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11-19-2008, 05:03 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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To be fair, I did use the term "rebel" toward myself before SeptSavedTeen did. However, I never rebelled at all, really, in the true sense of the word. Not even as a teenager. I had a few privately wayward moments, and lots of thoughts of committing horribly wicked deeds, but managed to refrain from MOST of them. 
Christmas is something I REALLY disagreed with my Dad on, though, and when I married, my husband and I agreed that holidays would be a special time of year in our house. My Dad didn't really like it, but as an adult, I do reserve the right to make my own decisions about what comprises my Christianity and what doesn't. (Obviously  ) I don't see that as rebellion. I'm a grown girl--not a child still under my father's roof. And I did NOT flaunt our Christmas celebrations in my Dad's face--ever. It was his birthday, too (the 25th), so there was still cause for celebration in his house.  |
Nope... your wrong.
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11-19-2008, 05:25 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Nope... your wrong.
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Oh...so who makes decisions like that for me, then?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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11-19-2008, 06:47 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Oh...so who makes decisions like that for me, then?
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Your decisions and opinions are to be GOD's and Bible-based if you are truly not your own but bought with a price. I do not believe xmas is a personal conviction, but I believe it is a clear Bible teaching that anyone who had truly considered will come to the same conclusion, and I believe with your upbringing (your father knowing the truth about xmas) you will be judge to a higher standard than someone who celebrated xmas in ignorance. The LORD might beat with many stripes- I do not say this with joy, this is something that saddens and concerns me, and it should do the same for you. I love you with the love of the LORD, to tell you this truth in love.
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11-19-2008, 06:49 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
Sheesh.
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11-19-2008, 06:52 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Sheesh.
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Why would you, not only read the posts, but post on this thread which you so clearly disagree with?
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11-19-2008, 08:05 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Why would you, not only read the posts, but post on this thread which you so clearly disagree with?
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Because I went without a Christmas tree for 15 years for pretty much no reason.
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11-19-2008, 08:56 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen
Your decisions and opinions are to be GOD's and Bible-based if you are truly not your own but bought with a price. I do not believe xmas is a personal conviction, but I believe it is a clear Bible teaching that anyone who had truly considered will come to the same conclusion, and I believe with your upbringing (your father knowing the truth about xmas) you will be judge to a higher standard than someone who celebrated xmas in ignorance. The LORD might beat with many stripes- I do not say this with joy, this is something that saddens and concerns me, and it should do the same for you. I love you with the love of the LORD, to tell you this truth in love.
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I disagree with you, SST. I do not believe I will be held to a "higher standard" about that anymore than I will be held to a higher standard about other erroneous things I was taught. I had a GOOD upbringing, no doubt, but some things were passed on that I don't intend to keep, and haven't since the day I left home.
As far as consulting God's Word--that is exactly what I have done. If I felt the Word forbade me to participate in celebrations or certain days, I would refrain. So far that has not been presented to me in a way I find convincing or even valid.
Do you only celebrate days or holidays that are specifically mentioned in Scripture? Do you celebrate the same days the Jews celebrated? How do you approach which days are special, or do you treat them all the same?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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11-19-2008, 07:17 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Nope... your wrong.
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Your ignorance is surpassed only by your arrogance. 
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11-19-2008, 07:48 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!
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Your ignorance is surpassed only by your arrogance. |
That you say that does not make it so, and that is a personally attacking and rather subjective statement, with no objective backing of Scripture.
-Bro. Alex
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