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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Christian and a minister. The things you listed are pagan in origin. Christianity adopted them in an effort to combine the nativity with well-established pagan winter festivals. Lights and festivities make the celebration of the birth of Jesus much more fun! So anyone can celebrate the winter holiday and more importantly, [b]Christ would welcome all to the celebration regardless of spiritual path[/b].[/quote] How would you know something like that? It suggests that there is something in the Bible that indicates that Christ would want people who don't believe he is the Messiah to be celebrating his birth.[/quote] There IS something in the Bible to that effect. A lot of somethings, actually. Let the children come to me and do not hinder them and all that. [/quote] Does it say something about people who don't believe in Jesus celebrating his birth? I don't think so. Jesus had no idea that people would be celebrating his birth or that a religion would be formed around him. He lived and died a jew. I"m sure the Christian minister knows that.[/quote] Sorry you didn't get my meaning. The Bible does not spell out who should or should not participate in Christmas, mostly because Christmas is a post Christ construct. Sorry if I thought that much would be obvious. The Bible DOES however spell out concepts like love, inclusion, treating others the way you would want to be treated, etc. All of which can be interpreted to mean that everyone is welcome, regardless of faith. Of course, if you only read the letters and words, you might miss the larger meaning. Forest for the trees, etc. [/quote]
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