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« Reply #30 on: October 23, 2015, 07:43:19 pm »

Sadly, I've seen even good, KJB ministries endorse xmas and these other pagan holidays. The Apostate church celebrating them is no surprise to me - but on the contrary, these very good, discerning KJB ministries SHOULD know better.

I hear the pro-xmas crowd use this verse to justify celebrating this to no end - honestly, I see it as the OTHER WAY AROUND - for those that DON'T celebrate them, it's THE pro-xmas crowd that's DOING the "judging" toward us(ie-telling us how we're not respecting some "holyday").

I really do like seeing what other Christian think about Biblical issues so I appriciate the feedback. In spite of my disdain for the various holidays I try to avoid being openly critical of others about it. I think it tends to do more harm then good because it plays into the negative stereotype perceptions of Christians. If a philosophical conversation pops up I`m pretty open because in that situation it doesn`t come across as threatening or meanspirited. I relate well to people who for various reasons don`t enjoy christmas and I very much enjoy explaining to people why it`s ok to not like the holiday. Often times you can find people who have guilt because they don`t have the happiness and joy the christmas mythology is supposed to give everybody.

Regarding the verse, this one along with Romans 14 can be used to justify celebrating or not celebrating. Romans 14 cuts both ways.

I think it strengthens your argument to add the proper context and perspective although doing so opens another can of worms so to speak. The issues that Paul addresses with the Romans and the Colossians are a bit different then ones we face today. There has to be some allowence for that.

That being said, near as I can tell early Christians did not observe pagan holidays because they all revolved around worship of false gods. One can argue that the modern holidays do not involve idol worship but the pagan roots are there and if the hair is split one can argue that it is idol worship. That is all a matter of ones heart in my view.

Paul did allow the eating of meat that had been sacrificed to idols and he also allowed not eating it. Implies that some of them may have ate meals at pagan temples which would have involved attending the celebration, eating the food, not offending the host but not participating in the ceremonies and idolatry (my opinion). It also could be that the idol meat came from the local market and wasn`t properly labled as such.
Wouldn`t always be possible to tell if the meat was tainted by idolatry or not.

The worm can is this. Ok, so they didn`t celebrate christmas but just what were these holydays, moons, and sabbath days? The fact is, Paul is talking about Jewish holidays and they were observed and enjoyed by early Christians both Jewish and Gentile, some of the Gentiles, probably most of them were breaking some of the food rules  Angry and Paul supported their right to do so in the epistles  Cool

The early church was rooted in a lot of Jewish culture. When you track down the early church traditions that is what you find. Unfortunately for us the Roman church purged it all out and replaced it with the paganism that pollutes Christianity.

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