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Hello Dennis and I want to thank you for taking the time to post on my board.
I know that you are a sincere and dedicated person and that your views on christmas are important to you.
I want to look at your statements and consider them:
You said, "It is not about trees, ornaments, lights and even presents. It is about Love."
Well, Dennis, I hope you will allow me to differ... Yes, I know that those who celebrate the christmas holidays, do so because the majority of them want to worship and honor Christ and to express their LOVE for Him. I'd guess that they also fervently believe that in doing so, they are somehow, conveying His LOVE to others and hopefully leading some to Christ.
You say that "it's not about trees, ornaments, lights and even presents."
Okay, then, I wonder WHY those things are ALWAYS extant in the holiday observance and that it is never celebrated without them? IF it's all about LOVE, then why not find another WAY to celebrate that LOVE without attempting to worship Him with all those heathenistic customs and accoutrements? Why not pick another day, other than the Winter Solstice to do that celebrating on? Why not worship and honor Christ WITHOUT using the very things that He warned His people NOT TO LEARN, and punished when they did not obey? If, in truth, it is not about those things, WHY NOT DELETE them from the celebration and be done with it? Why not stand up and PREACH AGAINST those things that God clearly HATES and calls abominations??
God is LOVE
You said, "God is Love, and we are called to express that Love. Christmas is a reminder of the great Love that God has shown us in giving us the gift of His Son."
I agree. God IS LOVE! But that is as far as I can go in my agreement!
You say that, "Christmas is a reminder of the great Love that God has shown us in giving us the gift of His Son."
I'm interested... HOW SO?? HOW is the christmas holiday a reminder of that? What is it about the holiday that reminds ANYONE about the gift of His Son? Is it the mistletoe? Does that do it for you? How about the Chessnuts roasting on an open fire?? Jingle Bells? Santa Claus? Rocking Around the Christmas Tree?
WHY does the 'reminder of the great love God has shown us' have to be infested with all that PAGAN stuff?? Why can't TRUE followers of Christ remember what the Father did for us without all that garbage?
Most people KNOW that it isn't really His Birthday, so why do they do it? Truth is, for the most part, they are just following the crowd like sheep following a shepherd.. doing what looks, and feels, good... and yes, they may have the most earnest and sincere desire to worship Christ and to honor Him, but they are being led directly into VAIN worship.
Dennis, I know you have read the scripture that says, "IN VAIN do they worship me, TEACHING for doctrines the commandments of men." Dennis, do you believe that statement? Is it TRUTH?
Dennis, I know what most would LIKE for christmas to be... but it simply isn't! It is what it is, but it isn't Christian, and it isn't expressing love for Christ... because it is simply the opposite! It is people, doing what they want to do, and calling it Christian.
Dennis, I realize that these things are offensive, but the TRUTH is often offensive to those who have been taught to think otherwise.
What it's REALLY all about.
What it's all about, is the continued deception of sincere people who truly want to worship the True God, but whose worship is being diverted and after all is said and done, that worship becomes VAIN and useless.
