Are Christmas Traditions Really Christian?

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Now, this is an episode you CANNOT miss! A Christmas episode about Christmas traditions with the brilliant William J. Federer. Frank and Bill talk about, Santa Claus (the real one), why the use of Xmas instead of Christmas, why celebrating Christ birth on December 25th, the Christmas tree and many more great insights. Then he answers the controversial question: Should Christians celebrate Christmas? Tons of fascinating stuff that you should know! Merry Christmas to all of our listeners and don't forget to gift us a 5-star rating and a positive review on iTunes! You can also help us by donating here: https://crossexamined.org/donate/ we have a $20,000 matching grant until the end of 2018! Keep Frank busy by sending your questions to Hello@CrossExamined.org and don’t miss this episode! Subscribe on iTunes: apple.co/CrossExamined_Podcast rate and review! Thanks!!! Subscribe on Spotify: http://bit.ly/CrossExaminedOfficial_Podcast Subscribe on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/CE_Podcast_Stitcher

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0:00.0	Does truth exist?
0:03.0	Because you have faith, does that make this book cool?
0:06.0	Does God exist?
0:07.0	So when someone says there is no truth, if you apply the claim to itself, what should you say?
0:13.0	Is that true?
0:15.0	They don't think Christianity is true.
0:18.0	They're talked out of it.
0:20.0	You know why they're talked out of it?
0:22.0	Because they've never been talked into it.
0:24.0	Cross-exemining skeptical and atheistic views.
0:28.0	Welcome to Cross-exemining with Dr. Frank Turek.
0:33.0	A friend of mine and another Christian Apologist sent out an email the other day about defending Christmas.
0:41.0	And many people were very upset that he would try and defend a pagan holiday, he said.
0:48.0	And he wasn't trying to defend the holiday.
0:51.0	He was trying to defend the fact that Jesus came to earth as God in human flesh.
0:59.0	But what about this?
1:00.0	Is there any truth to the idea that Christmas is a pagan holiday?
1:06.0	Should we be in any way celebrating Christmas?
1:09.0	I mean, where did that Christmas holiday traditions come from?
1:12.0	St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, gift-giving, stockings, ex-mess.
1:17.0	What about Nativity scenes?
1:19.0	The North Pole reindeer?
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