Originally posted by Article11
Try us!
Nah, seems your mind is already made up.
And now, back to the news. I've also seen adamant claims that Jesus was born on June 26th. The fact is, the Bible does not give a date. We could
assume then that we should not celebrate Jesus' birth at all, or pick a day to celebrate it. If we don't celebrate it because we cannot discern a
specific date, we have to wonder about becoming legalistic, something Christ had spoken against in the New Testament, like here:
"Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they
watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand up in front of everyone."
Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent.
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out,
and his hand was completely restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus." - Mark 3:1-5
[edit on 19-12-2008 by saint4God]
