Naming days like the pagans. Why do we do that?

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There can be so much difficulty in relating the Gregorian calendar to the days of the months. The Bible doesn't do that, why do we? For instance: many say that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, and rose from the dead on Sunday. The Bible says Jesus was crucified on the 14th day of the 1st month, and rose from the dead at the starting of the first day of the following week. Names of days are never mentioned in the Bible and we should all divorce the habit of naming the days that were named after pagan gods. How easy it is to fall into the trap that Satan has instigated! We all do that, including me.
 

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There can be so much difficulty in relating the Gregorian calendar to the days of the months.
Well, whether we like it or not, both Christians and non-Christians must follow a common calendar and common days of the week. That does not mean that Christians are giving any credence to paganism. We are in the world but not of the world.
 

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While I agree that the days of the week (other than possibly Shabbat) are not named in Scripture, I don't see that having names for the days in and of itself is a bad thing. Most things in our lives today aren't mentioned in Scripture.

I can see that conforming to the standard names for the sake of honouring pagan deities is wrong, but I don't think you'll find any Christian who does that. We're going to have to use the common day names to communicate with the world, and I don't know of an alternative that would not lead to confusion even among Christians. I suspect most of us have bigger fish to fry. :)
 
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There can be so much difficulty in relating the Gregorian calendar to the days of the months. The Bible doesn't do that, why do we? For instance: many say that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, and rose from the dead on Sunday. The Bible says Jesus was crucified on the 14th day of the 1st month, and rose from the dead at the starting of the first day of the following week. Names of days are never mentioned in the Bible and we should all divorce the habit of naming the days that were named after pagan gods. How easy it is to fall into the trap that Satan has instigated! We all do that, including me.
Yeah, that's really not going to work.

"Boss, I didn't miss Monday. I reject Monday."

"Doctor, you should see me now. You scheduled the appointment for Tuesday, but I reject Tuesday."

"What do you mean I missed the Eagles game? I can't. I simply rejected Sunday."

"So what? I planted the seeds when the trees were changing color. Jesus wasn't born in December. He was born in spring, so I'm planting according to that calendar. How dare the frost kill the saplings?"

(Boy, we really get caught up on the little stuff, don't we?)
 

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Just because we were born on a certain day of the week, doesn't mean that our birthday falls on the same day of the week as the years go by, according to the Catholic calendar. Every year that passes, our birthdays are on a different day of the week according to the calendar that we go by today. Point being, the Gregorian calendar has forsaken the times and seasons according to creation. Granted, we have no choice, but when it comes to Biblical explanations of scripture, why incorporate the names of days, named after pagan deities? When conversing scripture with each other, we should separate ourselves from the naming of days, and use numbers as said scripture uses. That's my point.

Too many arguments are instigated by the naming of days. Who says Sunday, or Saturday is the Sabbath day, for that matter. Depending on the "New Moon" it might be either day, and maybe Monday though Friday for that matter. Who knows, except our Creator? He is Lord thereof.
 

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While I agree that the days of the week (other than possibly Shabbat) are not named in Scripture, I don't see that having names for the days in and of itself is a bad thing. Most things in our lives today aren't mentioned in Scripture.

I can see that conforming to the standard names for the sake of honouring pagan deities is wrong, but I don't think you'll find any Christian who does that. We're going to have to use the common day names to communicate with the world, and I don't know of an alternative that would not lead to confusion even among Christians. I suspect most of us have bigger fish to fry. :)
Well, whether we like it or not, both Christians and non-Christians must follow a common calendar and common days of the week. That does not mean that Christians are giving any credence to paganism. We are in the world but not of the world.
When discussing scripture, is it wise to name the days?
 

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There can be so much difficulty in relating the Gregorian calendar to the days of the months. The Bible doesn't do that, why do we? For instance: many say that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, and rose from the dead on Sunday. The Bible says Jesus was crucified on the 14th day of the 1st month, and rose from the dead at the starting of the first day of the following week. Names of days are never mentioned in the Bible and we should all divorce the habit of naming the days that were named after pagan gods. How easy it is to fall into the trap that Satan has instigated! We all do that, including me.
Scripture does not say which day Jesus resurrected. The topic comes up occasionally, especially around resurrection Sunday, and there is a current thread where the topic has risen also (pun only somewhat intentional :D)
 
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There can be so much difficulty in relating the Gregorian calendar to the days of the months. The Bible doesn't do that, why do we? For instance: many say that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, and rose from the dead on Sunday. The Bible says Jesus was crucified on the 14th day of the 1st month, and rose from the dead at the starting of the first day of the following week. Names of days are never mentioned in the Bible and we should all divorce the habit of naming the days that were named after pagan gods. How easy it is to fall into the trap that Satan has instigated! We all do that, including me.
do you have the scripture that says Jesus was crucified on the 14th day?
 

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Scripture does not say which day Jesus resurrected. The topic comes up occasionally, especially around resurrection Sunday, and there is a current thread where the topic has risen also (pun only somewhat intentional :D)
How many posts in the thread you mentioned name days instead of numbering them? Has the naming of days caused conflict in some ways? From what I have seen, it does to a degree.
 
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The pagan name thing in my view is like what Jesus said give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give to God what belongs to God.

basically you can't avoid taxes likewise the pagan names of days if weeks is the system if the world uses pretty much.
 

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do you have the scripture that says Jesus was crucified on the 14th day?

If you believe that He is our Passover, as scripture indicates, one has to conclude that the first Passover was on the 14th day.

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. (Matthew 26:2 )
This seems quite clear to me in relation to Exodus chapter 12, confirmed by the following verse.

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. (Leviticus 23:5 )
 
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Even if you use the Jewish system, you will have to follow pagan names as well, or you may get fired from work for not reporting on the pagan day you were required too.
 

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Even if you use the Jewish system, you will have to follow pagan names as well, or you may get fired from work for not reporting on the pagan day you were required too.
We are forced into abiding by the calendar that is not Biblical, ad I agree with that, but that doesn't mean we should use it when conversing about Biblical truths with each other.

 
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If you believe that He is our Passover, as scripture indicates, one has to conclude that the first Passover was on the 14th day.

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. (Matthew 26:2 )
This seems quite clear to me in relation to Exodus chapter 12, confirmed by the following verse.

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. (Leviticus 23:5 )

Cool I like it, :) by this standard the Passover could have been on any ol day correct?
 

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Cool I like it, :) by this standard the Passover could have been on any ol day correct?
Absolutely! According to the Gregorian calendar, the days and the years, it has fallen on literally every day of the week that we observe today, just like our birthday.
 
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We are forced into abiding by the calendar that is not Biblical, ad I agree with that, but that doesn't mean we should use it when conversing about Biblical truths with each other.

indeed so we as people should honor the sabbath any ol time you feel like it? Yes it is true Jesus is the sabbath.
 
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Absolutely! According to the Gregorian calendar, the days and the years, it has fallen on literally every day of the week that we observe today, just like our birthday.
correct all calanders are flawed greatly, why because God didn't create the moon and sun and earth to line up perfectly
 
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Let's talk about the sabbath when is the sabbath?
 

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indeed so we as people should honor the sabbath any ol time you feel like it? Yes it true Jesus is the sabbath.
correct all calanders are flawed greatly, why because God didn't create the moon and sun and earth to line up perfectly
Let's talk about the sabbath when is the sabbath?
Start by observance of the Sabbaths that are outlined in the feasts, and then we will know where to begin. Read Exodus chapter 16. Remember, Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath, He is our Creator, and I think it is laid out so no one can actually calculate the times and seasons except the Lord of the times and seasons. He created them, not us.
 
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If we lived our lives worried about every little thing affected by pagan culture we'd have to ship all Christian to their own little island and create a new culture. Hopefully one that would be self sufficient since it'd be impossible to initiate trade with other countries due to our rejecting the days of the week. And in doing so we would become isolated and an irrelevant group of religious nuts.

We are 'in' the world, not of it. The bible does say we are in the world. And being in that world as ambassadors. These trivialities you mention do nothing but distract from the real purpose of following Christ. Is God really concerned if i say Monday? Doubt it. Put up a Christmas tree? Not likely. No doubt if i continued going down the list of pagan influenced norms i'd find something that you do and would make excuses for continuing. I've yet to meet a single 'cut out the pagan' types willing to take it 100%. For all the bluster they end up compromising in the end. Making the entire process irrelevant. Correction, more irrelevant.
But i didn't see God complaining about such things. God is more worried about our striving in a relationship with Him, supporting our brothers and sister and being witnesses. Worrying about the name of the day or the week doesn't have much importance in the message of the Cross.