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Re: Merry Christmas to one and all !!
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Originally Posted by Originalist
My contention is that there is nothing in scripture forbidding setting aside a particular day to emphasize one aspect of Christ (his birth, death, etc). By saying that, I am neither condoning nor defending going to a Catholic mass and practicing all the RCC aspects of how they celebrate Christmas. You thus remain, a liar.
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Seriously, your thinking is extremely flawed. We are not to incorporate other religious practices with the practice of following Jesus. Jesus wasn't born in December 25th. Mithra, yes, Jesus no. Again, we wouldn't even be having this discussion if you were born and raised in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. Russians who are raised in Orthodoxy don't even acknowledge December 24th and the 25th. If the Romans didn't baptize Mithraism into their ideology of their church. You wouldn't even care about December 25th. So, your protection and defense of this day is simply sentimental and within the tradition you were raised in.
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