Christmas is a Sin...

[DJQ]

Christmas is far from the religious holiday most people think it is.

Christmas is not only "NOT" mentioned in the bible, the bible says that people that celebrate anything like it is guilty of a terrible sin.

Christmas was adapted from pagan holidays that included burning(human sacrifice) children.

Merry X-Mas. See you all in hell.

[Mastro]

not sure what bible you are reading my friend. one locked inside your head perhaps? the Catholic Church at least does endorse Christmas as 25 December. it has since 350 AD. but the tradition goes even further back, to 97 AD. basically there are two schools of thought. one school says 25 Dec was picked to compete with Roman and Persian holidays on the 25th. another says that since the Announciation is celebrated on 25 March (that is Christ's conception) his birth 9 months later would be 25 Dec. either way i'll take my chances on burning in hell by celebrating Christ's birthday. if i do end up in hell, it sure won't be because of that.

[mrkromer]

Amen to that Mastro. Sounds like DJQ read some junk email and didn't check it against Snopes. lol

mike

[billynomates]

the bible says that people that celebrate anything like it is guilty of a terrible sin.

Is there any celebration anything like Christmas? The Bible doesn't mention Christmas and never says it is a sin to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

[bluffmanxx]

History of Christmas

The word “Christmas” translates to “Mass Of Christ”. However, we can all be sure that the celebration of the Christmas holiday did not start right away. So how did the actual celebration of the Christmas holiday begin?

Believe it or not, many of the traditions that we observe during the Christmas holiday season began way before the birth of Christ.

Over 4000 years ago, the Mesopotamians celebrated each new year with a 12-day festival, called Zagmuth.

The ancient Romans held a celebration each year in honor of their god Saturn. The festival, which they called Saturnalia, began in the middle of December and lasted until the first of January. The Romans decorated their homes with garlands, as well as trees upon which they hung candles.

During the winter in ancient Scandinavia there would be a certain amount of days where the sun would not shine. Upon the return of the first sunlight, the Scandinavians would hold a festival called the Yuletide. A Yule log would be burned in a special fire, and everyone would gather around the fire and hold a great feast.

One theory about the evolution of the winter celebrations to the celebration of the birth of Jesus is that the Roman emperor Constantine, who converted to Christianity, wanted to incorporate the pagan winter rituals together with the celebration of Jesus’ birth. In this way, Constantine hoped to help both pagans and Christians celebrate together. Many believe that this is the reason for celebrating the birth of Christ on December 25th. It is widely believed today that Jesus was not actually born on, or even close to, December 25th.

Eventually, the Roman church became almost completely successful in making the December celebration only about the birth of Christ, replacing any celebrations that were in honor of pagan gods.

Though the celebration of Christmas is basically based on the same belief today, it is not celebrated in exactly the same way in every country.

[TheMark]

Thanks for that short bit of research.

[WinJStar]

if i do end up in hell, it sure won't be because of that.

[SimplyCynthia]

Christmas is far from the religious holiday most people think it is.

Christmas is not only "NOT" mentioned in the bible, the bible says that people that celebrate anything like it is guilty of a terrible sin.

Christmas was adapted from pagan holidays that included burning(human sacrifice) children.

Merry X-Mas. See you all in hell.

While I agree that Christmas isn't mentioned in the Bible, I would certainly like to see where celebrations are prohibited. And a "terrible sin?" Goodness.

[SimplyCynthia]

Thanks for that short bit of research.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmark. Not only are you adorable, you're pithy.

[BerkB33]

I don't recall needing a "reason" or "purpose" behind celebrating. We'd just go ahead and celebrate! We could celebrate "No Sales Tax Day" at Home Depot!
Hmmmmm, guess that could also be why I don't recall?