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" Are Christmas Trees Pagan ? "
Are Christmass Trees PAGAN ?
JEREMIAH 10: 1 / 6 (1) Hear ye the word which The LORD speaketh unto you, O House of Israel: (2) Thus Saith The Lord, Learn Not The Way Of The Heathern, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathern are dismayed at them. (3) For the customs of the people are vain: FOR ONE CUTTETH A TREE OUT OF THE FORREST, The work of the hands of the workman, With An Axe. (4) THEY DECK IT WITH SILVER AND WITH GOLD; They Fasten It With Nails And With Hammers, THAT IT MOVE NOT. (5) They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: They must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be Not Afraid Of Them; For They Do Evil, NEITHER ALSO IS IT IN THEM TO DO GOOD. (6) FORASMUCH AS THERE IS NOT LIKE UNTO THEE. O LORD; THOU ART GREAT, AND T HY NAME IS GREAT IN MIGHT. :13loads WHAT SAY YE ? __________________ http://www.acts238holinessorhell.com "If there come Any unto You, and Bring Not This Doctrine, Receive him Not Into Your House, Neither bid him God speed: For He That Biddeth him God speed IS A PARTAKER OF HIS EVIL DEEDS." {II JOHN 1:10/11} Bishop1 :girlpopcorn |
I personally don't do the Christmas tree thing because I have a personal conviction on the matter.
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Not again! Spare us! |
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I think this.
The practice of decorating an evergreen tree around the current calender date December 25 is indeed taken from pagan worship. The part of the scripture above that you are quoting from may be speaking of a similar practice and it may not. The scripture isn't clear enough to tell for sure either. The scripture does specifically mention early morning services on a particular day and call them an abomination (I'm pretty sure that is what God called them... I'd have to check) and that practice had to do with the early spring festival which still bears a stylized version of the name of the goddess Ishtar (Easter) But... if I were going to take a portion of the scripture you quoted and use it in references to these pagan practices and their being practiced in Christianity I would use the following portion... Quote:
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A popular misconception about 'the Christmas tree' verses is that, when one reads them correctly and as they are written, you will read that it's speaking of idols made of wood, not Christmas trees.
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No, it wasn't trees they were bringing in the house and decorating, but idols made of wood. It's that simple. No reason to read more into scripture than what is already there. |
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That is EXACTLY what the passage is saying. It is easy to miss the actual meaning from the 1611 KJV, and think it is actually a tree like a christmas tree. lol Common mistake. Amen! |
:thumbsup Way to go HO
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Oy vey!
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