Are you saying Jesus birthday is being celebrated on the same day as a pagan god? If that's your logic, then is it wrong for me to celebrate MY birthday on a day that happens to belong to someone else? I don't understand what you're saying.
If Jesus birth happened to simply coincide with the "birth" of a Pagan deity, then I wouldn't call it illogical to celebrate December 25th as his "birthday." But no scholar -- it's not just the JWs -- believe that Jesus was born on this day. More likely than not Jesus was born in the spring or fall.
Yes, it would be a rather illogical thing to consistantly celebrate my birthday, which is October 7th, on, say, February 23rd. Just doesn't make any sense.
Yes, it would be a rather illogical thing to consistantly celebrate my birthday, which is October 7th, on, say, February 23rd. Just doesn't make any sense.
Everything makes sense to someone at sometime. My friend's birthday is on December 23. Growing up, she regularly celebrated her birthday in July. It was a way for Christmas and birthday to be completely separate celebratory events. She always got screwed at Christmas by not getting a birthday celebration/presents/etc because people would just meld Christmas and Birthday together. So her parents basically celebrated the day on a day where they could focus on it. Illogical? I don't think and neither did her family.
Just because it's illogical to you, doesn't mean it's not logical.
Okay. There was a reason why your friend celebrated her birthday on a day which was not her birthday. What is the reason why Christians celebrate Dec 25 as Jesus birth when it is certainly not the actual day of his birth? There is a certain logic to what your friend did. What's the logic of celebrating Jesus birth on the wrong day?
