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Should True Christians Celebrate Valentine Day? by chisom83(m): 10:15am On Feb 14, 2017
Valentine’s Day is here again, and I’m about to break my silence on the subject. It is high time for people to awake out of sleep and begin to examine why they do what they do. For far too long, people has blindly celebrated many things that have no biblical foundation for its practice. Like many of the world’s major holidays, St. Valentine’s Day is an annual observance with its roots entrenched firmly in pagan beliefs and customs. The first question that must be answered is where Valentine’s Day originated. Has anyone ever thought or asked themselves who really is Valentine. Have you ever questioned what you are saying, when you say “Happy Valentine’s to someone you love. Let’s take a look together as we seek to answer those two questions. As innocent and harmless as St. Valentine’s Day may appear, its traditions and customs originate from two of the most sexually perverted pagan festivals of ancient history: Lupercalia and the feast day of Juno Februata. The ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, an annual three-day ritual believed to ward off evil spirits and increase fertility, was held on February 13 to 15. Celebrated on February 15, Lupercalia (known as the “festival of sexual license”) was held by the ancient Romans in honor of Lupercus, god of fertility and husbandry, protector of herds and crops, and a mighty hunter of wolves. The Romans believed that Lupercus would protect Rome from roving bands of wolves, which devoured livestock and people. Assisted by Vestal Virgins, the Luperci (male priests) conducted purification rites by sacrificing goats and a dog in the Lupercal cave on Palatine Hill, where the Romans believed the twins Romulus and Remus had been sheltered and nursed by a she-wolf before they eventually founded Rome. Clothed in loincloths made from sacrificed goats and smeared in their blood, the Luperci would run about Rome, striking women with ‘februa,’ thongs made from skins of the sacrificed goats. The Luperci believed that the floggings purified women and guaranteed their fertility and ease of childbirth. The month February derives from februa and “means of purification. To the Romans, February was also sacred to Juno Februata, the goddess of febris (“fever”) of love, and of women and marriage. On February 14, billets (small pieces of paper, each of which had the name of a teen-aged girl written on it) were put into a container. Teenage boys would then choose one billet at random. The boy and the girl whose name was drawn would become a “couple,” joining in erotic games at feasts and parties celebrated throughout Rome. In AD 325, Pope Gelasius introduce it in the catholic Doctrine , and changed it from February 15 to the 14th and called it St. Valentine’s Day. It was named after one of that church’s saints, who, in A.D. 270, was executed by the emperor for his beliefs. The church further continued Christianize Lupercalia. Instead of putting the names of girls into a box, the names of “saints” were drawn by both boys and girls. It was then each person’s duty to emulate the life of the saint whose name he or she had drawn. This was Rome’s vain attempt to “whitewash” a pagan observance by “Christianizing” it, which God has not given man the power or authority to do. Let us look at a few more verses from scripture. “Learn not the way of the heathen…For the customs of the people are vain” (Jer. 10:2-3). Also notice Christ’s words in Matthew 15:9: “…in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Concerning this pagan, satanic system, God commands true Christians, “Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues” (Rev. 18:4). Though the practices of Lupercalia have been repackaged and dressed up in the form of Valentine’s Day, these verses indicate they remain just as detestable as they have always been in our Creator’s eyes.
Don’t be deceived by those who would tell you that Valentine’s Day is simply a celebration of love. Most people today will tell you that nothing is wrong with Valentine’s Day and that it is only a day to celebrate with your loved ones. They say this to you with very little to no knowledge about that which they speak. While love may be the message portrayed through Valentine’s Day, the history reveals ties to paganism. St. Valentine’s Day originates from the ancient paganism of this Satan-influenced world. It is designed to deceive mankind by appealing to fleshly, carnal desires—or, as the Bible calls them, the works of the flesh. A true Christian is focused on God’s soon-coming kingdom. DO NOT BE DECEIVE!!
Re: Should True Christians Celebrate Valentine Day? by niyihawking(m): 12:49pm On Feb 14, 2017
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