Why as a believer I do not celebrate Christmas or Easter With the Rest of the World

[Wanderers]

That only works for countries where they 'worship' Santa.

Reminds me of the dyslexic Satanists who sold their souls to Santa.

 

[dcontroversal]

I think people are using the "I do not celebrate christmas cause its pagan" excuse to get out of buying anything, including presents for others.

maybe that is true for some, but as for me and my house the reasons given are exactly why I don't practice it. God calls us to obedience and a new way of life. If it is not of God it is sin, if it is contrary to God it is sin, if it contradicts the Word of God it is sin. As for my house, we will come out from among the world and be separate!

 

[zone]

WHAT A TERRIBLE AWFUL THING TO SUBJECT OUR KIDS TO.

can you imagine? some kindergarten kids getting to know the story?

 

[The_highwayman]

A lot of people world wide who claim Christ celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus and if they so choose then who am I to judge them! Having said that, I for one do not as I do not believe you can "Christianize" a ex Babylonian-Pagan-Catholicized holy day, as that which is crooked cannot be made straight. I know I will catch it for saying that, but the truth is the truth. Read Jeremiah 10:1-8 which describes accurately the practice of sun worship, the cutting down of a tree, nailing it up right and decking it with Gold and Silver. This practice goes all of the way back to the beginning of the worship of the sun, hence being centered around the winter solstice. The R.C.C. teaches a form of church salvation and wanted to get as many pagans in as possible. Hence Christ Mass! The same was done with the worship of fertility gods and it being tied to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, and contrary to the King James translators the word Easter in Acts 12:4 is Passover. I have a hard time believing that God would accept the blending of the birth of the righteous Son of God with an ex pagan holy day that has been Christianized and further more it is even more difficult for me to accept that God would receive a blending of the most glorious death, burial and resurrection of the Savior with an ex pagan holy day that celebrated fertility with the use of prostitutes and sexual perversion. That which is crooked CANNOT be made straight no matter how many religions try to CHRISTIANIZE it. On top of that the scriptures clearly teach that if we are going to glory then we are to glory in the CROSS of Christ as without His death, burial and resurrection His birth would have been in vain!

Sorry Einstein, but Jeremiah 10.1-8 has nothing to do with sun worship or Christmas trees....and everything about idol making If you would care to study it out, the cutting down the tree and fastening with silver and Gold is about making an ashtaroth pole, or an Idol, not a Christmas Tree.

Its fine if you don't participate in Christmas, but don't use Jer 10.1-8 to stand on, because you are in error using it and so are many that use it to oppose Christmas.

 

[dcontroversal]

We r th light of th world! And Christmas is just another great opportunity to b that light! Do u realize how much witnessing opportunity their is during not only on Christmas, but every holiday!

I respect ur opinion and don't believe in keeping any of th pagan root traditions of th holiday, myself. And also find it strange that Christian even got th idea to celebrate birth and mourn at a saints funeral, bcz th bible says quite different. Yet I celebrate this holiday in the way of being a light! As Christ became our light when He came to earth

Like I said in the original post..many people who claim Christ practice and I will not judge them, we just choose to not practice as the word of God needs no holiday to win somebody to Christ as it is the Holy Spirit that accompanies the Word of God, not man made holidays

 

[Isdaniel]

[h=3]The Birth of Christ[/h]This research paper was design to edify anyone with an open mind and to help understand the birth of Christ. -Author: WebMaster

Research broken down into 4 steps:

Step 1 - Will give us an idea of which month is the first month of the Biblical calendar. With this in mind, it will help us calculate the month of Christ's birth.

Step 2 - Shows that Christ is six months younger than his cousin John the Baptist. Elisabeth (John the Baptist's mother) became pregnant during the time her husband served as priest. We will link this time to the Old Testament to find out what month that is.

Step 3 - Knowing the time of year that both Mary and Elisabeth (cousins) became pregnant, we then calculate the birth of Christ.

Summary - This will summarize the entire research.

 

[JesusChica1991]

Like I said in the original post..many people who claim Christ practice and I will not judge them, we just choose to not practice as the word of God needs no holiday to win somebody to Christ as it is the Holy Spirit that accompanies the Word of God, not man made holidays

do you celebrate your birthday by chance?

 

[Isdaniel]

[h=3]1. The beginning of the Biblical year[/h]A. Our modern day calendar starts with January which is the middle of winter. According to history, late March to early April is the first of the year, which is around springtime.

March (month), third month of the Gregorian year, according to the present calendar. March was the first month of the Roman year, named for Mars, the god of war. In England, until the Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1752, March was considered the first month with the legal year beginning on March 25. -MS Bookshelf 98

Months names and definition (according to the American Heritage Dictionary):

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[TD]Month[/TD]
[TD]Latin Name[/TD]
[TD]Definition[/TD]
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[TD]September[/TD]
[TD]septem[/TD]
[TD]Seven[/TD]
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[TD]October[/TD]
[TD]octo[/TD]
[TD]Eight[/TD]
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[TD]November[/TD]
[TD]novem[/TD]
[TD]Nine[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]December[/TD]
[TD]decem[/TD]
[TD]Ten[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


This table shows that December (the last month of our modern day calendar) is really the 10th month of the Biblical calendar. This will then make January and February the 2 last months of the year. March will then fall in the place of the first month of the year.

 

[Agricola]

maybe that is true for some, but as for me and my house the reasons given are exactly why I don't practice it. God calls us to obedience and a new way of life. If it is not of God it is sin, if it is contrary to God it is sin, if it contradicts the Word of God it is sin. As for my house, we will come out from among the world and be separate!

SO having an official birthday for Jesus is a sin?

I dont think so.


If we all took the same righteous holier than thou attitude with every asepct of life, we would all be living in caves shut away from the outside.

HAve you thought for a moment that the issue of Christmas being a "pagan holiday" is actully being promoted by pagans and non-believers who want to remove all aspect of Christ from CHRIST-Mass? If all Christians took the same stance as yourself, then Christmas would no longer be Christmas, but re-branded Satanmas?

 

[Isdaniel]

B. According to Biblical times, the first month given to the Children of Israel is called Abib or which is now called Nisan in the Hebrew Calendar. This month is a remembrance to them when God took them out of the land of Egypt and into the Promise Land. This they would have to do every year as the Passover.

Exodus 13:4
This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Exodus 23:15
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty

Exodus 34:18
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib : for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

Leviticus 23:5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.

Deuteronomy 16:1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

With our modern day calendar, Easter and Passover are celebrated during the months of late March and early April.

 

[Isdaniel]

do you celebrate your birthday by chance?

Do ou celebrate your birthday on the wrong day by chance ?

 

[Isdaniel]

2. Linking the births to the Old Testament

Now having an idea of when the new year begins, throughout the course of time, Christ was born at a certain time of the year. Christ was 6 months younger than John "The Baptist" (his cousin). John was conceived around the time when his father Zacharias completed his term in office as priest.

Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

This chart shows us how King David divided up the priest's office accordingly, starting from the beginning of the year to the end. Zacharias served the 8th term of the year, which was around the time of early July.

Table 1: Order of High Priest's Offices and Courses assigned by King David

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[TD]1st to 2nd Week[/TD]
[TD]Order[/TD]
[TD]3rd to 4th week[/TD]
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[TD]March[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Jehoiarib[/TD]
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[TD]April[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Jedaiah[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Harim[/TD]
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[TD]May[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Seorim[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Malchijah[/TD]
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[TD]June[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Mijamin[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Hakkoz[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]July[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Abijah[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Jeshua[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]August[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Shecaniah[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Eliashib[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]September[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Jakim[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Huppah[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]October[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Jeshebeab[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Bilgah[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]November[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Immer[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Hezir[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]December[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Aphses[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Pethahiah[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]January[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Jehezekel[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Jachin[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]February[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Gamul[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Delaiah[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]March[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]Maaziah[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
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These verses will define the table above.

I Chronicles 24:
1. Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

3. And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service


19. These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

 

[dcontroversal]

Sorry Einstein, but Jeremiah 10.1-8 has nothing to do with sun worship or Christmas trees....and everything about idol making If you would care to study it out, the cutting down the tree and fastening with silver and Gold is about making an ashtaroth pole, or an Idol, not a Christmas Tree.

Its fine if you don't participate in Christmas, but don't use Jer 10.1-8 to stand on, because you are in error using it and so are many that use it to oppose Christmas.

Maybe you should quit driving the highway and read what I posted..never once called the tree's of Jeremiah 10 a Christmas tree and maybe you should study all about the winter solstice, the (yule) log and decking the tree with MOONS and SUNS, as well as the death of the old year and the bringing in of the new with the "return" of the sun that was practiced in the ancient world.

 

[wisebeardman]

do you celebrate your birthday by chance?

I dont, I also don't do holidays.

 

[Isdaniel]

[h=3]3. Christ's age difference to John the Baptist[/h]The angel appeared unto Zacharias during his ministration to let him know his wife will bear him a son.

Luke 1:13
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Elisabeth became pregnant after her husband Zacharias executed his term as priest. In the 6th month the Angel appeared unto Mary to also give her a message …

Luke 1:24-38
24. And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

 

[JesusChica1991]

Do ou celebrate your birthday on the wrong day by chance ?

I celebrate a whole week! Not just one day! And that's because I Know when my birthday is. We don't know when Christ was born...but there is NOTHING wrong with celebrating the birth of Christ...nothing wrong with it.

 

[Isdaniel]

[h=3]4. Summary[/h]Here's a summary of all materials mentioned above.

The calendar used in the Bible starts around Spring time which is in the time period of late March to early April.

Knowing when the Biblical year starts, we see how King David divided up the priests office during his time. When Zacharias became priest, he served in the stead or in the same month of Abija (or Abia - which is called in the New Testament). This month was around early July (being the late 4th month of the Bible calendar).

Mary became pregnant 6 months after John was conceived. This will make Jesus 6 months younger than John the Baptist. Six months after John was conceived will be around the time of early January (being the late 10th month in the Bible calendar).

A normal pregnancy will last for 9 months. Nine months after Jesus was conceived will be around the time of early October (being the late 7th month in the Bible calendar).

Our modern day calendar is not accurate because of so many modifications, but it gives us an idea of the time when JESUS was born, which was around early October.

 

[Isdaniel]

I celebrate a whole week! Not just one day! And that's because I Know when my birthday is. We don't know when Christ was born...but there is NOTHING wrong with celebrating the birth of Christ...nothing wrong with it.

Why then mix a lie = santa with it then
Where in the bible that is a command to celebrate it ?
What is more important Jesus birth or His death ?

 

[chubbena]

I think people are using the "I do not celebrate christmas cause its pagan" excuse to get out of buying anything, including presents for others.

I for one use this "excuse" not to help Walmart clearing it's Christmas junk under $10.00, even $20.00 for that matter. Gift exchange has long become obligation and burden. That said, I'll send my address in PM so you may send presents.

 

[dcontroversal]

do you celebrate your birthday by chance?

I personally think to celebrate a physical birthday is as foolish. A 1000 year time span in God's eyes is listed as follows.
1. as a day
2. as but yesterday
3. as a watch in the night

All three are found in scriptures and to an eternal God it must seem rather foolish to celebrate from 1 to 969 years worth of birthdays as even Methuselah, the oldest living man in the bible, died. To answer your question, not in a long time.