Do you celebrate Christmas?

[Guest shiloh357]

YAHWEH DETESTS THE TRADITIONS OF MEN. IT IS ALL IN VAIN!!!!!

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No he does not. Traditions are only a problem when we put our tradtion on equal footing or above the Scriptures. Traditions are not in and of themselves a threat to God. Jesus did not condemn the religious leaders for their tradtions per se, but for the hypocritical, tyrannical way they administered.

EVERYONE has traditions.

[Giaour]

It's not about the gifts wrapped up in pretty bows.

It's not about the parties, where everybody goes.

It's not about the decorations, everywhere to be found.

It's not about the music or other things around.

It's a day that we remember, our Beloved Saviour's birth.

So think of Jesus on Christmas day, and all that He is worth.

[Gerioke]

Santa Claus isn't real.

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Shut yo' mouth!

Thank you Ovedya. And as for Christmas yes we celebrate it. But we also celebrate the truth of what it's is.

Why do I get the feeling you don't like me?

[RustyAngeL]

Christmas is so warm and giving. Spending time with the family and exchanging gifts, eating good food, singing Christmas Carols, going to Church Service.

Same in my house Constant. When I was a kid growing up we had a wonderful time at Christmas. This time of year is sad for me, both parents gone, I miss them so much.

[MrSealedEternal]

Thank you Ovedya. And as for Christmas yes we celebrate it. But we also celebrate the truth of what it's is.

So you celebrate the birth of the sun god baal, otherwise known as Lucifer the light bearer?

[His Ambassador]

Thank you Ovedya. And as for Christmas yes we celebrate it. But we also celebrate the truth of what it's is.

So you celebrate the birth of the sun god baal, otherwise known as Lucifer the light bearer?

You know very well what is meant and your attempt to make you point in this manner is a cheap shot and only makes you look immature.

[ted]

Atheists and people that do not believe in celebrating Christmas should have no problem working that day so that others can celebrate with their families without having to worry about being on the schedule.

t.

[MrSealedEternal]

Thank you Ovedya. And as for Christmas yes we celebrate it. But we also celebrate the truth of what it's is.

So you celebrate the birth of the sun god baal, otherwise known as Lucifer the light bearer?

You know very well what is meant and your attempt to make you point in this manner is a cheap shot and only makes you look immature.

It's certainly not immature since that is the truth and Christ'sMass is filled with lies. It is not the day of Christ's birth, but is the day of the birth of the sun (solstice). How can you claim to celebrate the truth of what it is unless you celebrate the birth of the sun and not Christ?

I assume that when you say "truth" you mean there is no Santa, reindeer, elves, etc., but what about wise men? The wise men came to Nazareth to see Jesus when He was almost two years old. If you will read Matthew 2:7-11 carefully, you will see that the star led the wise men to Nazareth, not to the stable in Bethlehem where our Lord was born. Verse 9 tells us that they found Jesus in "the house" where He had lived with Mary and Joseph since He was 91 days old. (Luke 2:7, 21-39) This "house" was in Nazareth, the place where Joseph and Mary lived, and not Bethlehem. Is that celebrating in truth?

You can't take a pagan/Catholic holiday to honor Lucifer, using the same occultic practices of the Babylonians, and then claim you are worshipping Christ, and celebrating the "truth of what it is."

Jeremiah 10:2-4 " Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the {heathen} nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens. Although the nations are terrified by them; For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. "They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter. 8 But they are altogether stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood!

I Corinthians 10:19 What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we? 23 All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.

2 Corinthians 6:16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. 17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you.

[His Ambassador]

It's certainly not immature since that is the truth and Christ'sMass is filled with lies. It is not the day of Christ's birth, but is the day of the birth of the sun (solstice). How can you claim to celebrate the truth of what it is unless you celebrate the birth of the sun and not Christ?

I assume that when you say "truth" you mean there is no Santa, reindeer, elves, etc., but what about wise men? The wise men came to Nazareth to see Jesus when He was almost two years old. If you will read Matthew 2:7-11 carefully, you will see that the star led the wise men to Nazareth, not to the stable in Bethlehem where our Lord was born. Verse 9 tells us that they found Jesus in "the house" where He had lived with Mary and Joseph since He was 91 days old. (Luke 2:7, 21-39) This "house" was in Nazareth, the place where Joseph and Mary lived, and not Bethlehem. Is that celebrating in truth?

You can't take a pagan/Catholic holiday to honor Lucifer, using the same occultic practices of the Babylonians, and then claim you are worshipping Christ, and celebrating the "truth of what it is."

Just in case you didn't read my original post:

This topic comes up every year. It's usually brought up by the "Keep Christ In Christmas" crowd, the "Take The Commercialism Out Of Christmas" bunch or the "How Dare They Ruin OUR Holiday" crowd.

The truth of the matter is Christmas is not a Biblically mandated holiday. So we are free to celebrate it any way we choose or not celebrate it at all. For those of us who choose to celebrate the Lord's birth on that day it's sacred (yes, we all know He wasn't born on that day). For others it's special in other ways. And since it was adapted from a pagan winter festival it is not exclusively a Christian holiday. Rather than criticizing the way others celebrate we Believers would do better to share with them what we celebrate and why.

[apothanein kerdos]

Thank you Ovedya. And as for Christmas yes we celebrate it. But we also celebrate the truth of what it's is.

So you celebrate the birth of the sun god baal, otherwise known as Lucifer the light bearer?

*shrugs shoulders*

Guess so

To quote from a wise man...what day is today?