ladygaga:

What do u think?

stillwater:

Ok let me get this straight. So it's paganism if I say "It's my birthday. Thank you God for adding one more year to my life. Friends and family celebrate with me, let's eat and be happy?"

Abuzola:

U are right comin, you are very right

Comingo:

Is birthday keeping a good thing in Christianity? did Christ tell us to celebrate our "date of birth" and his also?

lets look at the Birthday occurences in the Bible and how they turned out.

The first account is in Genesis. Pharaoh, the Egyptian king, celebrated his birthday by executing his chief baker (Gen. 40:1-23). God gave Joseph special understanding of a dream by Pharaoh’s butler and baker, that the baker would lose his life three days after Joseph interpreted the dream. Joseph understood that Pharaoh would use this occasion—his own birthday party—to put his baker to death. As the dream had foretold, the baker was hung at the party.

In the second account, the New Testament figure Herod the tetrarch reluctantly ordered the beheading of John the Baptist (Matt. 14:3-11). Notice verse six: “But when Herod’s birthday was kept…” During the dancing and merry-making at his birthday party, Herod got carried away and eventually made a promise that he did not want to keep. As a result, a great servant of God lost his life.

so really what do Christians mean when they celebrate birthdays?

AjaraEwuro:

so anything not expressly stated in the bible is a sin, right? So, I guess christians should not drive cars, build houses, etc because the bible never mentioned anything like such? What is this world turning into?

Comingo:

Is birthday keeping a good thing in Christianity? did Christ tell us to celebrate our "date of birth" and his also?

lets look at the Birthday occurences in the Bible and how they turned out.

The first account is in Genesis. Pharaoh, the Egyptian king, celebrated his birthday by executing his chief baker (Gen. 40:1-23). God gave Joseph special understanding of a dream by Pharaoh’s butler and baker, that the baker would lose his life three days after Joseph interpreted the dream. Joseph understood that Pharaoh would use this occasion—his own birthday party—to put his baker to death. As the dream had foretold, the baker was hung at the party.

In the second account, the New Testament figure Herod the tetrarch reluctantly ordered the beheading of John the Baptist (Matt. 14:3-11). Notice verse six: “But when Herod’s birthday was kept…” During the dancing and merry-making at his birthday party, Herod got carried away and eventually made a promise that he did not want to keep. As a result, a great servant of God lost his life.

so really what do Christians mean when they celebrate birthdays?

Comingo:

You can twist and turn the main issue to glorify your beliefs. But have you wondered where this practice started from? Take out time to study how Birthday keeping all started. Its Paganism, thats my take.
If the head is rotten, dont you think the body will also get rotten too? So go check out the head this idea came out from and see how rotten you've been all along.

chigonye:

First of all u guys must understand there is a difference btwn Christains and Jews! Right now God is no longer dealing with Jews, all He knows & sees now are Christain- You have to get straight!
@ Stillwater- U r absolutely correct! I celebrate my birthday because its one of the ways of telling GOD i'm gr8ful for anoder year.
How it was done in Jewish times(and the circumstances that preceeded it) is inconsequential to me. I'm a Christain and not a Jew!

Comingo:

Is birthday keeping a good thing in Christianity? did Christ tell us to celebrate our "date of birth" and his also?

lets look at the Birthday occurences in the Bible and how they turned out.

The first account is in Genesis. Pharaoh, the Egyptian king, celebrated his birthday by executing his chief baker (Gen. 40:1-23). God gave Joseph special understanding of a dream by Pharaoh’s butler and baker, that the baker would lose his life three days after Joseph interpreted the dream. Joseph understood that Pharaoh would use this occasion—his own birthday party—to put his baker to death. As the dream had foretold, the baker was hung at the party.

In the second account, the New Testament figure Herod the tetrarch reluctantly ordered the beheading of John the Baptist (Matt. 14:3-11). Notice verse six: “But when Herod’s birthday was kept…” During the dancing and merry-making at his birthday party, Herod got carried away and eventually made a promise that he did not want to keep. As a result, a great servant of God lost his life.

so really what do Christians mean when they celebrate birthdays?

Comingo:

did Christ tell us to celebrate our "date of birth" and his also?