Is christmas a cristmas a christain or pagan festival?I want ur views on this one with facts

Well, fashize, the Encyclopedia Americana informs us: the reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the winter to celebrate the rebirth of the sun. The Roman festival dedicated to Saturn the God of agriculture and the renewed power of the sun forms the basis for Christmas celebration. Therefore christmas is a pagan celebration and should not be celebrated by christians!

@eddie:nice info,gez ur a Jwitness or a member of church of christ, nairalanders more infoz pls cos dis celebration is held in high esteem world over, let my people knw if its scriptural or not

@fashize, there are other facts to proof my point. Truth is bitter. Yeah. It is either you believe it or not. Do u need more proofs?

Pls If u ve dem,dish, dem.tanx

Why i say jesus was not born on december 25th is because 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 the shepherds in those regions in bethelem usually brought their sheep into their shelter at night and do not stay outside at night. Another reason why christians should not celebrate christmas is that : none of jesus disciples celebrated his birth, never is there such a record that any of jesus disciples celebrated his birth. If u have seen any of such record pls show me. Christmas celebration is not in harmony with the bible. Then why do it?

Ok,my nextline of tot:is celebratin xmas a sin?can it lead one to hell?assumin u beliv in heaven n hell

The new cycle starts in january by the time we reach june we're halfway through the cycle by september we're three quarters through then by end of december we've completed another cycle. So when we celebrate xmas we're not just celebrating a pagan celebration but also the new year which is the start of another cycle.

@ fashize! Since christmas is not for christians and they are celebrating it, that means they are going beyond what the bible say. The penalty for such action is stated at revelation 22:18 and 1 corinthians 4:6. Such an action will lead to destruction. Why do u want to do what is not stated in the bible? And God wants us to worship him in spirit and truth according to john 4:23. By christmas celebration we are not worshiping God in spirit and truth. So, what do u think? What is your conclusion mr. Fashize?

You guys just come here to post dribble and try to present it as fact. Gosh.

Jesus wasn't born on Xmas day.

This statement cannot said to be a fact, however there are evidences that support the notion that Jesus was not born in December. The widely accepted notion was that he was born probably around October period.

fashizie:

Is christmas a cristmas a christain or pagan festival?I want your views on this one with facts

Christmas is a combination of pagan festival in some respect - Witches have festival dating back a long time that is similar to what is now celebrated as Xmas. Having said that, the whole idea of Father Christmas have basis in Christianity as it was a saint from Turkey or so that goes around doing good. If memory serves me correct, he normally put money in the shoes of poor people or something.

Also the whole red outfit father Christmas comes from Coca-cola using it in their advert from a long time and the image just stuck with people and now widely adopted.


So all in all, there are festival of different religions that are similar to Christmas, this do not make Xmas a pagan festival [i]per se [/i]but at the same time jesus is widely believe to be born around October.

i dont think anyone is saying christ was born in december. that day is a day 'set aside to mark/celebrate d birth of jesus christ' for remembrance purpose & a season of love to mankind. whether pagans or whateva celebrate at that period, is their business. d most important thing is u or me. what's in our heart. a time of sober reflection. what's wrong in celebrating something?

So i can conclude dat xtianity is abt innovation, since pple in dia wisdom chose a day 2 celebrate a religious festival.

Well the celebration of Xmas is a pagan celebration having its roots from ancient Babylonia worship of the sun god.the day 25th december is a day set aside to celebrate the birthday of the son of the sun god.
so i see it as a sin and yes i am a member of Christ embassy but don't do all the other Christians do.Back in the days protestants as we are called dont inter marry with Roman catholic.but with all these fusion of roman catholic holidays we see the church moving out of focus.the roman catholic church brought in pagan holidays to Christianity, when they made they brought in the political class into Christianity.
Well if you wana know more on the war going on for the souls of men you need to read books like the controversy of sin, here you will understand why martin Luther left the Roman church and how ever since the war is going on.

Poster is certainly a Jehovah's Witness!!

I read an interview by the president of CAN on this issue and i concur with his views.true,25th was paganist' day of celebration,but since satan did not create any day,and the church has chosen it as a day to celebrate the birth of christ,so be it.the reason for chosing that day could be to convert the pagans to xtianity which was not a bad idea.i think we should focus on the message of xmas n stop chasing shadow.that your denomination is against the celebration of xmas because it is not scriptural doesnt make it a sin.the sabbath day is saturday but we go to church on sundays.do u now say that going to church on sunday is sin because it is not the biblical day of worship?