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Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:12pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
What is the origin of Christmas celebrations? Why do we have them? http://www.gotquestions.org/Christmas-origin.html
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Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by holatin(m): 9:25pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
let me phone a friend |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by CANTICLES: 9:30pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
Show me where scripture says: 1) Jesus was born on DECEMBER 25 ? 2) Where the apostles celebrate "Christmas" ?? |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:57pm On Dec 13, 2014 |
CANTICLES: Read the OP properly before you begin to type. |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:06pm On Dec 23, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU: Question: "What is the origin of Christmas?" Answer: Christmas is a popular December holiday celebrated by large numbers of people all around the world. It has long been known as the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, which occurred over 2,000 years ago. However, not all who celebrate the holiday do so with Jesus’ birth in mind. In fact, there are many traditions associated with Christmas that actually began as a part of pagan culture. |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:47pm On Dec 23, 2014 |
What did Adam say to Eve on Christmas? |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:06am On Dec 13, 2021 |
OLAADEGBU: It's Christmas, Eve! |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 10:26am On Dec 14, 2021 |
Christmas was once illegal in the US of A Christmas is not Biblical at all! The truth is Christmas was illegal in America because it was a pagan holiday. The Pilgrims were Puritans, who believed that Scripture defined the holy days. The Puritans didn't want anything to do with the day. Pagan-Christmas was disdained for decades. That is until 1856, almost 200 years after it's ban. It wasn't until Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A visit from St. Nicolas" was published in New York in 1823 that sentiments began to change. Today, baby Jesus is synchronized with the Saturnalia Festival. From as early as 217 BC, Saturnalia was celebrated. Rome celebrated December 25 as the birthday of the sun god Mirthra, during Saturnalia (Sola Invicta). Sola Invicta assimilated aspects of many deities into its figure of the Sun King. It was the liveliest festival of the year and work was suspended. There was giving of gifts and houses decorated in greenery and lights. There were lavish banquets, entertainment, drinking and merriment during this festival. (Sound familiar?) Bringing trees indoors is a modern custom, but decorating outdoor trees with stars and sun symbols and using greenery indoors was common during Saturnalia. Christmas is not Biblical at all
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Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by Nobody: 10:53am On Dec 14, 2021 |
CANTICLES:Show me where the scripture says 1) harvest where people will drop money 2) rebelling against authority (government) even Jesus obeyed 3) telling your village people and all your enemies to catch fire and die instead of loving your enemies and those who persecute you 4) where Jesus preached against vaccines saying it is the mark of the beast in which Jesus did ancient medicine by spitting on the floor and using the sand to clean a person's ear to cure a deaf person So there are a lot of things modern christain do that are not in the bible but we are happy and vindicated because it means the glorious day of the Lord is coming OLAADEGBU:Who cares if Christmas is pagan. Are you saying pagan gods are stronger than our mighty GOD. If it has pagan origin then we will baptise it to form a new date. We don't care about the past because Jesus said"whatever we bind on Earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever we loose on Earth shall be loosed in heaven". So we thereby loose Christmas from it's pagan origin thank you. |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by sagenaija: 11:19pm On Dec 14, 2021 |
On the supposed origin of Christmas and the unending talks about pagan influences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9964TeYck0 |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by Kobojunkie: 11:31pm On Dec 14, 2021 |
ifyken:It does not work that way. It is sin to practice that which God has not commanded of you in His name. Such an act is akin to adding commandments to God's Law, an authority that belongs to No man. And since God did not give to us any Holidays in Jesus Christ - His New Covenant and Law in the Kingdom of God, it means God has sanctioned no holidays for His followers in Jesus Christ. Instead, individuals are free to celebrate any pagan holiday provided they desist from attaching the name of God to it in any way or form. |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by Nobody: 8:24am On Dec 15, 2021 |
Kobojunkie:When you were in school did you go to school on public holiday. Did God sanction any public holiday? Only weak christain worry about pagan stuff.the phone or computer you are using,please tell me where it is in the bible that god sanctioned it. Did you know that you are afraid of Christmas because of pagans. How weak in spirit you are. Is it pagans we should fear or the almighty God in heaven who is eternal,who says anything and it comes to pass,who was,is and is to come,who will say yes and no man can say no. Know this and know peace, celebrating Christmas can not take you to hell. If you don't want to celebrate Christmas for some Reason maybe something bad happened in the past o Christmas or you are broke then use that reason. Don't try to say what God has not said. Even Jesus cleansed all food. Therefore it stand to reason that all holidays have been cleansed. If in Christmas you use that time to be fornicating or watching porn or masturbäting,that is when you can say your Christmas can lead you to hell |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by Kobojunkie: 8:41am On Dec 15, 2021 |
ifyken:1. I didn't got to school on public holidays because they were public holidays aka pagan holidays. I looked forward to celebrating any pagan/public holiday that came by. 2. God, again, never sanctioned any Holiday for us through Jesus Christ, meaning that all holidays are pagan holidays to those of us in the Kingdom of God. 3. God never asked you or anyone to fear pagan ideas including your phones and computers. And I never said anything about being afraid of Christmas, so I am not entirely sure where you are headed with your line of thought. 4. Try to pay attention to what is being said to you. Celebrating Christmas as if it Is a God sanctioned Holiday is Sin against the Almighty who never sanctioned Christmas to begin with. However, it is OK , and hence not Sin, to celebrate Christmas for the pagan holiday(not of God) that it really is. The reason for this is simple. Jesus Christ is God's Law to those of us who are of the Kingdom of God and according to Jesus Christ, it is a sin to add, change or remove any of God's Law that has been given to us. Choosing to Celebrate the birthday, death, etc., of Jesus Christ(in His Name) when He never asked or instructed us to do so, is a sin, and an abomination to God. 5. Um... Jesus Christ never "cleanse" all foods. Instead , He taught His followers that it is not what you eat or ingest that defiles/makes you unclean/sinful in the sight of God - Matthew 15 vs 10 - 20 & Mark 7 vs 14 - 23 - meaning that there is no food unclean to eat. 6. If you ignore the pagan roots and instead celebrate the holiday pretending you do so on behalf of God or Jesus Christ, you sin against God, this in addition to any other sins you incur with your other activities. |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:35pm On Dec 15, 2021 |
ifyken: How is celebrating Christmas beneficial to you? |
Re: Why Did We Start Celebrating Christmas? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:44pm On Dec 16, 2021 |
Just Another Christian tradition? Christmas’ origins and the December 25 date has many problems. Primarily, Christmas is not found in Scripture or any ancient Christian writings. Just Another Christian tradition? 1 Share
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