With yet another yuletide season upon us, certain patterns of predictability take center stage. Stress, debt, depression, drunkenness, overeating and Black Friday brawls in the mall for discounted flat screen TVs—all of this in the “name” of Jesus? For millions joy, happiness and peace on earth are usurped by credit card bills. Good will towards men is replaced with anxiety.
Before getting wrapped up in and devoured by “holiday madness,” consider the following questions and ask yourself, are the X-mas hype, hysteria and hoopla worth it?
Whose birthday?
Theologians and scholars of different religions and races have pointed out in scripture and detailed research that Jesus of 2,000 years ago was not only NOT born Dec. 25 but he was not born in the 12th month of the Gregorian calendar at all.
There are thousands of versions or “translations” of the Bible. Yet in none of these biblical versions is Dec. 25 pointed out as the birth date of Jesus of Nazareth.
When the Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught this in America as far back as the 1930s, he and his followers were mocked, ridiculed and outright condemned. Today, the best and brightest minds in Christian theology have verified with their studies, the truth of what the patriarch of the Nation of Islam taught.
“The Bible offers few clues: Celebrations of Jesus’ Nativity are not mentioned in the Gospels or Acts; the date is not given, not even the time of year. The biblical reference to shepherds tending their flocks at night when they hear the news of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:8) might suggest the spring lambing season; in the cold month of December, on the other hand, sheep might well have been corralled,” wrote Andrew McGowan of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, Australia in his article “How December 25 Became Christmas” posted on biblicalarchaeology.org.
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