trolling: it's a day dedicated to Janus, a pagan god, and that's where january is derived from

surveyProf: Reasons while Jan 1st is special to lots of people is very simple, in the sense that, @ dis time last year, if you can cast ur mind back-to-back, you will discover dat der are some people that started dis year 2012 with you, but @ as today 31st December 2012 dey are no more, that means dey are not going to be crossing over with u, with dis alone, u are meant to take dis day as a special day and give thanks to you maker, been u a Christain, Muslim, etc, its very necessary @ dis time!

caukerzee: Why do you need to remember your birthday then since its just like every other day? As a poster said, its a reference point, the begining and start of a new era. Imagine going for a journey without a starting point or refrence point?

Mynd_44: Midnight 1st of January is the most annoying time of the year. Seriously how is it different from all the other days? And yet some over religious people will start running to church so they they as in church at that momment and then got back to what they are doing. I will rather sleep in my house or watch TV

Les: wat if you cross over and still get bombed on jan1?? Will crossing over stop u from getting bombed. Those dat gat bombed, did they celeb. Their crossing over to spirit world wit bangers and church goin?? Com'n, gimme a berra reason to take jan1 a special day.dat you are alive now is not special

kaboninc: What could possibly be so special on the 1st of January?

Well, it could be a sign of a new beginning. Or better still, high hopes of expectations of positive events. For organisations, start of a new cycle with positive prospects. And to others (like you) it'll just be like every other day.

However, if that day doesn't mean much to you, it doesn't mean that others don't hold it special. And among those who see it as being special, some may decide to go to church and others may decide to spend it at home. Others may even want to have fun.

My advice to you, always have it in mind that not everyone will agree with you. In fact, very few will.

odutope: Notin special abt the jan 1st,its jst like any other day..If you av to wait till d beginnin of a new year b4 u thank God then u case is serious !!

pato station: If you are to view the issue from the angle of various calenders, then January 1 will be as insignificant as any other day. Consider that there is the Jewish calender in which the 1st month Nisan fall between March and April. There was a Roman Calender, then the Julian Calender developed by the Greeks. The Muslims also follow a calender that does not in any way make January 1 the first day of the year. True, the Gregorian Calender (instituted by Pope Gregory XIII) is in general use today but the point is that the days are just arbitrary, man-made at best. So why make it look special when it is just another day? As God's Word rightly pointed out, "one man judges one day as above another, another man judges one day as all others" (Rom 14:5) Compare Gal 4:8-11, Col 2:16,17.

pato station: It is just that many religious leaders try to hype up January 1 for percuniary reasons. They frighten their members that if they do not participate in the "cross-over" prayers, things will not go well for them. But this is a big lie. If we have to watch and pray, we need to do it everyday from January to December for we do not know when the Master will return.

mikuz: Jan 1 is nothing special. Gigantically overhyped.

HIV1: Yes nothing special about the forking day. The sky gonna come out in the same colour. PHCN will continue to take light as usual. It is just that Naigerians are always happy to be alive for nothing even as prisoners in the hands of their leaders.

adexway: Jonathan's fuel subsidy removal. Kidding. I think those who died in 2012 can answer better. It's just human to celebrate new things.

k2039:
[color=soyouquotedme]I hope you are a science student.
If you take three different steam tables you will realise they will have different reference but the same value.
So the year is a state function, so any reference chosen is'nt a special big deal.

I don't understand how a new year translates to a new era. Nothing is new today, everything remain as it was.

I already talked about the Birthday
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millhouse: Not every company has jan1st as its new calendar year

kadree: But y would a religion dat boast of a huge population be celebrating d day selected for a pegan god-juran?
Y celebrating sometin dat doesn't av a sound origin?its just unbelievable

adextaiwo84:

You deserve a life ban...

ReeOde:

And every year you keep looking back to say 'oh, you messed up last year and you're going to improve another.' Change is constant in man. Whether you like it or not, 2012 or 2013, you will grow and so will your thoughts or dream, such that there will always be a cause to pursue whatever dream you dreamt of or dreaming about, or not.
2012 started with the same notion and now where does it end? Whether you like it or not, you willl surely achieve what God has destined for you when it's time. Poor man and his misguidance, not willing to accept the truth, influenced by his society and companions. Let's not forget that every individual will bare his own cause on the Day of Reckoning, so choose wise your companions and decisions.

ReeOde: @k2039
It interest me to know someone...is showing keen interest in knowing what makes it so special; have you also thought of finding if it is worth counting, if it is acqurate in its numbers of days of a month?
A bit of me, i count the moon. It is perfect, and am actually saying this with a sincere heart and to the best of my knowledge. Counting the moon from its cresent until it is fullmoon and then again a cresent before it disappears for a night or two of which it appears again as a cresent and on and on. All these counting makes 29 or 30days. You can learn more about it if you choose to, it is knowledge.
We use the Gregorian in Nigeria and i count for it...but i definitely use the Lunar in performing my religious acts. It's acqurate for me.

New year, even in my doctrine, my calender, it is what it is, a new year. It holds no meaning or significance other than what it is, A NEW YEAR.
With this firm teaching and practise, no day is insignificant and more significant other than our two festivals and one weekly festival (fridays). So i don't celebrate both neither do i make it seem special.

Kizopumpin: So special because it is my wifey's birthday

Topilo13: Notin,its lyk oda daz,evryday is special nd we shld remba death alwaz.

wizboi26: @op. Are u from dis planet?

Madawaki01: haha,why?

sholay2011:

To each his own. Going to church for crossover nite isn't being over religious. Pls, dnt come here and give us e-poison of the mind.

caukerzee: Just stop contradicting your fvcking confused brain. What are resolutions then? Does'nt resolution involve planning and making goals? The same you said in a previous reply that you resolutions at the begining of the year makes no sense. As i said earlier, it is a refrence point of a journey, thats why we take note of birthdays, too look back and see what one has achived within the year. Most times people set goals, say i want to achive this within these number of years. If i suceed, why dont i celebrate my sucess and if i fail why dont i make resolutions to suceed? It is all a reference point between the end of one journey and the begining of another.

iamdsam: Most people don't know that it's just a change in the date calender. It's like any other day but over religious religous people will not agree with that

andyjell01: The fact that u r not dead,and u still av fingers to type such a stupid question is good enough reason why janaury 1st is important.so many people couldnt make to the new year and u did and all u can say is to ask this outrageously stupid question.

Dee60: The first day of a new year offers another opportunity to start afresh with new dreams and with utmost prayers to make the next twelve months fulfilling. we should be positive at such an opportunity. Particularly, we should embrace God. With God...all things are possible.

Wizee: Thats what i did ''slept very well'' despite the noise

Libkid: The best way u can get ur ansa is to visit the mortuary or bera still the cemetry.i bet u will have a reason to celebrate the new year.

caukerzee: I get your point tho, but everybody got their believes, what keeps you going is not what keep others going. It may not be significant to you but it is to others.