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To: Alex Murphy

Didn’t Cromwell try to ban Christmas??

figures.


28 posted on 12/31/2010 11:23:26 PM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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To: GeronL

Christmas is a pagan-rooted holiday. It was an attempt by the Catholic church to mollify complaining Christians when they didn’t have something to otherwise celebrate.

Mistletoe and the Christmas tree itself are all from pagan beliefs.

Now, simply because a Christian has such in their home, it does not mean they are pagan, but honestly, it’s not anything Christ would have encouraged, including honoring His birth in the ways we do.

We should honor Him all days, not just one, and His birth meant less to our Salvation than His death


35 posted on 12/31/2010 11:38:47 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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