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12.24.12 3 Reasons To Not Celebrate Christmas

3 Reasons To Not Celebrate Christmas

Around the world, nearly two billion peoplercelebrate Christmas each December 25, whilerat least 200 million others celebrate the birthdayrof Jesus Christ on January 7. However, thererare also millions who choose not to celebraterChristmas at all. Why? See below for 3 main reasons.
1The Truth
The Red Scare

First, they do not believe that Jesus was born
in either December or January. The Bible does
not give a specific date. It simply states: ?There
were also in that same country shepherds living
out of doors and keeping watches in the night
over their flocks. And suddenly Jehovah?s angel
stood by them, and . . . the angel said to them:
?. . . Therewas born to you today a Savior, who is
Christ the Lord.???Luke 2:8-11.
Facts point to Jesus? birth at approximately
the beginning ofOctober when shepherdswith
their flocks would still spend the night in the
fields. The countryside around Bethlehem experiences
the coldest weather during the months
of December and January. Hence, to keep them
warmat night, flocks are herded into protective
shelters.
2Nas
It Was Written

A second reason: The only event Jesus specifically
instructed his followers to commemorate
was his death, not his birth, and this was to be
done as a simple communion meal. (Luke 22:19, 20) Note, too, that the Gospels of Mark and
John are silent about Jesus? birth.
3 The Reason
Things Couldn't Be Better

A third reason: There is no historical evidence
that the early Christians celebrated the birth of
the Christ. But they did memorialize his death.
(1 Corinthians 11:23-26) It was not until more
than 300 years after Jesus? birth that Christendom
officially began to observe Christmas on
December 25. Interestingly, in themid-17th century,
an act of parliament banned Christmas celebrations
in England. In the United States, the
Massachusetts General Court did the same.
Why? The book The Battle for Christmas, says:?There is no biblical or historical reason to place
the birth of Jesus on December 25.? It adds that
to the Puritans, ?Christmas was nothing but a
pagan festival covered with a Christian veneer.?
That brings us to a fourth reason: The unsavory
origin of the celebration itself. The roots of
Christmas can be traced back to pagan Rome
with itsmixture of festivals for honoring the agricultural
god Saturn and the sun god Sol Invictus,
or Mithra. Anthropologists Christian R
?
atsch
and Claudia M
?
uller-Ebeling, coauthors of the
book Pagan Christmas, write: ?Like many pre-
Christian customs and beliefs, the old feast commemorating
the yearly return of the sun was rededicated
to the birth of Christ.?
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