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Meaning Of Christmas by Cordenify(m): 2:52am On Dec 21, 2021
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 3:49am On Dec 21, 2021
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 5:05am On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
Christmas is a pagan holiday ! lipsrsealed

I was thinking I should wish you a merry Christmas undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 5:17am On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
I was thinking I should wish you a merry Christmas undecided
Merry Christmas to you too. undecided

I do too celebrate all pagan holidays, even those unknown to me. undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 7:43am On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
Merry Christmas to you too. undecided

Thank you and God bless smiley

Kobojunkie:

I do too celebrate all pagan holidays, even those unknown to me. undecided

Oh, I see undecided

Actually thought you'd have no interest or concern about the holidays undecided

May I ask why you celebrate even though it's against your believe? undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 8:13am On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
Thank you and God bless smiley
Oh, I see undecided
Actually thought you'd have no interest or concern about the holidays undecided
May I ask why you celebrate even though it's against your believe? undecided
The Holiday is not against my belief... no holiday is against my belief this because Jesus Christ did not bar His followers from celebrating any Holiday out there. undecided

Even if it is a sango festival, Halloween, 4th of July, Krishna, etc. No pagan Holiday is against my belief. We are free to celebrate any holiday we want to. undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 8:35am On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
The Holiday is not against my belief... no holiday is against my belief this because Jesus Christ did not bar His followers from celebrating any Holiday out there. undecided

Oh well I see undecided

Kobojunkie:

Even if it is a sango festival, Halloween, 4th of July, Krishna, etc. No pagan Holiday is against my belief. We are free to celebrate any holiday we want to. undecided

Don't you think this is against God's commandment (I could use most treasured) of do now bow to any other god. And anything that is against God, Jesus won't support. undecided

The key word here is celebrate undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 8:52am On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
Oh well I see undecided

Don't you think this is against God's commandment (I could use most treasured) of do now bow to any other go[/b]d. And anything that is against God, Jesus won't support. undecided

The key word here is [b]celebrate
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Jesus Christ's commandment to us is that we cannot serve two masters. Celebrating a holiday is not akin to serving another master. Or am I not understanding your meaning as far as celebrating is concerned correctly or something? undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 10:04am On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
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Jesus Christ's commandment to us is that we cannot serve two masters. Celebrating a holiday is not akin to serving another master. Or am I not understanding your meaning as far as celebrating is concerned correctly or something? undecided

Probably undecided

When you celebrate you participate and observe duly undecided


1- To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.

2- To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.

3- To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.

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Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 3:12pm On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:

Probably undecided
When you celebrate you participate and observe duly undecided
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When I celebrate, I ofcourse don't imply one has to participate in any associated religious rites. To celebrate,I means simply to partake in food and whine and enjoyment of the moment along with those who are pagans, this while never making the mistake of pretending my celebrating is in the name of Jesus Christ or to the glory and honor of God. undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 4:29pm On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
When I celebrate, I ofcourse don't imply one has to participate in any associated religious rites. To celebrate,I means simply to partake in food and whine and enjoyment of the moment along with those who are pagans, this while never making the mistake of pretending my celebrating is in the name of Jesus Christ or to the glory and honor of God. undecided

I see undecided

I thought you'll be very picky about the types of holiday you celebrate because of your faith life undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 4:32pm On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
I see undecided

I thought you'll be very picky about the types of holiday you celebrate because of your faith life undecided
Picky? To what end? undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 4:52pm On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
Picky? To what end? undecided

I actually don't know undecided

I only wanted to know your view (at the same time having my thoughts) of festival/holidays undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 4:54pm On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
I actually don't know undecided

I only wanted to know your view (at the same time having my thoughts) of festival/holidays undecided
God, in His infinite wisdom , saw absolutely no need to demand this pickiness of me, so it would be foolishness on my part to inflict such a restriction on my person where the one whose Faith it is I seek has not commanded it of me. undecided

The freedom I have to celebrate is because He broke the shackles and cages so that I could live this life abundantly, I am not about to put those shackles back on my person pretending I do so in honor of Him, whereas such act is instead Sin against Him. undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 5:24pm On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
God, in His infinite wisdom , saw absolutely no need to demand this pickiness of me, so it would be foolishness on my part to inflict such a restriction on my person where the one whose Faith it is I seek has not commanded it of me. undecided

The freedom I have to celebrate is because He broke the shackles and cages so that I could live this life abundantly, I am not about to put those shackles back on my person pretending I do so in honor of Him, whereas such act is instead Sin against Him. undecided

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I'm a little surprised tho that you would celebrate a Sango festival. Even though your understanding of celebrate is quite different from what I think. undecided

Wouldn't a little yeast leaveneth the whole lump? undecided

Or of what benefit is it to you to celebrate a river goddess festival? undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 5:45pm On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
1. I'm a little surprised tho that you would celebrate a Sango festival. Even though your understanding of celebrate is quite different from what I think. undecided

2. Wouldn't a little yeast leaveneth the whole lump? undecided

3. Or of what benefit is it to you to celebrate a river goddess festival? undecided
1. As I said, so long as you do not partake in religious rites or serve another master in your celebrating, what command given you by Jesus Christ do you violation by eating and drinking with those who eat and drink on that day? undecided

Every single day was created by God, not Sango or any other pagan god out there, so why be afraid of celebrating any and everyday? undecided

2. As for the statement in bold, Jesus Christ said that in reference to the doctrines and traditions, lies of men, which are an abomination to God. So long as you are in no way submitting yourself to the doctrines and teachings of men, you do not offend God by your choosing to celebrate even on pagan holidays. Again, even those days were made and decreed good by God from the beginning, so why not celebrate even then? undecided

3. Let me use a better example here for you. I celebrate Christmas, however, I do not celebrate it as the birth of Jesus Christ nor as any Holiday linked with God in any way or form. It is simply a pagan holiday, like every other out there, of celebrating where I gather with family and friends to eat and be merry.

It is sin against God to celebrate any Holiday in the name of Jesus Christ this since God never included instructions in His Covenant that stipulates we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, or any other Holiday in His name. We dishonor God when we go against His Law. undecided

So, my celebrating Christmas has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus Christ or the Kingdom of God. I simply celebrate a Holiday that is for me an opportunity to hang with friends and family is all. undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 6:12pm On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:

So, my celebrating Christmas has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus Christ or the Kingdom of God. I simply celebrate a Holiday that is for me an opportunity to hang with friends and family is all. undecided

Oh I see now undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Kobojunkie: 6:16pm On Dec 21, 2021
Ayo081:
Oh I see now undecided
It is a sin to celebrate Christmas or any other Holiday for that matter in the name of God or pretending you do so to the glory of God or in His honor... this because God never commanded it of you to begin with. undecided

Also regarding what Jesus Christ said, "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump", if you have ever taken a logic course before, it implies something like the following rule...

Truth + False == False.

When you add a lie to even that which is true, the whole becomes a lie. That is what i believe He meant where the lie here refers to the doctrines and traditions of men which are an abomination where the Truth of God is concerned. undecided
Re: Meaning Of Christmas by Ayo081(m): 7:56pm On Dec 21, 2021
Kobojunkie:
It is a sin to celebrate Christmas or any other Holiday for that matter in the name of God or pretending you do so to the glory of God or in His honor... this because God never commanded it of you to begin with. undecided

Also regarding what Jesus Christ said, "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump", if you have ever taken a logic course before, it implies something like the following rule...

Truth + False == False.

When you add a lie to even that which is true, the whole becomes a lie. That is what i believe He meant where the lie here refers to the doctrines and traditions of men which are an abomination where the Truth of God is concerned. undecided

Exactly undecided

And thanks for going to the extent of using logic to explain that, I never thought of it that way undecided

A better way for me to look at it is like so;

true+false !== true

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