The Problem of the December 25 Fallacy

Since it's December, I'm going to try on the fallacy that Christmas is pagan because it's celebrated on December 25. One must remember that in any standard of right and wrong, you must consult Scriptures and not what the Papacy declares. I'm aware that Christmas is celebrated on December 25. I have done some research and anyway, I have already removed "The Two Babylons" as a valid anti-Catholic literature choosing to focus on books like "Evangelical and Catholic Beliefs Compared" and "Truth Encounter" when it comes to refuting Catholicism. After examining the Two Babylons and having bought it from a local Christian bookstore, it was a waste of money. The problem with Hislop was that he was so much into guilt by association arguments that it really doesn't make sense in spite of factual presentation.

So what is wrong with the December 25 argument? Now let's think... does a date even make a day right and wrong? I'm aware occultists do use a certain occult numerologist's system to determine dates like the release of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. Feng Shui masters use astrology to determine the supposed lucky dates. One can think that certain dates were chosen because it's "lucky" for them like Friday the 13th. Likewise, December does have an occultic value in the pagan calendar. But remember, what I am arguing against here is against practices, not the dates chosen for the events to take place.

I would admit that while "The Two Babylons" and "Babylon Mystery Religion" were both laced with guilt by association arguments, it did present some useful information. In some parts of the world, December was a pagan's favorite month. December was also in celebration of the Roman holiday called Saturnalia. In Europe, December was also dedicated to pagan feasts. It was also a time of orgies, feasts and festivals to the gods aside from February which is associated with Cupid. What makes these practices wrong is not because they were done in December but because of what immorality existed during the festivities. Orgies involved unbridled sexual acts, gluttony was very encouraged and people were worshiping false gods. Even if they did such activities not on December, it would still be wrong regardless.

One good argument against the December 25 argument is if we bring the Reformation. October 31 is celebrated as Halloween but it's also a day for Christianity. Now if we are going to argue based on dates alone, it's going to create a stupid argument. Martin Luther hammered the 95 Thesis on October 31, 1517 which launched the Reformation. While the world celebrates Halloween, Christians can take comfort in October 31 being the birth of the Protestatant Reformation. If dates would indeed make a certain practice satanic or not... then celebrating the Reformation would be wrong because October 31 is also Halloween.

Worse, think about this example. Let's just say I'm holding an evangelistic crusade on a 13th of the month and "unfortunately" it fell on a Friday. Would that make my evangelistic crusade a satanic one? The only way to judge my crusade as satanic is to check it in context, not by the date it was held. If what I preach does not measure to God's Word then it's satanic no matter when it took place. I could hold my evangelism crusade on any time of the year, even on October 31 or December 25... what will make me wrong is if what I preach will not match up with the Bible. The argument is nothing more than a guilt by association fallacy instead of using the Bible as a parameter to measure right and wrong.