The Bill of Rights was ratified in 1787. What if we were discussing the real meaning of the any of the Amendments (say, the Second) and could only go back to what a scholar said in 1987 about its true meaning, how reliable would that opinion likely be?
Do we trust the opinion of say, Justice Ginsburg to be completely honest about the meaning of the Second Amendment? Well of course it would be foolish to. Yet, instead of searching the Scriptures about the true, accurate and harmonious facts about the birth of Our Savior, no, we are happy to base a pivotal holiday of the Christian holidays upon this tissue of historical noise: “Finally, in about 200 C.E., a Christian teacher in Egypt makes reference to the date Jesus was born.”
But it gets worse, far worse. In this Post-Christian society. We have seen a tech mob ride Mozilla CEO Brenden Eich out of a job because they found out that he believes that marriage should only be between one man and one woman. I see in other news that techies almost relish the vast holiday parties that Google throws. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is gay, was widely quoted as anticipating an “iPad Christmas”.
By his actions, Tim Cook acknowledges that Jesus is important to his employees and to him personally. Otherwise, why would he cheer selling a lot of iPads for the holiday that celebrates His birth? Obviously a lot of techies have no problem with how Google observes Christmas.
But if a person wants to actually study the words of Jesus, and shapes his thinking and actions based on those words, how should he react when Jesus clearly speaks to the topic of sexual morality? (Like in Revelation 22:15?) How should he react when he knows that God could not bless anyone with a gift of a behavior that He declares to be detestable? How should he react knowing that should he make his opinion public that he could suffer the same fate and public humiliation as Brenden Eich did?
If advocates of same sex marriage want to be consistent, they must now repudiate Jesus and anything associated with Him including Christmas. Are these people proud enough of being gay and or supporting equal rights for gays that they are willing to stop observing Christmas? Or will they just re-imagine Christmas to suit their agenda? What does that make them?
If a society that violates many of the core values of Jesus can still observe a day that is dedicated to His birth, what does that say about their values? What does that say about the holiday?
The brutal answer is: the holiday is as corrupted as they all are. Jesus was not born on any day near December 25. There is not a single passage in God’s word that commands that anyone observe the day of His birth, while there are many that command observing His Teachings, which include commands to live a life of morality, including sexual morality. Jesus said (dare I quote Him?) it was God’s intent from the beginning of humanity that marriage was ONLY to be between one man and one woman. He also lamented that many people call Him Lord yet do not obey Him.
And He said that people who insist on adding to His word or taking away from what He said, would be cursed. And clearly we are now very cursed. The fruits of the way that society relates to Jesus and His teachings show how corrupted we have become. The truth about Jesus does indeed set people free, if only they were willing to read His Word as closely as they read their friend’s Facebook postings.
If people want to celebrate December 25th, I have no problem with it.
But I understand where you are coming from: Christmas has become commercialized, and most people no longer celebrate the season for the right reason: a savior (Christ Jesus) has been born! Celebrating that is the real reason for the season.
Secondly, what you posted can be summed up thusly: People today “Have a form of Godliness, but deny the power thereof.” (2 Timothy 3:5).