Posted on 04/11/2013 11:16:18 PM PDT by DouglasKC
No Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy.
Some kids have parents that *really* are Grumpy Grouches.
:)
>> “he celebrated passover in the bible. what verse is it that mentions easter?” <<
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They all know that Easter is a pagan festival, but they just can’t bring themselves to admit it, and follow YHVH’s word.
Yep, just like Joseph and Mary...
:-)
>> “Some kids have parents that *really* are Grumpy Grouches.” <<
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There is nothing grumpy ot grouchy about sharing the truth with your kids.
All of my kids have known the truth about both Santa, and christmas from an early age, and they enjoy knowing that they are fake.
The real festival of Yeshua’s birth is far more rewarding than xmas.
I hope your kids weren’t the type to spoil it for all their friends.
You think Jews back then didn’t have children’s stories and fables, including ones about bible stories?
They have always embraced the truth willingly, and proclaim it to all. They especiallyn enjoy watching the two satanic factions arguing over the emptyness of christmas.
Lovely.
>> “You think Jews back then didn’t have children’s stories and fables, including ones about bible stories?” <<
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Israel has been wicked, and pagan, and suffered for it intensely. Is that what you want for your family?
Yep. I want the wicked pagan Tooth Fairy most of all.
Sarcasm aside, I think your view is most silly and needlessly dour and downcast for children.
You’re welcome to it.
lol...beats me but I can guarantee that Mary never betrayed his trust by convincing him of a lie!
You’re right. Probably didn’t even play peek-a-boo.
This goes down as one of the silliest discussions I’ve had on FR.
The fiction is dour and depressing; truth is always uplifting, especially Yeshua’s truth.
Images of the Church Lady flash into my head.
How wonderful that the world celebrates this day....because no matter if they believe in Christ or not they “trim” their homes with those things all which point to Christ.
As for using stories “wrapped in Religion”.....Well even Jesus spoke in Parables to “point” his listeners. In fact he was quite a story teller.....
Jesus used word-pictures, images, and "characters" to create a miniature play or drama to illustrate his message. His stories appealed to the young and old, poor and rich, and to the learned and unlearned as well....He loved to use illustrations to reach the heart of his listeners.... ‘through their imagination’.
So...I prefer drawing children to Christ via all the “trimmings” and “stories” surrounding the Christmas Season...and they enjoy every bit of it.
LOLROTF
Apparently for some better than sugar plum fairies....
Very well put, thanks.
‘tis the reason for the season...
Yes, it's amazing how believers and non-believers are so closely yoked together in worship! Oh..wait...
2Co 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
2Co 6:15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
You know, the Lord Jesus Christ actually GAVE his followers holy days to observe. You can find these holy days of the Lord our God in Leviticus chapter 23. The traditional church didn't have to get rid of Jesus's holy days and create their own holidays, but I guess that's something they chose to do. Fortunately it's never too late to come back to the real Jesus.
Douglas....Christians are not bound to the Holy Days you allude to...which is another topic altogether. We are free in Christ...observing these does not make one more holy or less acceptable because our position now is IN Christ as Christians...and we walk by faith.
As for the Jewish Holy Days..they were ‘shadows’ of the gospel to come....they all ‘pointed to Christ’... until He came. We are “complete” in Him as Christians. Jesus was very clear that these not be forced on the new Gentile believers.
Romans 14:3 ...The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
Romans 14:5.... One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.
Romans 14:17.... For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
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