Good ways to share the birth of Christ?

[Kallykay615]

Im trying to find a good, possibly creative way to start a conversation to share the birth of Christ. something that will get the persons attention and is easy for them to understand.
if you can think of any thing thats great.
thanks ahead of time

 

[JePe]

How about hosting a big ol' Nativity Bab-by-Que?

 

[FosterChild1]

Well if you read the bible then you will realise that the shepherds were not out with their flocks at this time of year! Best guess by theologians is between May and June!

Trying to hijack the pagan festivals and the bleifs of the Mithrs religion is just not going to cut it!

Christmas is nothing to do with either Christianity or Islam but it does have it's origins in the midwinter festival and many other basically pagan rites but since much of it is a celebration of nature rather than religion everyone should be able to enjoy it and be happy together despite religion!

The ancient European pagans celebrated the midwinter festival and a number of other festivals long before Christianity ever existed!

Babylonians celebrated the feast of the Son of Isis with gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift giving and the goddess of fertility, love, and war.

The Romans held a festival on 25 December called “Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, celebrating their own god Sol Invictas – PAGAN!

The Persian god Mithras, the Syrian sun god Elah Gabal, the German Sol, the Greek Helios and the Mesopotamian Shamash. But also Saturnalia, honouring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. The law courts and schools were closed. No public business could be transacted an this is where the holidays originated - ALL PAGAN!

Wax tapers were given by the more humble to their superiors. The origin of the Christmas candle - PAGAN!

In Rome groups of costumed went from house to house entertaining their people. And this was where the carolling Christmas tradition originated PAGAN!

Statues of the Mother and lover or Mother and son were paraded through the streets not only in Italy but also in Africa, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Bulgaria. Thus, the symbolism of the Heavenly Virgin and the infant child paraded on a yearly basis are not of Christian origin. They stem from the Mother-goddess religion, which is very ancient ENTIRELY PAGAN!

Scandinavian countries celebrated Yule honouring Thor – PAGAN!

In Germania (not Germany) they celebrated midwinter night followed by 12 wild nights of eating and drinking. The 12 days of Christmas PAGAN!

The church under Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25 in 350 AD in order to try to hijack the PAGAN festivals but it was largely ignored. Christians did not really celebrate Christmas until 378 but it was then dropped in 381 and not resurrected until 400.

The Christmas tree stems from pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the Winter Solstice, which included the use of holly boughs ivy and other foliage as an adaptation of pagan tree worship. Holly and ivy represented male and female. Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual - all PAGAN!

Santa Claus came from the Dutch “Sinterklaas” and was a tall figure riding a white horse through the air and usually accompanied by Black Peter, an elf who punished disobedient children. Also the origin of the reindeer, sleigh and the elves ALL PAGAN!

The modern red coated Santa was brought about by coca cola!

AMERICA ACTUALLY BANNED CHRISTMAS several times and is the originator of the expression “Happy Holidays” which came about because of the pagan origins of Christmas to include all religions and traditions!

The Venerable Bede, an early Christian writer pointed out that the Christian church absorbed Pagan practices when it found the population unwilling to give up the festivals. Thus a lot of what Christians now see as Christians practices are in fact pagan!

Christmas is the time of year christians strive to prove just how pagan they have become!

 

[Tina]

If you will read in Romans, where it says to 'pour hot coals of kindness ? ' upon the lost souls head, i.e. translated, to mean do acts of kindness for the other person as you learn what is needed, and be genuine in your offers of help and kindness to see if that will get a great response of thank you, and why did you do that ? in return, and maybe they will want to hear from you in the future. The things that you do, i.e. deeds of kindness may stand out further if you do it beyond the 'one or two times', but make it consistent to the need of the other person in a 'friendship' out reach and seek to find out what things they are interested in before bringing up the subject matter, may result in better responses as opposed to starting a conversation point blank on the subject matter. Another thought, you might ask if they do celebrate Christmas at all, or how they have done so in their family and see where you can go from there. Some have strong traditions, and others not so strong, it depends on whether the occaision has any meaning for them at all. Some like Christmas carols secular others might be open to the Christmas carols that speak of God . It will vary by individual of course. I would attempt these first and see if there is any progress here. Aside from that you should also be praying for the Lord to guide you in your endevor to see what He has to say first of all, anyways, and follow His leading to where He would have you go to and what you should do and or say. Using Scripture that you know in your prayers, and being obedient to follow what is said there in faith to you, should be the right place to begin . You do have some interesting answers here too, but I don't know how helpful they will be for you. Some ministries that you might also want to consider for help in this area are Navigators, a college outreach minstry on campuses, and Campus Crusade for Christ, are two that are very good to check in with regarding Colleges. Though they may also have other areas I am sure as in military outreaches, and your local church if you are a member should also have good ideas as to what to do as well. Answers in Genesis is also another ministry that may be able to help you, as they have great little booklets that approach different subjects and they can be helpful too. I hope that gives you something that you can really work with . Blessings, T.C.

 

[robertu]

His the reason for the season

 

[Mackenzie]

Honestly, if the person believes as you do, you won't have to.

If you're planning on bringing it up with non-believers, you're just proselytizing. Everyone has heard the story, to those who don't believe it is anything more than a myth it is pretty meaningless, just like the story about the birth of Aphrodite the Greek Goddess would be meaningless to you.

People don't like to be preached at... people may have their own religious faith and convictions and what you feel is a nice thing to do seems rude from the other end-- just imagine a Hindu person trying to tell you that Brahma is the most important God and you should abandon your other beliefs and celebrate him.

So frankly, unless you are sure the person wants to talk about it, don't bring it up. Everyone knows the story.

 

[Hal9000]

A virgin birth is never simple. First you will need the seed of the holy father - before hand make sure the virgin and her lord are of compatible blood types to insure that the baby lord will remain safe in her womb of religious importance. Next you will need some sort of baster - preferably one that both fits and pleases the virgin mother. You shall fill the baster with the divine sperm and on the holiest of ovulation days you shall fill the mother mary with his seed. You want to insure the most immaculate of conceptions you will need to make sure Mary basts herself deep - or if she is willing allow Joseph in on this because he is probably pretty jealous anyways.

Hope it helps. Merry Christmas.

 

[Shirley]

C - hrist gave
H - imself as a
R - eward so that
I - ndividuals knew d
S - acrifices
T - hat He made 4
M - ankind to
A - chieve d gift of
S - alvation.

Let us always remember the holy presence of God.

 

[beliel]

Whatever you do, just don't start with the whole, "Have you accepted Him as your Lord and Savior? No? YOU'RE GOING TO BURN IN HELL!" thing.... its not very affective.

 

[GotProofm]

Right. Because Christmas is really an under-celebrated holiday.

 

[TheBRAIN]

bake some jesus shaped cookies and pass them out

 

[DreamstuffEntity]

Show people all the evidence that it actually happened, and it wasn't just a rip-off of older myths like Horus and Mithra.

 

[JackBaevilelf]

Give them $20 first.