Ugh...the last time I checked I lived in America. America is not a theocracy set up by G-d. G-d didn't tell people to tear down the idols in other people's country only in His Holy Land, the land of Israel. So your misquoting of scripture is not relevant to the issue of American religious liberty.
Titus 3:1 says, "Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed"
Rom. 13:1 says, "Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God."
Paul said in his own defense in Acts 25:8, "I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar."
Ultimately, I could care less if pagans celebrate pagan holidays, at least they are being honest with their religious tenets(even if they are not being honest with G-d). However, it is disingenuous and dishonest for people who claim the bear the name of Yeshua to co-opt these pagan days and put a Christian veneer over them and then say that the holidays are totally Christian. That is intellectally dishonest and an insult to the One who died for our sins.
>G-d didn't tell people to tear down the idols in other people's country only in His Holy Land, the land of Israel.
Well, actually....
Exodus 23:23: "For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off."
Seems God wanted the Israelites to invade the lands of others, and kill them and tear down their temples.
> So your misquoting of scripture...
Oy vey. I quoted YOU quoting scripture.
But I guess that old time religion ain't for you, eh?
> That is intellectally dishonest and an insult to the One who died for our sins.
Yeah, I'm really sure Christ is pissed off that people celebrate their friends and loved ones birthdays...