The Jeremiah Tree

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by edjen01

maybe I'm living in a cave...but I don't really know anyone who uses a Christmas tree as part of their worship. Most that I know....have one as a means of celebration....sorta like a b-day cake.

In my explanation I am not talking about the tree in and of itself.

The tree is only one part of the practice that was adapted. That practice as a whole was christmas.

Surely you would recognize that our churches do, indeed, actively make christmas and easter a part of our their religious activities?

Originally Posted by edjen01

I think if we try to exclude all the things the "heathen" did first as a element of worship....we will have a very limited worship service.

I think we should actively attempt to exclude activities designed for the worship of heather gods from our own worship no matter who limited it would leave our worship services.

Now one has to be fair in these assessments though. If a heathen used a stone in the worship of their god this would not preclude anything made of stone from being in our churches. But if the heathen fastened that stone with a certain symbol then we would do well to not adopt that symbol into our worship.

People wax nonsensical on this subject sometimes and say heathens use cars... should we not use cars. That is faulty reasoning and a discussion fallacy.

[edjen01]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

In my explanation I am not talking about the tree in and of itself.

The tree is only one part of the practice that was adapted. That practice as a whole was christmas.

Surely you would recognize that our churches do, indeed, actively make christmas and easter a part of our their religious activities?



I think we should actively attempt to exclude activities designed for the worship of heather gods from our own worship no matter who limited it would leave our worship services.

Now one has to be fair in these assessments though. If a heathen used a stone in the worship of their god this would not preclude anything made of stone from being in our churches. But if the heathen fastened that stone with a certain symbol then we would do well to not adopt that symbol into our worship.

People wax nonsensical on this subject sometimes and say heathens use cars... should we not use cars. That is faulty reasoning and a discussion fallacy.

thanks for the explaination....wasn't trying to be difficult...I just wasn't clear.

I guess I view many of these things throught the lense of..."to the pure all things are pure".

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by edjen01

thanks for the explanation....wasn't trying to be difficult...I just wasn't clear.

I guess I view many of these things through the lens of..."to the pure all things are pure".

Yes. That is certainly a consideration.

And, in my thinking, the pure are only pure through our obedience to the word of God as we have no holiness of our own that is better than filthy rags.

But these are things that we all work out with fear and trembling.

In this thread I am expressing my thought processes by which I have come to my own convictions and I feel no need to knock those who do not come to the same conclusions I do.

Also... I did not take your post as "being difficult" The medium of forums leaves a lot to be desired in it's ability to properly portray our true thoughts & attitudes.

Asking questions is much preferred to going with assumptions.