What denomination does not celebrate Christmas?

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus.

Suikoden2 said:

Christmas is a practice adapted from pagan religion.

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Yes. However, done right, Christmas is an opportunity to witness. We use Easter the same way.

Rare to find the $1 or $5 bill having much effect on Christmas these days.

Suikoden2 said:

Christmas is a practice adapted from pagan religion.

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I don't know, now, if only denominations refuse to celebrate it. Some agnostics and atheists who choose not to identify with the druid or Saturnalia coincidences do not necessarily celebrate the day. Of course, some people over the denominations do not celebrate it for a variety of reasons.

I agree that it is pagan in origin - actually Egyptian (as some "mystery" religions go).

The world of man is pagan.

Churches that do not keep Christmas

Seventh Day Adventists
Jehovah's witnesses
Some Apostolic Churches
Some Pentecostal Churches
and dozens of Non denomination Churches

Suikoden2 said:

Christmas is a practice adapted from pagan religion.

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Lots of Christian churches do not celebrate Christmas.

I am unaware of any organized Christian denomination that does not celebrate the birth of Christ. Possibly a house church or a rare non-denominational body may share such a view.

seeking.IAM said:

I am unaware of any organized Christian denomination that does not celebrate the birth of Christ. Possibly a house church or a rare non-denominational body may share such a view.

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On the contrary, the date of the birth of the Christ is unknown. The birth of Christ is not regarded as an important event.

The death and resurrection of the Christ is the primary event in Christianity.

klutedavid said:

On the contrary, the date of the birth of the Christ is unknown. The birth of Christ is not regarded as an important event. The death and resurrection of the Christ is the primary event in Christianity.

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Better said, the birth of Christ is not regarded as an important event by you. Most of Christendom disagrees with you. Wisemen followed the star to see this Wonder; they must have found it important. True, we might not know the exact date, but I submit the fact that God sent his son to the world is worth celebrating.

Many prefer to focus on the end ignoring the beginning to avoid the in-between

timothyu said:

Many prefer to focus on the end ignoring the beginning to avoid the in-between

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Especially when the original culture does this.

Andrew98 said:

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus.

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Exactly and every Church should celebrate that unless they are not really a church, imho. The absurd idea that Christmas is pagan is a lie from the Devil

If a church assembled in a building once used for political rallies would that church be considered pagan just because the predecessors practised the adversaries ways?

Suikoden2 said:

Christmas is a practice adapted from pagan religion.

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Only to the extent that other religions had holidays of their own. It is a myth, however, that Christmas was picked up from pagan religions. As a matter of fact, the Romans had so many holidays throughout the year, it would be close to impossible for a new religion to have any celebrations of their own that someone wouldn't say were borrowed from the pagan.

Incidentally, although we now are correct to say that the exact date of Christ's birth is unknown, this was not the belief of the early Christians who, rightly or wrongly, thought it was in late December.

You can blame it on Constantine's mommy. It was her hobby to go to Judah and the like and name places as being significant, such as the birth place of Jesus or His tomb, etc, of course without a clue as to whether it was true or not. Just doing her part in setting up the new official Empire religion in much the same way a first lady would take on a cause. Roman traditions tended to overlap Christianity even from the first century. Considering her son saw himself as a trinity, a Caesar god man, the reincarnation of Jesus and of course the sun god whose festival day was dec 25th, it is no wonder that 'official' date was chosen. Politics, not pagan.

1 John 4:2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

I am wondering if there is a correlation between this and those that claims that Jesus was merely Michael the Angel?

Jesus
Not an Angel but the Angel

Of the many Old Testament references to angels of God, there are a few where One called “the Angel of the Lord” is also identified as “the Lord” (Genesis 16:10-13; Genesis 22:11-12; Exodus 3:2-6; Judges 13:3-22). But how can an angel of God be God Himself? This is evidently the same figure referred to as “the Angel of His Presence” in Isaiah 63:9, as well as the “Angel” God sent to lead the Israelites through the wilderness to the Promised Land (Exodus 14:19; Exodus 23:20). Jesus: Not an Angel but the Angel

Trinity
Is God a Trinity?

The correspondence appears to be between those that deny the trinity and not celebrating Christmas.

Early SDA were Semi-Arians who believed that Jesus was Michael the Arch Angel.

JW's deny the deity of Christ.

UCG denies the Trinity.

I wonder if the Non-Denominational Churches are Oneness or Modalists.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 The end of a matter is better than the ...

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New International Version The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride

timothyu said:

Many prefer to focus on the end ignoring the beginning to avoid the in-between

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