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To: exDemMom

“Most Christian holidays have their roots in pagan festivals.”

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Can you show me that in the Bible? Because it’s not in mine.


39 posted on 10/17/2015 5:34:05 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Eccl 10:2

That is an interesting question. Come to think of it, I do not recall seeing any holidays discussed in the bible. I am not talking about the major events that are described, but the holidays that commemorate them.

I can’t help but think back to the Jehovah’s Witnesses that I went to school with as a kid, who would not celebrate any holiday, or even birthdays. They would always say that holidays are not in the bible, so they do not celebrate. The one exception was Easter, because that is a time to remember that Jesus died for our sins. Although, technically, their reasons for not celebrating anything should apply to Easter, as well.

Our Easter celebratory rituals, BTW, were mostly adapted from pagan spring fertility rites.


42 posted on 10/17/2015 5:47:51 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Eccl 10:2

The holidays celebrated by Christians today aren’t in the Bible. And the holidays that are (The ones God created) aren’t celebrated by Christians.


77 posted on 10/17/2015 8:16:26 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: Eccl 10:2

Not everything can be found in the Bible


116 posted on 10/19/2015 11:04:09 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (It's funny 'cos it's trure - Homer)
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To: Eccl 10:2

Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter are in your bible?


119 posted on 10/20/2015 3:21:15 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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