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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
There is nothing pagan about using this day to tell the story of Jesus birth...
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Normally, people try their best to celebrate a person's birthday on the actual date. If anyone really cared for Jesus's birthday, they would celebrate it on the proper day (or close enough to it), and not some date which just so happens to be a pagan festival date. In fact, the only reason we celebrate Christmas today, is not because God or the Bible told us to, but because some ancient religious folk thought it would be a good idea to placate the European pagans. If it is not pagan, then it is at least something that God did not tell us to do. In fact the week by week communion has more importance and direct command from the Lord than Christmas, and which one do we practice the more and pay most attention to? I know that most denominations do not pay much attention to communion, but they do their best to uphold Christmas and Easter. Likewise, most Christian parents would make sure they tell their children about Christmas and Easter, but do they stress the importance and joy of weekly communion? I would say most children of Christian parents know more about Santa and the Easter bunny than the significance of the bread and wine of communion.