Tis the season...to go broke, and gain a little weight, I guess?
Not to rain (or blizzard) on anyone's parade, but is it really a day celebrating the Birth of our Lord and Savior??? Now, I know I'm not the first to ask this? ( I too am guilty--because I myself am a sucker for those corny ABC Family Christmas movies) I know everyone is about to get into the "spirit" of Christmas here in a week or so--and who bashes Christmas--really,...come on? But why do we defend, and defend and defend, (with so many nonbelievers) a holiday that we all deep down know to have some pagan roots to it? Yes the word Christ is in it-but when people put that "X" in Xmas, aren't they really doing Him a favor by excluding Him from such materialistic, greed driven rituals? Would Christ REALLY be upset, by us excluding His name (while slyly taking the most precious gift of God -His Birth) and turning it into a corporate saturated, materialistic, gimme feast?! I'm no Scrooge, having a 7 year old daughter, I see and bask in her joy when she equates my love for her by the amount of gifts I put under the tree, so I am just as guilty. -Breath- But I never ever defend it as God's day-because it's not. Anything drenched in that many worldly things can not be from or about Jesus. I'm going to guess if you are on this forum, you follow Christ...and agree that the Bible never mentions Santa on the side of a Coke bottle anywhere in the NT? (I know the origins of Santa BTW)
So... lets call just relax, go to the WalMart Black Friday Sale and call this holiday what is has become about: Stuff.
Merry Material Stuff Day.
Thoughts I might be missing on this subject??
Not to rain (or blizzard) on anyone's parade, but is it really a day celebrating the Birth of our Lord and Savior??? Now, I know I'm not the first to ask this? ( I too am guilty--because I myself am a sucker for those corny ABC Family Christmas movies) I know everyone is about to get into the "spirit" of Christmas here in a week or so--and who bashes Christmas--really,...come on? But why do we defend, and defend and defend, (with so many nonbelievers) a holiday that we all deep down know to have some pagan roots to it? Yes the word Christ is in it-but when people put that "X" in Xmas, aren't they really doing Him a favor by excluding Him from such materialistic, greed driven rituals? Would Christ REALLY be upset, by us excluding His name (while slyly taking the most precious gift of God -His Birth) and turning it into a corporate saturated, materialistic, gimme feast?! I'm no Scrooge, having a 7 year old daughter, I see and bask in her joy when she equates my love for her by the amount of gifts I put under the tree, so I am just as guilty. -Breath- But I never ever defend it as God's day-because it's not. Anything drenched in that many worldly things can not be from or about Jesus. I'm going to guess if you are on this forum, you follow Christ...and agree that the Bible never mentions Santa on the side of a Coke bottle anywhere in the NT? (I know the origins of Santa BTW)
So... lets call just relax, go to the WalMart Black Friday Sale and call this holiday what is has become about: Stuff.
Merry Material Stuff Day.
Thoughts I might be missing on this subject??
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