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Is it wrong to wear a crucifix
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Wow, what a surprise!
Take two Xanax and call me in the morning.
Looks like he is trying to out fundamental our good friend Reformed. Hey, is there an island somewhere where they could go and really be happy?
Dave G
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No, I have no interest in marking my time here on Earth.
I'm spending it waiting on my Saviour to come and, barring that happening, the next work He has for me to do.
Truth be told, I stopped celebrating my "birthday" some 20 years ago.
If I were married, I would celebrate our anniversary for her sake.
On Christmas Day I take the day off, because my work place is closed.
They are nice enough to give me a paid day off.
Dave G
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There is...it's called "Heaven", and I can hardly wait.
I was thinking, "What better way to encourage those who profess Christ to keep their worldly celebrations and partying, than by "baptizing" them and calling them something else?"
I mean, it's not like God's word commands believers to be separate from the world and its ways, or anything.
I do not know about an island. However, I am quite content on the bedrock of the Word of God.
Dave G
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Hank,
I'm not sure why you're unhappy with me, but as it happens, I know quite a bit about false gods and goddesses, and I know about many of their "holidays".
In fact, I recommend a book by Alexander Hislop entitled, "The Two Babylons"...it's quite an eye-opener, in my opinion.
Even if not factual, it caused me to start examining all the things we Americans take as "normal", and look at them more closely.
For example, have you ever looked at the back of a dollar bill?
The Washington Monument?
Traced out the design of Washington, D.C.'s streets?
Asked yourself what a "Yule log" is?
Wondered why people decorate an evergreen tree with lights in the middle of the dead of winter?
Had a question about why we celebrate a day dedicated to Eros, the god of love ( February 14th )?
Named a month March ( from ancient Roman, "Martius", dedicated to Mars )?
Named a day, "Easter", which is so closely-related to the name, "Ishtar" ( the Mesopotamian goddes of fertility )?
Named every one of our days in the West after either Egyptian gods, or Norse gods?
The mother/son deity that is captured in statue form, and that carries over from ancient Arabic and other pagan religions to Catholicism?
The upside-down pentagram as a Masonic symbol?
How about Hallowe'en ( All Hallow's Eve ) and its Celtic druidic origins?
There's quite a bit I think should be looked at.
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Hank,
I'm not sure why you're unhappy with me, but as it happens, I know quite a bit about false gods and goddesses, and I know about many of their "holidays".
In fact, I recommend a book by Alexander Hislop entitled, "The Two Babylons"...it's quite an eye-opener, in my opinion.
Even if not factual, it caused me to start examining all the things we Americans take as "normal", and look at them more closely.
For example, have you ever looked at the back of a dollar bill?
The Washington Monument?
Traced out the design of Washington, D.C.'s streets?
Asked yourself what a "Yule log" is?
Wondered why people decorate an evergreen tree with lights in the middle of the dead of winter?
Had a question about why we celebrate a day dedicated to Eros, the god of love ( February 14th )?
Named a day, "Easter", which is so closely-related to the name, "Ishtar" ( the Mesopotamian goddes of fertility )?
Named every one of our days in the West after either Egyptian gods, or Norse gods?
The mother/son deity that is captured in statue form, and that carries over from ancient Arabic and other pagan religions to Catholicism?
The upside-down pentagram as a Masonic symbol?
How about Hallowe'en ( All Hallow's Eve ) and its Celtic druidic origins?
There's quite a bit I think should be looked at.
Yes I went through that phase about 50 years ago.
Hislop was required reading at my Alma Mater Calvary University KCMO.
There is...it's called "Heaven", and I can hardly wait.
I was thinking, "What better way to encourage those who profess Christ to keep their worldly celebrations and partying, than by "baptizing" them and calling them something else?"
I mean, it's not like God's word commands believers to be separate from the world and its ways, or anything.
So tell me about Jesus, the Jew. Did He take part in any earthly festivals, religious observances and holidays, follow a ritual or two perhaps? Come on, tell me about Jesus and those things He did while He was here.
Dave G
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Ok.
Then I hope you'll bear with me as I shun the idea that I need to celebrate pagan holidays as a blood-bought child of the living God.
Dave G
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You have a Bible.
I encourage you to read about how Christ adhered perfectly to the Law and all its God-commanded holy days and festivals, which had no origin in pagan ritual or the false gods from the nations around Israel.
On a side note, I'm reminded of this Scripture:
" Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:" ( Colossians 2:16 )
You bear false witness because I never used those words that is why I am unhappy with you.Ok.
Then I hope you'll bear with me as I shun the idea that I need to celebrate pagan holidays as a blood-bought child of the living God.
Dave G
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Would you please explain to me how I lied about anything you've said?
I'm not accusing you of something, only that I strongly suspect that you disapprove of me for not celebrating something everyone else is doing.
If you did not use those words, then I ask your forgiveness.
Dave G
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No, that is Da Vinci's painting of what he thought the Last Supper looked like.
It is a picture. The last time I checked the biblical writers did not get together to publish an illustrated edition. Keep trying though. Maybe you will get extra credit.
Go back and read my posts and let your conscience be your guide.
I did not know you are Jiminy Cricket?
Dave G
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I've gone back and read them...somewhere I got off track and thought you were accusing me of wrongdoing.
My apologies.
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