Merry Christmas - or should it be "Merry Krampus" ? Part 2
So let me repeat the two questions:
1. Why has Christianity invented all new feasts for itself instead of sticking with God's appointed feasts ?
2. Why do all Christian feasts curiously coincide in date and symbolism with pagan observances ?
Christianity does not celebrate any of God's appointed feasts, and this is true when it comes to Sabbath keeping too, for the vast majority of Christians at least, and celebrate a number of new feasts instead. You might want to claim that the birth of Christ is in the bible, and so why shouldn't we celebrate it, that the death and resurrection of Christ is in the bible, and so shouldn't we celebrate it, etc.
Well, the Sermon on the Mount is in the bible too, and why does Christianity not celebrate "Sermon on the Mount Day" every, say, May 8th, or at any other random day of the year. My suggestion is that there was no ancient feast that revolved around spoken words of the living God, so this particular incident somehow did not make it into the feast calendar of modern day churchianity.
But the answer to the question "why shouldn't we celebrate it" is simple: Because God did not appoint the feast you are celebrating, that's why. Jesus spoke about this very attitude, very clearly so:
"And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men."
(Mar 7:6-8, see also Mat 15:7-9)
P. S.: Don't tell me you do not celebrate "Sermon of the Mount Day" because one cannot determine, historically, on what particular day Jesus spoke those words to the multitudes. Jesus was not born on December 25th. Luke tells us so when he talks about the shepherds in the fields (Luk 2:8). Please remember that even in Palestine it was and is winter in December, and cold enough for cattle and flocks to be indoors particularly at night. But still Christmas is celebrated on that day. So what other excuse do you have ?
Go back to the beginning here:
