This tradition thing is another it turns out that you and I seem to literally HATE.
I remember watching “Fiddler on the Roof” and when that song (Tradition) came on, I commented to my wife that it is one of the things Christians want to avoid.
My wife was a catholic for many decades, she still misses some of the “cultural traditions”. We’ve even been to a midnight mass. But she recognises it as cultural, rather than Christian.
Heck, even in the pentacostal movement, I thing that probably 80% of what we consider Christian is really just culture and tradition.
One thing though, we always use a noble fir for our Christmast tree because that is what the Apostle Paul used.
i AGREE.
There’s a lot of idol worshipping Pentecostas . . . just different idols or different labels on them.
Thanks for your kind replies. But a nap is calling me convincingly.
You must hate Paul then: Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. -- 2 Thess 2:15
But it's good that you've put your finger on what you HATE. Because threads like this are really a lot more about hating Catholics and everything connected with Catholicism, than they are about loving Jesus or truth. You have spoken wisely.