Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rr2g@rhonda.ce.Virginia.EDU (Rhonda R. Gaines) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Christmas should be April 15th Message-ID: Date: 10 Nov 90 13:21:22 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [In response to the discussion of celebrating Christmas and Easter, wherein it is pointed out that the Christian celebrations are not pagan. --clh] The main problem I have always had with this is: *why* will you make up holidays and won't celebrate the holidays that God himself has ordained. I believe I could see a little more sense in having a celebration for Jesus' birth if the ordained holidays were celebrated also i.e. passover/feast of unleaven bread, feast of trumpets, feast of booths, etc. This goes not only for Christmas but *all* man-made holidays. Why is such a big deal made over something that God had no part in establishing but what He did establish people overlook it as "just another day"? -rhonda -- Rhonda Gaines | University of Virginia phone: 804-924-6265 | Thornton Hall bitnet: gaines@virginia.bitnet | Applied Mechanics Program internet: gaines@virginia.edu | Charlottesville, VA 22903-2442 [The quick answer is "because we aren't Jews". That is, the holidays specifically established in the Bible are all in the OT, and thus are seen by most Christians are part of the "ceremonial Law". --clh]