Can we be certain that Jesus Christ was born on December 25th? The Bible gives no exact date for His birth, so why celebrate on a date tied to pagan traditions? 🎄
The first recorded instance of December 25th being celebrated as Christ's birth comes from a Roman calendar in AD 336, long after it was used to celebrate Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (the “Birthday of the Unconquered Sun”). This date is speculated to have origins in ancient Babylon (approx. 2000 BC), marking the birth of Tammuz, and is celebrated after a woman’s typical gestation period following the pagan fertility festival of Easter. By aligning Christ’s birth with this pagan festival, we risk blending the worship of God with sun worship, which the Bible condemns (Romans 1:25).
Let’s also remember the abominable practices described in Ezekiel 8:16-18, where the people were worshipping the sun in God’s temple—an act of rebellion against God. As Ecclesiastes 1:9 reminds us, “There is nothing new under the sun”, and such practices persist even today.
Additionally, Jeremiah 10:2-5 warns against the customs of the nations, such as cutting, fastening in place and decorating trees with silver and gold—practices still reflected in today’s December 25th tradition. This mirrors an ancient pagan ritual that elevates the tree to the status of an idol.
In Deuteronomy 12:29-32, God specifically commands His people not to adopt the worship practices of other nations, emphasizing that worship must align with His word in Bible scripture, not with man-made traditions.
If you love the LORD God, flee from this pagan festival and don’t justify it for the sake of family. Jesus said, “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me” (Matthew 10:37 ESV).
We are commanded to worship God in spirit and truth. If the world or your family opposes you, rejoice, for your reward in heaven will be great. As they persecuted the prophets, so they will persecute you. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, to Him be the glory, now and forever.
Does the Bible interpret itself? How come there are countless different interpretations out there from every single denomination and even from person to person? Almost as if... they interpret the text because it's inevitable to do so when reading it.
Now that this is out of the way ask yourself - is there a correct interpretation and one truth or is everyone right for themselves even if interpretations contradict each other?
The Bible is the Living Word of God and it speaks for itself
How come it speaks different things to different people? If what you're saying was true and everything in the Bible was self-evident without the need of interpretation, everyone would be in agreement about the Christian faith and doctrines and there wouldn't be 1000+ denominations.
The Living Word of God is Jesus (John 1). See? Even in this instance you can't escape interpretation.
The "fringe cult" is literally the historical apostolic Church that Jesus established and that has kept the living tradition intact for 2000 years - the Orthodox Church. I believe and practice what the early Christians did. What you're saying here (Sola Scriptura and such) is relatively recent development at the time of the Reformation. You basically accept there was Christ and His apostles, and then some 15 centuries without real Christianity and Church before Luther came and spawned the various Protestant denominations that rejected all authority besides the Bible (never mind that the Bible canon itself was compiled by the ecumenical councils of the Church, i.e. "man's authority", which destroys the whole position).
Men convened with not entirely holy intentions but God determined their actions just as the pharisee did not know he spoke prophecy as he said "it is better for one man to die than the entire nation to perish."
The Bible is a living document immortal to the ages and nothing, nothing you say that steps outside the Bible can hold one ounce of credence.
And seriously what "Church" do you claim? There is no church older than the Catholic church, all churches stem from it.
Okay so you might actually have a point with Eastern Orthodox
Okay so not only do you have a point but I will be purchasing an OSB.
My cousins are Russian Orthodox and all those people are heart-touchingly wholesome
Wow, really? We did a 180 degrees here. I'm very glad you'll be looking into Orthodoxy because it is wholesome and old tradition indeed and we don't worship a man like the RC do with the pope. Make sure to go visit a service sometime and see what it's about. I didn't mean to be an asshole but I get worked up in arguments.