holidays they celebrate?
do mormons ceebrate Christmas?
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Absolutely! "Mormon" is really only a nickname for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Yes, they do celebrate Christmas, as sendtothisone stated.
"We gotta go to the crappy town where I'M a hero."
Yes, Mormons celebrate Christmas. It's the Johovah's Witnesses that don't celebrate anything due to their belief in all holidays being based off of Pagan rituals. How they believe that The Savior's birth is Pagan, I'll never figure that out.
shareThey don't believe the birth of Jesus is Pagan. It's the celebration of that birth on Dec 25 that they believe is based on older Pagan rituals. There is a lot of evidence to back up their point, and even most Christain's and Mormons don't believe that Jesus was actually born in December.
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They don't believe the birth of Jesus is Pagan. It's the celebration of that birth on Dec 25 that they believe is based on older Pagan rituals. There is a lot of evidence to back up their point, and even most Christain's and Mormons don't believe that Jesus was actually born in December.
I've never heard that. Where did you hear that at? Of course we believe Jesus was born in December.
Mormons is not a nickname. People call them like that because thay think it's not a real Jesus church.
That's not why people call us Mormon. We call ourselves Mormon. It is a nickname, and nothing more.
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I'm a mormon, and it is true that we believe Christ was not born in December. We believe He was born April 6th. As was mentioned, many christians and Bible scholars believe He was born in the spring. Here is a quote from one of the former presidents of our church:
"This is the annual conference of the Church. April 6, 1973, is a particularly significant date because it commemorates not only the anniversary of the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this dispensation, but also the anniversary of the birth of the Savior, our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ."
(Harold B. Lee, “Strengthen the Stakes of Zion,” Ensign, July 1973, 2)
Also, "mormons" is a nickname like the prior posters have stated. People started calling us that soon after "The Book of Mormon" of published. It's a book of scripture we teach from and study.
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I agree with se214
Mormons believe that Christ was born in the Spring. Two reasons for this. The star the wise men followed is more likely to have been Jupiter. In the middle east, jupiter is visible in the sky for a few days every spring. For the middle eastern people, following jupiter or 'the star' was like a pilgrimage.
Also, the shepherds who visited Jesus at his birth. One of them gave him a lamb didn't they? Some one please remind me, what time of year are lambs born?
Rest my case :)