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To: Nifster

If Navidad celebrations bespeak “pagan” to you, then by all means pass them up. Otherwise don’t complain.

Most modern Christians aren’t even aware of pagan connotations that many elements of the modern celebration once commonly had. It can be debated whether this is a bad or good thing, but it reflects a common practical manner of the church in transforming the meanings of things in the creation that had been taken by paganism to be pagan symbols but which are not good or bad of themselves.


13 posted on 12/01/2012 4:34:58 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It wasn’t a complaint merely an observation of what Christmas is and isn’t. Did you bother to notice that I specifically referred to the things I do to celebrate during this seasonal time?


22 posted on 12/01/2012 11:11:08 PM PST by Nifster
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To: HiTech RedNeck; vladimir998
Most modern Christians aren’t even aware of pagan connotations that many elements of the modern celebration once commonly had.

Well most modern Christians aren't aware of pagan connotations assigned to most names for days of the week or most months.

I don't think we are honoring the Roman (& other) gods of the day, are we?

If you call Saturday Saturday, we're not giving recognition to Saturn's Day, are you?

30 posted on 12/02/2012 9:28:42 AM PST by Colofornian
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