Why is there so much hype about Christmas?
Actually a mystery. Around the globe, the pulse quickens as Christmas approaches. Memories come flooding back. Moist eyes. Sentimental feelings. Full planes of travelers who only change continents for a few days to be there when the family celebrates. Unctuous words from religious and secular dignitaries. In the churches, the pews are moved closer together so that everyone has room. The usual cheesy movies on TV. And a strange fixation on a “white Christmas”. A global hysteria.
But why in December and not in warm June?
The investigative journals print long reports on supposedly new findings about Jesus Christ. Years ago, Der Spiegel ran the headline: “When Jesus was still a guru”.
Certainly the churches are getting emptier and the number of people leaving is at a record level, but Christmas brings back the old longing. For peace, joy and hope.
A world without war and injustice.
Without bombing nights and refugee boats. Without the fear of a cancer diagnosis and without the loneliness of a home.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a God who was actually interested in us? Forgiveness, comfort, security and love. Not from just anyone, but from the Creator of the universe. Could there be something to the old Christmas story from the Book of Books after all?
Are atheists the real spoilsports when they declare us to be products of chance without meaning or purpose? They say that we are only controlled by chemical processes in the brain and the blind discharges of our neurons. Free will would only be a fallacy.
Will we go out on the day we die and plunge into a dark nothingness? What is the sky all about?
So who is right? Feuerbach perhaps, who writes that God and heaven are only a projection of our wishes? Or Jesus Christ, who claims to be the way, the truth and the life?
But if God really had a plan for this world and good intentions for me and for you, then we would have to recognize his authority. And this idea is not appealing to everyone.
Christmas with warm emotions – yes, that’s nice. But a God who restricts my life with his ideas of order in this universe. No thanks!
And so, at Christmas, the question suddenly arises as to what we really want.
And of course we cannot avoid answering the universal claims of the Bible.
Is Christmas a legend or the best news there is?
I am currently reading a book by a physicist who has been investigating this question for many years.
The stakes are high. A fulfilled life, forgiveness and even eternal life.
As far as I was concerned, I wanted to get to the bottom of the matter and check the statements from the Book of Books. In the laboratory of real life.
Diospi Suyana became a great experiment with God. The results are all documented (see the books at the bottom of the website). I leave the evaluation to you. /KDJ
