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Author Message Tom B Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:48 pm    Post subject: Xmas is coming quickly, but whatever happened to Jesus? I mean, isn't He the reason we have xmas in the first place? I am starting to wonder if Santa Claus actually ruined Xmas, as it is turning into more of a national festival more of a religious one these days, with Santa at the centre of it all.Don't get me wrong, I love Xmas, and I love recieving gifts from 'Father Christmas', and I love playing him and seeing the excitement on the kids faces as they try to force themselves to sleep in anticipation of the following morning.But, the emphasis on Nativity plays at schools and the like seems at the very bottom of peoples adjenda, if at all on it. Not many young kids even know why we celebrate Xmas, and it just doesnt seem right.We all seem to be drifting away from religion at the minute, but we will keep the festivals, making me wonder who the real winners of xmas are, the churches, or the toy shops?A few of you are getting peeved that I used Xmas. Remember, we only get limited amount of characters to use and I did have a lot to say there.Wow you guys really are picking my question apart! Xmas explained above. Most are about the pagan religion, yeah fair one, and its cases like this that undermine the christian faith don't you think? Historians have discovered alot about christianity, and with books like the Da Vinci code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail, how long will christianity last? Back to top Paul S, Bullfighter Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Today's children are going to grow up believing that Christmas is the season that Christians celebrate by complaining about how no-one ever talks about Christ.At the rate we're going, in a few years everyone else will have a nice holiday but the Christians will have spent the entire months of November and December complaining about how no-one ever pays attention to them. Back to top dddbbb Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: It's a pagan holiday for winter solstice. jebus had nuttin to do wit it Back to top Dawg Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: He got X'd out by so many. Most can't even be bothered to type Christmas anymore, it's now all about the gifts and the getting. Good thing God is the biggest giver of all. Back to top paula r Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: You are right!!!!!!!!! The toy shops are winning these days. But Jesus wins in the end. Back to top dixie_420_04 Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: FIRST OF ALL QUIT using Xmas. You are missing the key word. CHRISTmas. KEY word there. Back to top hasse_john Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: No. The savior YAHOSHUA was born in the fall. Dec. 25 is a heathen holiday, the birth of the sun God, which is what people worship. (You are familiar with the fact that they worship on SUNDAY?) Back to top Judy Jetson Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:54 pm    Post subject: Jesus died a couple of thousand years ago. Back to top lb_centaur Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:54 pm    Post subject: Just because Christmas and Christ share five common letters, do not infer that they are related. Christians assimilated this Pagan holiday celebrating the winter solstice and turned it into a recruiting tool to collect souls for Jesus. Back to top Samar Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Yeshua (Jesus) is not in xmas. Never was, never will be. All the sun-gods from zeus to ra were born on dec. 25th.Yeshua celebrated Hanukkah. Why don't more Christians follow their Messiah? Could it be that the traditions of the elders are more important?"Thou shall not steal" pagan rituals and christianize them. Back to top Rosebee Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Actually, Jesus is not the reason for the season as Christians seem to think. Top theologists and historians agree, that if Christ was real, he was not born in December. The tree, exchanging gifts, etc was left over from Pagan Winter Solstice Celebration. Early Christians merely borrowed the holiday claiming it as their own. Back to top Mable VT Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Many people will tell you that Jesus was born in September and "Christmas" is a pagan holiday... Back to top david_carringtonjr Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: From what I hear, Jesus ran afoul of some Romans. If Christians want Christmas to be less of a bash, they probably should have co-opted a more somber, introspective pagan holiday. Back to top preacher Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: You just took Christ out of Christmas yourself by spelling Christmas (Xmas) Back to top The One Yahoo User Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:55 pm    Post subject: Well if you love Christmas so much try not spelling it Xmas, it contadicts your point! Back to top

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