The Last Prophet of God i.e. Muhammad (May peace and blessings be upon him)

This blog is dedicated to the last Prophet of God i.e. Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the greatest man that has ever lived on this planet, God Almighty testifies to it, the Jew testifies, the Christian testifies it and the Hindu testifies it too, as we shall shortly be seeing. He is also prophesied in the various world religious scriptures. He prophesied many things 1400 years ago which today have come True. All these evidences prove that he is indeed a True Prophet of God and a mercy to the whole of human kind. Accept him and his teachings and be benefitted

"We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not." (Quran 34:28)

The Quran says

If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good).(Quran 3:85)


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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The Reality of Christmas

The Reality of Christmas


By


Shais



  1. Introduction
  2. The Origin of Christmas
  3. The birth of Jesus (pbuh)
  4. Christmas Tree
  5. Santa Claus


  1. Introduction

Christmas is celebrated on 25th December every year and is considered to be the birthday of Jesus Christ (pbuh). Christmas is celebrated by Christians throughout the world but it is also celebrated by many non-Christians.


Most sects of Christianity believe that Jesus is the son of God or god. Modern celebrations of Christmas include exchanging of Christmas cards, Christmas tree, Santa Claus bringing gifts for the children, lights etc. The word ‘Christmas’ originated as a compound meaning ‘Christ’s mass’



2. The Origin of Christmas


The celebration of birthdays is a pagan custom. The people mentioned in the Bible who celebrated their birthdays are Herod and Pharaoh. Both of them were pagans.


“Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday..” (Genesis 40:20)


“On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much” (Mathew 14:6)


There is no mention of Christmas at all in the Bible. Nowhere does the Bible state that Jesus Christ (pbuh) was born on the 25th of December. The Christians never celebrated Christmas until 200-300 years after Jesus Christ (pbuh). Moreover, there is no historical evidence at all that Jesus (pbuh) was born on the 25th of December.


The concept of Christmas only arose when Rome took over Christianity when many practices which were included in the Roman sun worshipping religion crept into Christianity. 25th December also happens to be the birth of many sun gods e.g.


Sol Invictus

Dionysus

Horus

Mithras

Attis


Thus this is where this concept of Christmas is picked from. These ancient sun worshippers had a concept of ‘birth of SUN’ on 25th December. From the summer solstice to the winter (22nd December) solstice the sun is constantly declines to south and the days get shorter. For 3 days i.e. 22nd, 23rd and 24th the sun doesn’t decline to south anymore. On 25th December the sun moves one degree towards north. The ancients symbolized it as the birth of the sun.



3. The Birth of Jesus


As I just mentioned that there is no historical evidence that Jesus was born on 25th December. Moreover, Celebrating of Christmas did not exist until at least 200-300 years after Jesus.



4. Christmas tree


The Concept of Christmas tree is also pretty new. The earliest historic records of Christmas tree can only be dated back to the 16th Century. Before this time, there dint use to be any concept of Christmas trees. Moreover, the Bible is also against cutting of trees which Christians do on Christmas


“For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.” (Jeremiah 10:3)


God according to the Bible also considers those customs in which people cut down trees to be worthless.



5. Santa Claus



Santa Claus too has nothing to do with Christianity. Santa Claus is derived from “Saint Nicholas” who was a 4th Century Bishop. He had a reputation of secret gift-giving and this has now crept into Christianity.



6. Conclusion


There is much more that can be written but I believe this is sufficient to convince any open-minded and sincere person that Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with Jesus. This event itself is of pagan origin and many other things which too have nothing to do with Jesus have crept into this festival.




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