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To: Cleburne
The bible says nothing about xmas? ya sure??

Jeremiah 10 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.

199 posted on 12/23/2002 7:40:10 PM PST by ALS
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To: ALS
I'm pretty certain that's pertaining to idols. Unless you know someone who carries their Christmas tree about and chants incantations requesting a fair winter- someone somewhere might, but I haven't heard about. Myself, I have never felt the temptation to bow down at a tree's feet and give it reverence. Now, I have seen folks bow to Christmas trees, but it wasn't in reverence, and they eventually, with the creeping of age, gave up the practise in favor of trees that required no such homage, dutifully residing in the closet or attic until their appointed time.
202 posted on 12/23/2002 7:48:40 PM PST by Cleburne
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