MILLIONS worldwide are
getting ready to enjoy the 2014

Christmas season. Perhaps you
are among them. On the other
hand, it may not be your custom
to share in the religious aspects of this popular celebration.
Either way, you are not likely to
escape the influence of
Christmas. It permeates the
worlds of commerce and
entertainment, even in non- Christian lands.
What do you know about
Christmas? Is the celebration of
Christ’s birth supported in the
Bible? What is behind this
popular celebration held every December 25th?
Christmas Banned
If you take a few moments to
research this subject, you will
find that
Christmas has no roots in true Christianity. Many Bible
scholars of various religious
denominations acknowledge
this. With that in mind, it should
not surprise you that in England,
Cromwell’s Parliament decreed in 1647 that Christmas be a day
of penance and then banned it
outright in 1652. Parliament
purposely met on December 25
every year from 1644 to 1656.
According to historian Penne L. Restad, “ministers who
preached on the Nativity risked
imprisonment. Churchwardens
faced fines for decorating their
churches. By law, shops stayed
open on Christmas as if it were
any regular business day.” Why
such drastic measures? Puritan
reformers believed that the
church should not create
traditions that did not exist in the Scriptures. They actively
preached and distributed
literature denouncing
Christmas
celebrations. Was Jesus Born on
December 25? The custom: According to
tradition, Jesus’ birth took place
on December 25 and is
celebrated on that date.
“
Christmas,” says the Encyclopedia of Religion, means
“‘Christ’s Mass,’ that is, the mass
celebrating the feast of Christ’s
nativity,” or birth.
Its roots: “The establishment
of December 25 evolved not from biblical precedent,” says
The
Christmas Encyclopedia,
“but from pagan Roman
festivals held at year’s end,”
about the time of the winter solstice in the Northern
Hemisphere. Those festivals
included the Saturnalia, in honor
of Saturn, god of agriculture,
“and the combined festivals of
two sun gods, the Roman Sol and the Persian Mithra,” says the
same encyclopedia. Both
birthdays were celebrated on
December 25, the winter solstice
according to the Julian calendar.
Those pagan festivals began to be “Christianized” in the year
350, when Pope Julius I
declared December 25 to be
Christ’s birthday. “The Nativity
gradually absorbed or
supplanted all other solstice rites,” says the Encyclopedia of
Religion. “Solar imagery came
increasingly to be used to
portray the risen Christ (who
was also called Sol Invictus), and
the old solar disk . . . became the halo of Christian saints.”
What the Bible says: The
Bible does not give Jesus’ birth
date. But we can safely conclude
that he was not born on
December 25. How so? The Bible tells us that when Jesus was
born, shepherds were “living
out of doors” tending their
flocks at night in the vicinity of
Bethlehem. (
Luke 2: The cold, rainy season usually began in
October, and shepherds—
especially in the colder
highlands, such as those around
Bethlehem—brought their
sheep into protected shelters at night. The coldest weather,
sometimes accompanied by
snow, occurred in December, .
*
Significantly, the early
Christians, many of whom had accompanied Jesus in his
ministry, never celebrated his
birth on any date. Rather, in
harmony with his command,
they commemorated only his
death. (Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians
11:23-26
) Still, some may say,
‘Does the pagan connection
really matter?’ The answer? It
does to God. “The true worshipers will worship the
Father with spirit and truth,”
said Jesus Christ.—
John 4:23. A Counterfeit!
When examined in the light of
the Bible, virtually every facet of Christmas is either pagan in
origin or a distortion of the
Bible accounts. Hence,
Christmas customs are Christian
in name only. How did this come
about? Centuries after the death of Christ, many false teachers
arose, just as the Bible had
foretold. (
2 Timothy 4:3, 4)
Those unprincipled men were
more interested in making Christianity fashionable to the
pagan masses than they were in
teaching truth. Hence, they
gradually adopted popular
pagan religious festivals and
labeled them “Christian.” Such “false teachers,” the
Bible warned, “will exploit you
with counterfeit words. But as
for them, the judgment from of
old is not moving slowly, and
the destruction of them is not slumbering.” (
2 Peter 2:1-3)
Jehovah’s Witnesses take those
words seriously—as they do the
entire Bible, which they view as
the written Word of God. (
2 Timothy 3:16) Hence, they
reject false religious customs or
celebrations. so if your church celebrates
christmas please think twice about that, and
do what the bible says Rev. 18:4 "GET OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, IF YOU
DO NOT WANT TO SHARE WITH
HER IN HER SINS..." GOD will soon
destroy all false religions, this is the time
to stand for true worship

The season don come ....same old stories again. Ona nor de taya? Must you force everyone to be like you or share your beliefs? Haba

Emmyginger:
MILLIONS worldwide are
getting ready to enjoy the 2014
Christmas season. Perhaps you
are among them. On the other
hand, it may not be your custom
to share in the religious aspects of this popular celebration.
Either way, you are not likely to
escape the influence of
Christmas. It permeates the
worlds of commerce and
entertainment, even in non- Christian lands.
What do you know about
Christmas? Is the celebration of
Christ’s birth supported in the
Bible? What is behind this
popular celebration held every December 25th?
Christmas Banned
If you take a few moments to
research this subject, you will
find that
Christmas has no roots in true Christianity. Many Bible
scholars of various religious
denominations acknowledge
this. With that in mind, it should
not surprise you that in England,
Cromwell’s Parliament decreed in 1647 that Christmas be a day
of penance and then banned it
outright in 1652. Parliament
purposely met on December 25
every year from 1644 to 1656.
According to historian Penne L. Restad, “ministers who
preached on the Nativity risked
imprisonment. Churchwardens
faced fines for decorating their
churches. By law, shops stayed
open on Christmas as if it were
any regular business day.” Why
such drastic measures? Puritan
reformers believed that the
church should not create
traditions that did not exist in the Scriptures. They actively
preached and distributed
literature denouncing
Christmas
celebrations. Was Jesus Born on
December 25? The custom: According to
tradition, Jesus’ birth took place
on December 25 and is
celebrated on that date.
“
Christmas,” says the Encyclopedia of Religion, means
“‘Christ’s Mass,’ that is, the mass
celebrating the feast of Christ’s
nativity,” or birth.
Its roots: “The establishment
of December 25 evolved not from biblical precedent,” says
The
Christmas Encyclopedia,
“but from pagan Roman
festivals held at year’s end,”
about the time of the winter solstice in the Northern
Hemisphere. Those festivals
included the Saturnalia, in honor
of Saturn, god of agriculture,
“and the combined festivals of
two sun gods, the Roman Sol and the Persian Mithra,” says the
same encyclopedia. Both
birthdays were celebrated on
December 25, the winter solstice
according to the Julian calendar.
Those pagan festivals began to be “Christianized” in the year
350, when Pope Julius I
declared December 25 to be
Christ’s birthday. “The Nativity
gradually absorbed or
supplanted all other solstice rites,” says the Encyclopedia of
Religion. “Solar imagery came
increasingly to be used to
portray the risen Christ (who
was also called Sol Invictus), and
the old solar disk . . . became the halo of Christian saints.”
What the Bible says: The
Bible does not give Jesus’ birth
date. But we can safely conclude
that he was not born on
December 25. How so? The Bible tells us that when Jesus was
born, shepherds were “living
out of doors” tending their
flocks at night in the vicinity of
Bethlehem. (
Luke 2: The cold, rainy season usually began in
October, and shepherds—
especially in the colder
highlands, such as those around
Bethlehem—brought their
sheep into protected shelters at night. The coldest weather,
sometimes accompanied by
snow, occurred in December, .
*
Significantly, the early
Christians, many of whom had accompanied Jesus in his
ministry, never celebrated his
birth on any date. Rather, in
harmony with his command,
they commemorated only his
death. (Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians
11:23-26
) Still, some may say,
‘Does the pagan connection
really matter?’ The answer? It
does to God. “The true worshipers will worship the
Father with spirit and truth,”
said Jesus Christ.—
John 4:23. A Counterfeit!
When examined in the light of
the Bible, virtually every facet of Christmas is either pagan in
origin or a distortion of the
Bible accounts. Hence,
Christmas customs are Christian
in name only. How did this come
about? Centuries after the death of Christ, many false teachers
arose, just as the Bible had
foretold. (
2 Timothy 4:3, 4)
Those unprincipled men were
more interested in making Christianity fashionable to the
pagan masses than they were in
teaching truth. Hence, they
gradually adopted popular
pagan religious festivals and
labeled them “Christian.” Such “false teachers,” the
Bible warned, “will exploit you
with counterfeit words. But as
for them, the judgment from of
old is not moving slowly, and
the destruction of them is not slumbering.” (
2 Peter 2:1-3)
Jehovah’s Witnesses take those
words seriously—as they do the
entire Bible, which they view as
the written Word of God. (
2 Timothy 3:16) Hence, they
reject false religious customs or
celebrations. so if your church celebrates
christmas please think twice about that, and
do what the bible says Rev. 18:4 "GET OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, IF YOU
DO NOT WANT TO SHARE WITH
HER IN HER SINS..." GOD will soon
destroy all false religions, this is the time
to stand for true worship

am not forcing any one jst take it or leave it

Xtians Knw That Na, I Mean Those Of Us Who Read And Study The Bible, Not Only You Jehovah Witness Knw Dt Other Xtians Denomination Knw It.

Op are u a member of Jehova's Witness (u be jehova wikness)?

Op are u a member of Jehova's Witness (u be jehova wikness)?

bigtt76:
The season don come ....same old stories again. Ona nor de taya? Must you force everyone to be like you or share your beliefs? Haba

Abegi all what he write
here na True or False abeg tackle that one not him so pls are they tru if No give reason(S).
I deey observe for corner

kaybiel2u:
Xtians Knw That Na, I Mean Those Of Us Who Read And Study The Bible, Not Only You Jehovah Witness Knw Dt Other Xtians Denomination Knw It.

mind u am nt one of them

iphex:
Op are u a member of Jehova's Witness (u be jehova wikness)?

nope

Emmyginger:



nope

so, can't witness for Jehovah?

SEYIKP:
so, can't witness for Jehovah?

dnt get it twisted bro