(Please read carefully “The origin of Birth Celebration”)
WAR AGAINST THE CHRIST – Some people are no longer celebrating “Christmas” (Jesus-Christ Birth-Day) because, according to them, it has been revealed that such practice is “Paganism”. But, ironically, these same people are celebrating “birth-days”; aren’t both the same? That makes me wonder if “Paganism” is the real reason behind the negative attitude toward Christmas! Could it be attributed to lacking education, or related to the recent few protests to remove the name of God in some places and schools prayers?
For more than hundred years, people have been celebrating “birth-day”, including Jesus-Christ’s “Birth-day”. Though probably unaware of it, “Birth Celebration” is a philosophical idea, because it’s not in the list of feasts ordinate by God. Therefore, I agree that people need to know about certain things that they are doing in life and had no clues of their origins. That’s why research is important, but the findings and publication must be accurate and impartial to prevent confusion. The point is, for the past few years some people have been searching and posting a few findings which idolized the nature of “Christ-Birth’s Celebration”. However, any form of “Birth-Day Celebration” is the one that should be condemned. Yet it has been relatively ignored. It should be examined further since “Birth celebration” is one context in which individuals adopt devotion to false gods, and partake in mystery cults; although involuntary in most cases.
THE ORIGIN OF “BIRTH-DAY CELEBRATION”
According to the Humanist and book Writer, Gloria K Fiero, (2002), the practice of “Birth Celebration” was created by the “Mithraism” and multiple other ancient mystery cults of Greco-Roman. She contents that: “Mithras’s followers, a mystery god originated in “Persia”, celebrated his birth on December 25 – that is, just after the sun’s “rebirth” at the winter solstice…”The Mithraism, an agricultural society, celebrated seasonal change by means of symbolic performances of the birth, death, and rebirth of gods and goddesses associated with the regeneration of crops.” She continues to say: “Their initiates participated in symbolic acts of spiritual death and rebirth, including ritual baptism and a communal meal at which they might partake of the flesh or blood of the deity.
THE BIBLE’S VIEW…–
Apostle Paul says in GALATIANS 4:9-11: “But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn you again to the weak and beggarly elements, hereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.”
Moreover, based on the processes of making human beings, the day we were exposed to view is not our birth-day; the time of conception was. That is to say, our birth-day is when the male sperm and the female ovum were joined together to produce the first stage of a human being (a zygote). That’s why the process of reproduction, in GENESIS 4:1, it’s clearly shows two separate steps in the process, so people could understand it, by saying: “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived (conception), and bare (produced fruit, exposed to view) Cain…” So, since the exact time and date of human conception are only known by God, whosoever celebrates his/her “birth-day”, has become an idolater, or worship him-self.
RESULTS
The findings of this research reveal that “Birth-Day” celebrations are associating with ritual events celebrating ancient demons (false gods). Multiple other researches have reported that a significant percentage of people around the globe are practicing “Birth-Day Celebrations” every month – most of those had no ideal that they were involving in a kind of “mystery-cults.”
DISCUSSION
The darkened relationship between Birth-day and Christmas celebrations has been relatively ignored. The results of this research indicate that any form of “Birth celebration” is idolatry. So, it is hypocritical to be against “Christmas”, but approved “Birthday celebration”. If both mean devil worshipers, what account for it? According to the word of God, all forms of idol worshipers will not have access to the kingdom of God. It understands that almost every aspect of our lives is influenced by ancient ideologies, or “Paganism”. Is this to say, no one is perfect –often we try to avoid one thing to please God and end-up doing another. Therefore, we need to exert much effort to live by every word of God; the best way to do it is by reading His words every day; if it’s not in the bible, don’t do it.
References
Gloria K Fiero, (2002). The Humanistic Tradition, book 2 -Medieval Europe and the world beyond
The Bible: Galatians 4: 9-11; & Genesis 4:1 .
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