Question

A few things about Christmas and other holidays...


In the Bible, God tells Israel not to worship foreign gods or decorate themselves or other things, but each year we decorate a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree symbolizes the return of Satan from his 1,000 year banishment and has its origins from when a boy observed a fir tree growing at an impossible rate out of a tree stump.

Answer 1

The Romans celebrated Christmas by inviting all the Jews to an enormous feast... and then forcing them to eat all the food they could. The Romans then painted the Jews to look like clowns and forced them to race each other to the enormous delight and hilarity of the Roman spectators...while the spectators threw rocks (fully qualifiable as boulders, mind you) and rotten fruit at the racers.

Answer 2

The Yule Log is a representation of pagan worship to Ba'al. Mothers would throw their babies into furnaces as sacrifices to Ba'al. The 12 days of Christmas, I believe, is a 12 day orgy. Christmas is NOT when Christ was born. There is no evidence of this. I will not state the possible evidence of Christ's possible birth date, but Christmas is not a Christian holiday. It is not even a good family holiday.

Answer 3

Research states that Jesus was born in July--would the shepherds be out in the fields in winter?

Answer 4

Research states other than that. Christ's parents were Jewish, which means that they would follow the biblical feasts. There are three holidays that require a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot, (Feast of Tabernacles). I don't believe it was during Passover. Shavuot, all the priests would be out. But Sukkot would explain why all the inns would be full and such. Also, it may have been a Jubilee year, which requires men to return to the land of their fathers, which Joseph did. Sukkot is found between the last two weeks of September and first two weeks of October.

Answer 5

Thank you for your insight @Jumperman

Answer 6

No problem. Do you want to tackle any other holidays?

Answer 7

LOL sure: Halloween and Easter.

Answer 8

Seriously, EASTER?? What does Easter have to do with a bunny that spews eggs of candy all over the place? Easter is a celebration...of Jesus, the REAL celebration, just like Christmas is not.

Answer 9

And for Halloween...don't let me start. EVIL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Answer 10

Easter was named after Eostre, who was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe.

Answer 11

Also...
An alternative explanation has been suggested. The name given by the Frankish church to Jesus' resurrection festival included the Latin word "alba" which means "white." (This was a reference to the white robes that were worn during the festival.) "Alba" also has a second meaning: "sunrise." When the name of the festival was translated into German, the "sunrise" meaning was selected in error. This became "ostern" in German. Ostern has been proposed as the origin of the word "Easter". 2
Source: http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm

Answer 12

Actually, Easter is not. Easter is based upon the pagan fertility goddess Ishtar. The bunny is a representation of fertility. Now, about Christ's resurrection. Actually, I believe that Christ did not rise on Sunday. The Scripture is clear that He was buried on Friday evening, because Friday evening is the Preparation time for Shabbat, which begins after sundown on Friday and ends sundown on Saturday. So from Friday evening to Sunday morning is not three days. The only way possible for Christ to be resurrected on Sunday is if He was buried on Thursday evening, and thus having a double Sabbath, (which one Sabbath is because of Passover and the second being Friday-Saturday), but I do not see this in the Scriptures. If you can provide me evidence that Christ rose on Easter Sunday with no confliction with Scripture, I'll be inclined to research more into it.

Answer 13

Wish I could give you a million medals :D

Answer 14

So now the question is: Was it Ishtar or Eostre? or the misconceptional language thing?

Answer 15

I think it's the same goddess, just the language is different.

Answer 16

The way the name is translated is different.

Answer 17

Ishtar is Mesopotamian, I believe, and Eostre is Saxon... and they are two different purposes
But I make a wild guess that you are right.

Answer 18

Sorcery is punishable by death. The minute I read that in the Bible the first time I got my hands on one, I figured that I would never celebrate Halloween ever again
From Encyclopedia Britannica:
"In ancient Britain and Ireland, the Celtic Festival of Samhain was observed on October 31, at the end of summer…. The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this day and the autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was the time to placate the supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. In addition, Halloween was thought to be the most favorable time for divinations concerning marriage, luck, health, and death. It was the only day on which the help of the devil was invoked for such purposes." <<<Evil

Answer 19

Help of the devil...Awesome! the whole world does this without even knowing!

Answer 20

It's a Satanic holiday. Witches hold masses and bonfires on this day along with another. Have you ever wondered why Halloween is only done at night? There is no light. There is nothing revealing that which is wishes to stay concealed. That is why kids where masks and costumes. It's training for kids to become evil beings secretly.

Answer 21

Support!

Answer 22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_holidays

Answer 23

You hit it right on the nail! :D

Answer 24

Wow, thank you guys. I didn't know half of those things, especially about the Christams tree.

Answer 25

@AloneS You're very welcome. If there is anything else you'd like to know, just tag one of us.

Answer 26

@emmigrace222

Answer 27

Loved your discussions guys.
But the holidays doesn't have to be for a certain purpose. It is just for joy
For example I like Halloween to watch weird customs doesn't mean I intend to help devil or whatsoever. Our current generation celebrate all these holidays just because we love to party and be happy

Answer 28

Understood. But it's always nice to know the facts. :)