Why do churches and schools make false stories with the Nativity plays at Christmas?

The typical play of the new born Jesus in the crib being visited on by the three wise men of loving motives who followed a star seemingly of good manifestion to baby Jesus is not the accurate biblical account at all.





King Herod sent his ';wise men'; or more accurately the astrologers to locate Jesus and report his whereabouts so to have him destroyed (Mathhew 2:7).





The star they followed was Satan leading them to Jesus (Matthew 2:9).





The astrologers didn't tell Herod only because of God warned them not to (Matthew 2:12).





And Jesus was not a baby but a toddler (Matthew 2:16) of at least 2 years of age.





You would of thought the churches of all wouldn't promote this false account of the Nativity Play that has no scriptural basis but they are the worst for it. What else do they pass off?Why do churches and schools make false stories with the Nativity plays at Christmas?
Actually, the wise men were already searching for Jesus before Herrod asked them to tell him where they found Jesus. Matthew 2:9 absolutely does not say that the star they followed was Satan, nor is that implied anywhere in the Bible. What the Bible DOES say about the magi is:





1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, ';Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[b] and have come to worship him.';


3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ[c] was to be born. 5';In Bethlehem in Judea,'; they replied, ';for this is what the prophet has written:


6'; 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,


are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;


for out of you will come a ruler


who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'[d]';





7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, ';Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.';





9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east[e] went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.








The part about Jesus not being a baby but a toddler when they found him is accurate, but the rest of what you said is not. Also, you called the ';Herrod's astrologers';, but it clearly states they weren't even from his country. They came there and since they were looking for a king, it was natural to start with Herrod.Why do churches and schools make false stories with the Nativity plays at Christmas?
Just because that's what you believe doesn't mean that's what everyone belives. Also, it's traditional, even if it's wrong it's what people expect.





Keep in mind they also teach that Columbus discovered America...even though the Native Americans were here thousands of years before as well as Vikings.
I think you need to relax. Yes the wise men did not come to see Jesus while He was in the manger, according to the bible. The story, as played out in schools, harms nothing.





Herod did not send ';his'; astrologers to find Jesus. The wise men stopped at Herod's palace....because they were traversing the land in which he ruled...and were told by Herod to report back when they found Jesus. They did not.





And of course satan did not lead anyone to Jesus...ridiculous.





Edit: Matthew 2:9 ';after they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was';. The star is not satan. It's a STAR.





Please be careful in twisting the word of God; it is not wise.
Elementary schools pass off a lot of stuff that is dumbed-down to the point of being flat our wrong... Christopher Columbus proved the world was round when people disagreed and so forth...





At least in this case, it leads to kids singing a cute song.
I can't agree with you on two accounts.


Nowhere does the ';star'; give account of satan.


Next, it says King Herod went to kill all male children 2 yrs or younger. This covers his whole intention. Nowhere does it mention how much time elapsed but I have a hard time believing the wise men took over two years for this small travel.





You are wrong.
They were not Herod's wise men! They came from the east, they merely visited Herod and he asked them to find this new King they spoke of. you are reading much more into the passages then what is there.
You cite passages from Mathew...


Mathew who.. and what bible..?
How many schools do you know allow religious pageants?
Aparently it is a relic of the old culture, when people made public efforts to include God into their lives, where people kept close family ties, they took care of their old, and prayed for one another even long after they died, met on religious celebrations to check up on each other and talk about how the world was changing....