[JohnKinAK]

I’m a Fundamentalist Baptist and I can tell you that almost nothing about Christmas is Christian, including the tree which has its roots in Babylon. Trees, Presents, Yule Logs, wreaths, tinsel, holly etc......Are the traditions of Man with roots in ancient Pagan rituals.

http://realtruth.org/articles/169-ttooc.html

And BTW, MSNBC is correct with the Bible Scripture they quoted; its just that most Christians prefer the Traditions of Man over the word of God.

[NoCmpromiz]

Fundamentalist Baptist

Well hoop-d-do... I wasn't aware that Baptists embraced Herbert W. Armstrong...

In case you weren't aware, that's what you have linked to... Note this, particularly the bold section, copied from information on their "about" page...

"In the past, God’s people all accepted the simplicity in Christ’s Matthew 16:18 statement—“I will build My Church”—and that it was solely fulfilled in the Worldwide Church of God, under Herbert W. Armstrong’s leadership."

MSNBC is correct with the Bible Scripture they quoted;

Correct in what fashion? Correct in that they actually managed to quote it correctly, or correct in their exegesis of the verse with careful consideration to the context. As you know I'm sure, a text used out of context is usually a pretext.

But then as a Baptist, you should know how to rightly handle the Word of Truth...

[Rock N Jones]

Maybe true but I don’t think that is the question. Not only MSNBC is it smearing Sarah Palin thet are also slandering Christians. So MSNBC holds themselves out as theological determiner of what the Christmas Tree that is traditional with Christians represents? The fact is that Christians worship the birth of Christ at Christmas whether Christ was born in December or not. No one worships a tree. MSNBC is pointedly disparaging Christianity, not the tree. Joy Reid should have also have noted what Christ said.

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you”

Matthew 5:44

[Rock N Jones]

Maybe true but I don’t think that is the question. Not only MSNBC is it smearing Sarah Palin thet are also slandering Christians. So MSNBC holds themselves out as theological determiner of what the Christmas Tree that is traditional with Christians represents? The fact is that Christians worship the birth of Christ at Christmas whether Christ was born in December or not. No one worships a tree. MSNBC is pointedly disparaging Christianity, not the tree. Joy Reid should have also have noted what Christ said.

“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you”

Matthew 5:44

[DJ MacWoW]

Christians don't worship trees, the left does. We decorate with them, they die trying to "save" them.

With that in mind are you telling me Christ sinned because he was a carpenter and chiseled trees? Really?

[DJ MacWoW]

“For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.

Btw, this sounds like painted woodwork in your house. You don't have any, do you?