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To: JohnKinAK
Yes but verses 3 & 4 clearly describes the Pagan tradition of putting up a tree and decorating it

No. It doesn't. It speaks of idol worship, not decorations. Nobody carts around a Christmas tree to be worshipped.

Jeremiah 10: 1-5

Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel.
2 This is what the Lord says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
though the nations are terrified by them.
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot walk
.
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm
nor can they do any good.”

44 posted on 12/29/2013 3:01:06 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

We’ll just have to disagree, but I encourage you to do more research.


45 posted on 12/29/2013 3:17:11 PM PST by JohnKinAK
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