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To: FourtySeven

Hate to burst your bubble, but many reformed folks dislike the cultural traditions called Christmas and Easter. For the life of me, I don’t know why Christians think asking for and receiving worldly stuff glorifies the Lord - nor do I think it reflective of the Magi bringing gifts to Jesus. We would send Bibles to China or something along those lines if we were trying to emulate that. The time of year and various decorations most all come from pagan religions, co-opted by a church along the way.

Easter shouldn’t be called as such by Christians and we should shun the cultural masks and traditions typically put on this day we should honor above all others. The setting of the day is another recognition of man rather than Truth, as the Christians did not want to have “Easter” on the same day as the Jewish Passover, rather than stand firm on the date most likely to be accurate.

sigh


111 posted on 02/01/2008 11:50:27 AM PST by Manfred the Wonder Dawg (Test ALL things, hold to that which is True.)
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To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg
Ok, then you are a solo scripturist then, which opens up a whole nuther can of worms really, the chief being, you have no answer as to where the Scriptures themselves came from. After all, there's nothing in Scripture alone that tells you where the Canon came from.
114 posted on 02/01/2008 12:10:41 PM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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