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Was Jesus born on December 25 or is this a Pagan thing ?

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There were countless reasons to put his "birthday" on December 25th to appease the pagans whom the Catholics were trying to convert. Turns out that was a smart move since the Jesus myth is just a cobbling-together of several other Middle Eastern and Mediterranean pagan mythologies.

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  1. No Jesus was not born on 25 December, however he was born during this period of time, the ancient historians and theologists calculated the things which happened then and gave it a number


  2. Jesus was in all likelihood born sometime in late spring or even early summer (April May June) based on the description in the Bible. There was I believe a pagan holiday that was celebrated on or about Dec. 25th. I would guess that the Christians just decided to celebrate the birth of Christ on that day instead.

  3. No,Jesus wasn't born on this day but it is the day He was begotten.His birth took place on the 15th of Ethanim or Sept. 29th to our calendar.This was the 1st day of the Feast of the Tabernacles.Christ circumcision took place on the 8th day of the Feast,22nd of Ethanim or Oct. 6-7th.

  4. All I know is that he wasn't born on December 25. If he existed.

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    From its inception in the fourth century, Christmas has been surrounded by controversy.  Since the Bible does not specify either the day or the month of Christ’s birth, a variety of dates have been suggested. In the third century, one group of Egyptian theologians placed it on May 20, while others favored earlier dates, such as March 28, April 2, or April 19. By the 18th-century, Jesus’ birth had been associated with every month of the year! How, then, was December 25 finally chosen?

    Most scholars agree that December 25 was assigned by the Catholic Church as Jesus’ birthday. Why? “Most probably the reason,” says The New Encyclopædia Britannica, “is that early Christians wished the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the ‘birthday of the unconquered Sun God, Mithra.’”  Guess it was just convenient for them...Sun vs. Son.

  6. It is originally the feast of Saturnalia and is definitely pagan. I know Alex won't read this but in case you are unsure that Jesus existed here is the link that shows proof.

    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects...

    Jesus was born in the early fall. Probably about August. The Bible says the shepherds were still in the fields.

    We are commanded to observe His death, not His birth.

  7. They cannot pinpoint the dexact date.  There is one theory that he was born in September, because of the astronomy related to the three wise men.  The star they saw that lead them would have to have been moving, and the star that they think it is would have been in the right spot in september.  

    I reccommend finding the article about it in the book FORBIDDEN RELIGION

  8. Pagan, relating to the rebirth of the Sun (when you can notice the days starting to get longer again). Shepherds don't have their flocks out at night in December. The early Christians didn't want to deny the Pagans their December 25th celebrations.

  9. No, he was not born on December 25 and no it is not a Pagan thing.

  10. Was Jesus born on December 25? There is no evidence for this date. So then, who decided that Jesus' birth would be celebrated on that date? The early Christian church did not celebrate Jesus' birth. It wasn't until A.D. 440 that the Roman Catholic Church officially proclaimed December 25 as the birth of Christ. This was not based on any religious evidence but on a pagan feast.  December 25 was used as a celebration of the birthday of the sun god. It was observed near the winter solstice.

    The apostles in the Bible predicted that some Christians would adopt pagan beliefs to enable them to make their religion more palatable to the pagans around them. Therefore, some scholars think the Catholic Church chose the date of this pagan celebration to interest them in Christianity. The pagans were already used to celebrating on this date.  

  11. It's a pagan thing.  If Jesus existed, he very likely was born in September, which was the tax-collecting time in that part of the world during the time when he allegedly lived.

    There were countless reasons to put his "birthday" on December 25th to appease the pagans whom the Catholics were trying to convert. Turns out that was a smart move since the Jesus myth is just a cobbling-together of several other Middle Eastern and Mediterranean pagan mythologies.

  12. It was an date set (people think) because of pre-Christian holidays. You notice the Annunciation is not the proper amount of time from Christmas.

  13. YES! It was placed over a pagan holiday when they were trying to turn all the pagans into christians. look it up.

  14. He was actually born in the spring.. we just celebrate it dec 25th... and its not a pagan holiday although they have commercialized it!  

  15. Christmas is a co-opted Pagan holiday...  The symbolism as well as the date are Pagan...


  16. this date was adopted by the christian church from pagan beliefs, dec. 25th is the traditional celebration of the winter solstice.

  17. The date, December 25 is the supposed date of the birth of the sun.  Jesus is called the Sun of Righteousness in the Old Testament, so the  Church decided, since they did not know the exact date, to use the arbitrary date.  

    Jesus was born either in September or October, according to other sources.  

    The pagan holidays had been made Christian holidays when Christianity became the religion of the Roman Empire.  All pagans then had to convert to Christianity and all of their pagan gods, and pagan days had been adopted as Christian.


  18. I read somewhere it was around April. No one knows for sure, even if he existed.  

  19. Most biblical scholars agree that Jesus wasn't born in December at all.  Most believe it was either sometime mid summer of if you go by Jewish texts and extrapolate the dates based off the birthday of john (passover) and known difference in time of birth between john and Jesus would put it during the feast of tabernacles which is in September and why they j&m couldn't find a room at the inn... It also has a full lunar eclipse during the month in that region which explains some solar phenomenon.

    The early church took over the 25th from the pagan celebration of yule or saturnalia because it was easier to get locals to convert if they didn't lose celebrations they enjoyed.

  20. No he wasn't born on 25th December. He was born on 6th April, as has been revealed in the Doctrine and Covenants, the same day when Jesus Christ's New Testament Church was restored to the earth in 1830, named The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  21. From what I've read and studied, no, he wasn't born on Dec 25th. The Catholic church chose to celebrate it on this date to coincide with the pagan festival of Yule. It was easier for pagans to convert to Christianity if holidays were held on the same day as a pagan holiday. Yule is when the God is reborn to the Goddess and with him returns the promise of new life for the coming year. (Sound familiar?)

  22. No he wasn't.  We don't know exactly when Jesus was born.  The Catholic church chose that date as the day to celebrate his birth.  

  23. December 25th is Saturnalia.  

  24. Nobody knows when he was born exactly.  The Jews insist it was in October during one of their feasts.
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