Christian holidays and Jewish Holy days are far from?
one in the same. I know the Jews have their Holy days based from the Old Testament and the Christians have holidays based on pagan tradition. My question is this: The Holy days that the Jews celebrate: have they lost there meaning, original meaning. An example I can think of is 9-11. For the first 2 maybe 3 years around that day the stores all played Christian music and songs like Ave Maria. But now 9-11 comes and that doesn't happen. A biblical example is Moses and the snake on the poll. It was for healing when it was made, but after awhile it became an idol in the land. So from a similar perspective have the Jewish Holy days lost meaning? Christians feel free to answer this concerning the holidays too.
Update:Chi: Yes, we Christians do have pagan holidays they are called Easter, Christmas and even some Christians celebrate Halloween.
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Since this has turned into a discussion about pagan traditions within Christianity, I'd just like to add that pagan traditions weren't grafted onto Christianity in order to convert the masses. Christianity began as a Roman syncretism of some grossly redefined Jewish words into their dying/rising sun god paradigm. It's just a revamp of the Eleusinian mystery/salvation religion done with a fake Yiddish accent.
The Jewish holidays most certainly haven't lost meaning. And they're based on Torah, not the paganized revamp known as the Old Testament.
The full High Holy day cycle is one of the most powerful collections of ritual and liturgy going. No, it hasn't lost meaning at all.
answer: You haven't celebrated the Jewish holidays, have you, my friend? They are amazing and are very connected to their original meanings - Sukkot celebrates the harvest, for example. Jews build temporary shelters like our ancestors did. Pesach is the celebration of the Exodus and being able to worship G-d freely.
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday0.htm
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Perhaps Boycott should read his own Bible. It forbids the decorating of trees in gold and silver like the PAGANS.
Communion - pagan
Cross - pagan
sacrificed savior - pagan
divine birth - pagan
taking on the sins of others - pagan
none of those beliefs came from Judaism
Easter= Ishtar
Christmas with a tree is supposedly another Pagan holiday.
Nothing is new under the sun. Pagans wanted to convert Christians to their faith so they made their own symbolic events as replacements for Christian holidays.
Although people mistake Christians as pagan worshippers- no, I put the pagans in the same category as atheists-nonbelievers.
Moses and the snake on the poll? The only snake I know of that has to do with Moses is when God turned Moses' staff into a snake during the Hebrew enslavement and deliverance in Egypt, and that had nothing to do with healing.
Since when do holidays celebrating Jesus' birthday (not exact) and resurrection have anything to do with pagans? Seriously. The yule log and decorating of trees may be pagan, but the holiday itself is based off of Christian beliefs.
As for me, I don't really *celebrate* the holidays as *religious* days per se', I do give God the glory for ALL days, but I love to celebrate *family* .... that is all I have to say on the subject !! :)... go in peace.... God bless
None of our holiidays are based on pagan