Hi all. I'm fairly new to the idea of being Christian, and am picking up the Bible again for the first time in years. I am excited to celebrate Christmas this year, because I feel so much different about it now that I am being drawn to Jesus.
With that being said, I have a few questions that some kind people here may be able to answer.
1. Some scholars say Jesus wasn't born on Dec. 25th. What do you think about that?
From everything i have read Jesus was definitly not born on the 25th of december.. So i do not believe any of the "scholars" who make that claim.. The 25th of december was a pagan celebration that the catholic church chose to take over by changing it into a celebration of the Birth of Jesus.. They made it up.. I have read good well written documents that place the Birth of Jesus in the 7th month of the year..
2. Some people say the practice of putting up a tree and decorating it is pagan in origin. Thoughts?
I believe it does have pagan origins.. But again it was incorperated into the newly imposed celebration of the birth of Jesus..
Jeremiah 10: KJV
2 "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. {3} For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. {4} They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."
3. My children believe in Santa...and that's all they know about Christmas right now. How can I go about introducing them to the story of baby Jesus in a way they can grasp at 7 and 12 yrs old?
Santa is an anogram of satan..
I would just tell them to story of the account of His birth and why He came to earth..
Thanks so much in advance.
