To: topcat54
Well that's the point; asserting that Christmas is not Christian in origin is to assert that Christians should not participate in Christmas. An inoccuous-seeming message about curiosities becomes a challenge to the piety of Christmas, if it argues that Christmas is not a Godly celebration.
8 posted on
12/20/2004 8:48:05 AM PST by
dangus
To: dangus
Well that's the point; asserting that Christmas is not Christian in origin is to assert that Christians should not participate in Christmas. An inoccuous-seeming message about curiosities becomes a challenge to the piety of Christmas, if it argues that Christmas is not a Godly celebration. Correct. If it is not sanctioned by the Word of God one cannot legitimately claim any "Christian piety" associated with its observance.
9 posted on
12/20/2004 9:26:05 AM PST by
topcat54
To: dangus
Well that's the point; asserting that Christmas is not Christian in origin is to assert that Christians should not participate in Christmas.No, that statement doesn't make that assertion in the least. You might personally, and mistakenly, read that into it, but they are two completely different issues.
16 posted on
12/20/2004 2:34:18 PM PST by
Pahuanui
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