catholics made it Jesus' birthday so the pagans didn't have to give up their holiday.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Nope it's a stolen holiday from previous pagan religions in areas that were conquered by Christianity.
From what I understand it was originally to smooth over the transition from one religion to another and steadily got accepted as Christian over the centuries.
- 8 years ago
I agree there is no such christmas in the bible. But I don't agree most what the guy on your link is talking about. Another ignorance as athiesm was. =)