i have mixed feelings about this..i think its great that people want to celebrate Jesus birth..its a great time to tell others about him,,and i love to hear all the music about him around Christmas time…but i also realise that its also about other things..commercial and well santa claus who is a lie? i have told my children the truth about him..and i love the lights , music and giving part..but i am worried that God will be angry at me if its some kind of idol worshipping or something…please only Christians reply..
There are two of us answering, here. She says that it doesn’t matter one bit. Jesus is nowhere near petty enough to care, just so long as we keep him right next to us. He cares far more that we "pray unceasingly". Jesus wants us to come to him with our joys and sorrows, our needs and our gratitudes. I think that it fits to remember Jesus’ birth at the time that we commemorate our own, every year, because isn’t that when his relationship with you, personally, began? I wholeheartedly agree with her answer.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:39 am
I’m a Christian. In the bible, the only holiday the Lord asked us to keep was the Passover.
Christmas is now X-mas, anyways.
Be well.
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October 28th, 2009 at 2:18 am
unless you have a time machine, celebrate it on Dec. 25 like the rest of us. it’s the heart that counts, not the date.
santa has nothing to do with Christmas. that’s yuletide (pagan stuff)
commercial? come on! if you actually think that’s the reason for it in the first place… people started giving to eachother like the magi to Christ and the Father to humanity. but then, gifts costed money. so, it became too commercial. that’s not Christmas.
it’s not idol worship to love Christmastime. just remember the real reason (God’s gift to man) and all is well. an idol is what stands in place of God. if you let commercial giving control you, it’s an idol. if you don’t, Merry Christmas
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October 28th, 2009 at 2:37 am
To give you something to think about there is actually no biblical reference saying or alluding to the notion that the birth of Jesus (pbuh) should be celebrated.
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October 28th, 2009 at 2:49 am
All holidays have pagan backgrounds, yet so called Christians still celebrate them anyway. Jesus never celebrated any of this birthdays, not have any of his disciples. There two birthday celebrations in the Bible, and both of those people weren’t servants of God.
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October 28th, 2009 at 3:02 am
Greetings!
Hi there, I am a Christian Druid, and no-you should not.
But it`s alright if I and my Family do, as we are more open-minded towards reality.
Strict Druids have many diverse Holy-Days. Strict Christians have none.
Of course, if you wish to celebrate as Jesus did, become a Jew, or a Druid.
God, in many Theologies, is beyond our understanding, so be the best person you can, and take your chances. Don`t kneel at Idols though-
/!\
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October 28th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I really think it depends on how you’re celebrating Christmas.
To me, it sounds like you try to celebrate Christmas in a way that honors the Savior. Your heart and your intents are on the Savior. You try to love the Lord in a way that seems appropriate to you. I don’t see how this could possibly be idol worship.
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October 28th, 2009 at 4:00 am
The puritans agreed with you.
They realised that Christmas is based entirely on pagan traditions, so they banned it as being ungodly.
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October 28th, 2009 at 4:09 am
I would tell my children that there is no santa clause, because I wanted them to know that everything comes from Jesus. This is a difficult question even for me, because it has become so commercialized and I hate it. I would ask God to show you personally what you need to do and obey Him.
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October 28th, 2009 at 4:51 am
the time of christmas is in fact a pagan holiday, early christians changed it to make the religion more appealing to those who dont worship, "Change religion but it doesnt affect you worshipping".. Christ is said to have been born around Oct.
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October 28th, 2009 at 5:14 am
There are two of us answering, here. She says that it doesn’t matter one bit. Jesus is nowhere near petty enough to care, just so long as we keep him right next to us. He cares far more that we "pray unceasingly". Jesus wants us to come to him with our joys and sorrows, our needs and our gratitudes. I think that it fits to remember Jesus’ birth at the time that we commemorate our own, every year, because isn’t that when his relationship with you, personally, began? I wholeheartedly agree with her answer.
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