Am I nuts I swear I read this same thing in The Bible years ago and I can't find it anywhere on the net.
birth and death
Seems like celebrating their birth and commemorating their death seems more appropriate?
its something for a birth celebrating
Buddhist people celebrate special days such as Vesak, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, as well as Kathina, when new robes are offered to monks after the end of the monastic retreat. Other important days include Parinirvana Day, celebrating the Buddha's death, and Uposatha days, which are observed with increased focus on meditation, precepts, and Dhamma study.
Mexicans do not celebrate death on the day someone dies. Instead, they celebrate death on the Day of the Dead.
Redemption is the process of being exempt from sins by the death of jesus chist. Redemption is means that christ died to free us from the bondage of sin through his death.
The main theme of the Bible is redemption, redemption of mankind. The main story of Ruth is redemption, redemption of a woman and a family. The Bible doesn't tell about many of the character's death and even fewer deaths of women. Because the theme of Ruth is redemption, the telling of a death would be out of theme.
for me, filipino people celebrate the birth of bonifacio than of rizal because Filipinos are so blessed when their hero, bonifacio was born. bonifacio have his fight. in the other hand, Filipinos celebrate the death of rizal, because the death of rizal, brings freedom, and ignited the fire in the hearts of the Filipinos.
We celebrate Christmas to remember the birth of our Lord... As in the word " Christ "
they celebrate birth of a child through baptism but some christians do not celebrate
they celebrate it goodly!
Jehovah's Witnesses (JW's) do not celebrate the birth of Jesus.