Quote From: rettsgemPeople, you need to first read your dictionaries and see what's said about this "traditional" holiday and then see what God says about people incorporating pagan customs instead of God's true Holy Days, Leviticus 23. The whole bible is about God's promises to Abraham and his generations. Jews were the first Christians. Paut took his message to the Gentiles after Jesus has ascended to be with His and our Father in Heaven. God is not the author of confusion. We have allow ourselves to be lead into confusion like sheep to the slaughter. God warns us to repent and be baptized and keep HIS commandments and Holy Days. Constantine first changed the weekly day of worship to the first day instead of the seventh day to separate the Gentiles from the Jews. He was a rank pagan. But don't believe me. Believe history and your Bibles. Hugs.
What is the POINT of your post? Yes, Dec 25 was once a pagan holiday, which is why the Church chose it as the official birth of Christ (which is really in January). It was to take something AWAY from the pagan celebration. And it worked quite nicely.
God doesn't care about lights, trees, presents, etc AS LONG AS we never forget the true meaning of Christmas. I spend CHristmas day in a nursing home taking Communion to the elderly. I help out at food pantries and donate to two migrant families. I STILL love the parties, the trees, the lights, the kids' gifts from SANTA (he was a Christmas man from Europe) and I put up secular (as well as Christian) decorations.
God will judge me accordingly...not you or anyone else who thinks s/he knows more than Christ. God bless you, but please stop trying to turn people away from Christian religions. Your rhetoric scares people, including this practicing and devout Christian!!!
