"Winter Solstice" replacing Christmas

[mead]

hmmm,

Well, that would be the politically correct term to the earthly (& satanic) 'powers that be' that are wanting & acquiring control of the world.

Your half way right. If you knew the true schematics of things your posts would have depth to them.

What's up with that post mead? Fill me in, please.

We are good. I didn't mean to speak at you as much as to you, I apologize.

[Peri]

Well, I don't see anything wrong with being charitable in that way, or in celebrating the change of seasons. God made the seasons after all. I don't see this as being any different than celebrating a good harvest by sharing it with your neighbours. Unless the teacher was forcing the children to bow down to the hats and scarves then I wouldn't see the harm in it.

Edited to say: Besides, unless they're saved anyway, whatever they do is sin. So... does it really matter? It's not a crime. It's not hurting anyone. There's nothing inherently unbiblical about making hats and scares and giving them away in the winter.

From a local news site:

Whiz Kids: Ryerson Students and Teachers Donate Hand Made Hats and Scarves

Ryerson students celebrated the Winter Solstice hand making warm, fuzzy winter hats and scarves for less fortunate Connecticut families.

By Sarah Page Kyrcz

7:00 am

Source

Edited December 28, 2011 by Peri

[nebula]

Peri, the Winter Solstice is a pagan celebration,

Another member .

To honor the Winter Solstice is in the same category as bowing towards Mecca.

[Peri]

No, the Winter Solstice is the first day of winter. The pagans didn't create seasons; God did. I'm not going to pretend that seasons don't exist just because the pagans do bad things when the seasons change. Pagans do pagan things every single day. Seasons aren't evil. Should we pretend that the entire calendar doesn't exist?

Honoring a day that the Lord made is nowhere near the same category as bowing toward Mecca.

Peri, the Winter Solstice is a pagan celebration,

Another member .

To honor the Winter Solstice is in the same category as bowing towards Mecca.

[nebula]

No, the Winter Solstice is the first day of winter. The pagans didn't create seasons; God did. I'm not going to pretend that seasons don't exist just because the pagans do bad things when the seasons change. Pagans do pagan things every single day. Seasons aren't evil. Should we pretend that the entire calendar doesn't exist?

Honoring a day that the Lord made is nowhere near the same category as bowing toward Mecca.

Celebrating the Winter Solstice, though, is.

You can look it up. (Example here) Celebrating the Winter Solstice has always been about worshiping the sun. The sun is a, if not the, chief deity in many religions.

I have a very loose connection into the Neo-Pagan and Pagan cultures via some high school friends. I have caught tidbits through them about their intentions to elevate the Winter Solstice celebrations, some even want to "overthrow" The Christian Christmas and "bring back" the Winter Solstice (i.e. as the name of the holiday).

While you in your heart may worship God through this seasonal change, this is far from the intention of those who are honoring it with their worship.

[OneLight]

To make it as simple as I can, Wicca, the religion, worships the solstices, both of them, and the equinoxes, both of them. They also worship the spirits of the North, South, East and West. They honor Mother Earth in every degree.

[amor]

People always have celebrated the Winter solstice, whilst it for many centuries has been given a superficial Christian veneer that's the reality. "Christmas " celebrations have always had strong links with the pagan past: the trees, the holly, the bearded man, the eating and drinking. That's why in the seventeenth century the puritans, quakers and many other groups refused to partake in this festival. There is no evidence that Jesus was born on 25 December and much to suggest that his birth was much earlier in the year. Christmas celebrations are clearly synchrenistic

[nebula]

Again, the point is missed.

Paganism is rising while Christianity is being squelched.

[OneLight]

Again, the point is missed.

Paganism is rising while Christianity is being squelched.

Yes it is. We were told this would happen. Are you surprised that it is?

[nebula]

I'm surprised that people aren't taking this seriously.