By Ijaz Chaudry
Christmas Perspective!!!
A quick 1 minute preview of the article is as follows;
The people who celebrate Christmas fall in two
distinct groups. These two groups are, those who celebrate Christmas as
a religious occasion and those who have no religious intentions but they
only want to have a good time.
This is a short article without belittling the religion of Christianity.
Christianity is great religion and Christians are tolerant and kind
people like no other. However, Christmas as such is not truly
Christianity related, it is product of Church and not of the Bible. So
it is important to know a little background to this function.
When was Jesus born?
It is a myth that Jesus was born on the 25th
of December, when you read the Bible carefully it suggests that
Jesus was born in October. This fact is further confirmed in the Final
Testament. In Jewish tradition having a baby without a father was a
great sin. Thus Mary hid from the crowd and took refuge in the forest.
The Christmas story only holds fast if Jesus was born on the 25th
of December. But since the Bible and the Final Testament do not agree
with this, we are investigating an alternate story which is not a
Christmas Story. The Final Testament confirms the birth of Jesus to be
in the month of October and a small excerpt from this story talks about
Mary being next to a Date tree and shaking Dates from the tree and
eating them to relief birth pains (19:16-25). Date have medicinal
property of reducing pain. Since Mary had birth pains the Dates were
just what could help her.
Perception of Christmas
Santa Claus is not real; the true followers of Jesus
did not celebrate Christmas after Jesus was gone and they definitely did
not dress up as Santa Claus! Celebration of Christmas and exchanging
gifts is definitely a new idea. You will not find Christmas written in
Bible, in any way or form!
Social, Political and
Economic benefits of Christmas
So the development of Christmas has Social,
Political and Economic benefits which gave precedence for the government
to designate 25th of December as the Christmas day.
Social benefit
In mid-winter when the days are dark, Christmas
gives a boost to the social aspect, of communities something to
celebrate and be happy.
Political benefit
Christmas gives false hope to people, by making a
family day, which in turn diverts people’s intentions from bigger things
like public unrest.
Economic benefit
Economically, Christmas as a tradition encourages
people to buy gifts for their friends and family. This boosts the
economy.
Conclusion
So we found out that Christmas is based on social,
political and economic benefits. As far as religion is concerned it is
based on false assumption that Jesus was born on 25th of
December. The fact that most practicing Christians celebrate Christmas
as a religious occasion in fact is nothing more than an aberration. This
puts focus on Christian belief system, and what does Bible have to say
about Jesus! The proclamation by Jesus to being son of God is disputed 2
to 1 in the New Testament. Mark (8:27-30) and Luke (9:18-20) against
Mathew (16:13-20). All 3 are synopsis Bible, which in essence mean that
they present the same point of view. Only Matthew claims Jesus to be son
of God, while other two don’t. It is known by scholars that it is an
addition by Matthew. On further reading of the Bible it becomes apparent
that only Bible calls Jesus son of God, no other scriptures do.
So after learning little bit about Christmas for
those who want to make a special occasion in these dark winter days
there is a way! New Year’s
Day is the real ticket it is scientifically proven fact that it happens
once every 365 days with exception to leap years when it happens after
every 366 days. New Year also promotes exchanging gifts, and even
better; you also have benefit of fireworks all around the world. Most of
the today’s generation strive to stand for what is right. So for these
the right thing to do is not to be taken for a ride by the privileged
few the politicians and the
clergy!
Advice to practicing Christians
Jesus was anti-establishment. If you really want to
follow Jesus’s step’s then step away from well-trodden path and make
your own mind up about what Jesus taught. There is not much changed
since Jesus, yes we have technology, we have planes, cars and the modern
world, but at the grass root level we are the same human beings with
same anxieties, fears, and sometimes the same sheep herd mentality. It
is widely observed that the most successful among us, bring something
new, away from the trend. So if you want to succeed as a Christian make
your own path, look at all of the Scripture, not just the Christian
canon, use common sense and logic to carve your own path to
Christianity.