Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
I haven't read the entire thread yet, but it is obvious that tradition in religion is one of the ways men are decieved into false worship.
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
In fact, Paul in Colossians really deals with how traditions had replaced sound doctrine and that applies today as much as it applied then.
It is HEALTHY to look at traditional teachings, celebrations, religious practices, etc to see whether or not they are actually truhful or cantaminated with man's ideology.
Act 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. " -- Psalms 116:7-9"Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.