Any Evangelical Christians out there?

[Anonymous]

Valentine's and Ash Wednesday are two of many traditions that Evangelical Christians don't celebrate.
Both are considered pagan traditions.

[Anonymous]

As is Christmas

[Anonymous]

Of course.

[Anonymous]

What's your point? I'm an evangelical Christian, and I don't know anyone who celebrates Ash Wednesday. And I don't know anyone who celebrates Valentine's Day in any religious sense.

[Anonymous]

True. As an evangelical I also don't celebrate Valentine's in a secular sense either, since secular also draws on pagan.

[Anonymous]

How is Ash Wednesday pagan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's your point? I'm an evangelical Christian, and I don't know anyone who celebrates Ash Wednesday. And I don't know anyone who celebrates Valentine's Day in any religious sense.

Ash Wednesday is not celebrated -- it's observed by receiving ashes on your forehead to be reminded that everyone dies. "Remember man that thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is Ash Wednesday pagan?

It predates Christianity as a worship of Tammuz. It has conveniently been incorporated into Christianity. There is no observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent mentioned anywhere in New Testament.

https://biblepaedia.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/nimrod-part-9-the-real-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-and-lent/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Ash Wednesday pagan?

It predates Christianity as a worship of Tammuz. It has conveniently been incorporated into Christianity. There is no observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent mentioned anywhere in New Testament.

https://biblepaedia.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/nimrod-part-9-the-real-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-and-lent/

No it’s a Christian tradition, not mentioned in the scripture but has biblical roots. That pagan business is a bunch of malarkey created by conservative Protestants to scare people. It isn’t pagan, especially if those observing it aren’t pagan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Ash Wednesday pagan?

It predates Christianity as a worship of Tammuz. It has conveniently been incorporated into Christianity. There is no observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent mentioned anywhere in New Testament.

https://biblepaedia.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/nimrod-part-9-the-real-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-and-lent/

No it’s a Christian tradition, not mentioned in the scripture but has biblical roots. That pagan business is a bunch of malarkey created by conservative Protestants to scare people. It isn’t pagan, especially if those observing it aren’t pagan.

Can you provide evidence from the Bible in form of quotes that prove that it is Biblical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Ash Wednesday pagan?

It predates Christianity as a worship of Tammuz. It has conveniently been incorporated into Christianity. There is no observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent mentioned anywhere in New Testament.

https://biblepaedia.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/nimrod-part-9-the-real-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-and-lent/

No it’s a Christian tradition, not mentioned in the scripture but has biblical roots. That pagan business is a bunch of malarkey created by conservative Protestants to scare people. It isn’t pagan, especially if those observing it aren’t pagan.

All true. Wiki does a good job writing it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is Ash Wednesday pagan?

It predates Christianity as a worship of Tammuz. It has conveniently been incorporated into Christianity. There is no observance of Ash Wednesday or Lent mentioned anywhere in New Testament.

https://biblepaedia.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/nimrod-part-9-the-real-meaning-of-ash-wednesday-and-lent/

No it’s a Christian tradition, not mentioned in the scripture but has biblical roots. That pagan business is a bunch of malarkey created by conservative Protestants to scare people. It isn’t pagan, especially if those observing it aren’t pagan.

Can you provide evidence from the Bible in form of quotes that prove that it is Biblical?

Are you asking for evidence that Jesus spent 40 days and nights fasting in the desert, or evidence that early Christians in Biblical times observed Lent in the exact same way we observe Lent now?

There's no doubt that the Bible describes the former, and no doubt that Christian practice has evolved over time. All branches of Christianity have practices and traditions that have changed since Biblical time, and that incorporate cultural practices that may have predated Christianity in that culture. That doesn't mean that the practices are pagan or unbiblical. Something that is done by Christians, who have come together in the name of Jesus, is a Christian practice, even if it's similar to a practice in another religion.

[Anonymous]

As an Evangelical Christian I turned away from anything that is not specifically mentioned as observance in the New Testament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an Evangelical Christian I turned away from anything that is not specifically mentioned as observance in the New Testament.

I am always skeptical when I hear this. Can you tell me some of the things you've turned away from, and what your current worship practices look like?

[Anonymous]

Are you okay with the earth being 13 billion years old? This isn't in either testament.