THE PROBLEMS WITH CHRISTMAS , CRIME AND COVETING

POD PREP: THE PROBLEMS WITH CHRISTMAS, CRIME AND COVETING

WHY DOES THE CHRISTMAS SEASON LEAD TO HIGHER LEVELS OF DRUNKENESS, DEPRESSION, CRIME AND COVETOUSNESS?
PEOPLE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS. THEY ARE LED TO EXPECT PEACE, FAMILY LOVE AND HARMONY, WITH WONDERFUL GIFTS. WHEN THESE EXPERIENCES FAIL TO MATERIALIZE, MANY PEOPLE ARE LEFT TO DEPRESSION AND DESPAIR. THEY ARE LEFT NOT WITH JOY, BUT WITH MARKEDLY HIGHER RATES OF DUI’S, SHOPLIFTING, PURSE SNATCHING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER CRIMES, THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR.
CHRISTMAS IS SPIRITUALLY DETRIMENTAL FOR A SOCIETY
MANY KIDS MIX UP SANTA WITH JESUS. THEY THINK THE HOLIDAY IS MORE ABOUT SANTA THAN JESUS AND THEY MAY BE CORRECT IN ACTUAL FACT. IT MAY DIMINISH GOD IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THE HOLIDAY IS HANDLED IN THE MINDS OF THE YOUNG. JESUS IS PUT ON A PAR WITH OTHER MYTHICAL CHARACTERS LIKE DORA OR THE POWER RANGERS OR BATMAN AND THE TOOTH FAIRY. It foster greed consumerism and not Jesus CHRIST AND THANKFULNESS.
DID THE EARLY CHURCH CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH DID NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. THE BIBLE DID NOT MENTION THE DATE OF CHRIST’S BIRTH. EARLY CHRISTIANS DID CELEBRATE GOD’S HOLY DAYS. CHRIST NEVER CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY. HIS DISCIPLES NEVER CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES NEVER CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY. THE BIBLE SUPPORTS THE CELEBRATION OF CHRIST DEATH( N.T. PASSOVER) AND HIS RESURRECTION (U.B. & PENTECOST) AND HIS SECOND COMING TO BRING HIS RULER SHIP OF THE PLANET AND PARADISE ( FALL HOLY DAYS CULMINATING IN THE FEAST).

DOES GOD CARE IF WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?

MARK 7:7 PLAINLY SAYS THAT WE ARE NOT TO TRY TO WORSHIP HIM WITH MAN’S IDEAS OF WORSHIP AND TRADITIONS, NOR ARE WE TO TRY TO WORSHIP HIM AS THE PAGANS AND HEATHENS WORSHIP THEIR GODS. DEUT 12:3-4, 30-31. HE KNOWS THAT PAGANISM AND PAGAN PRACTICES ARE ALWAYS TROUBLE FOR CHRISTIANS. WE ARE TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM.

WAS CHRIST BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH?

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION STATES THAT EVEN AS LATE AS 245A.D. THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN, ORIGEN STILL SAYS THAT KEEPING CHRISTMAS IS SINFUL. THE BOOK OF LUKE WHICH COVERS CHRIST’S BIRTH STATES THAT THE SHEPHERDS WERE IN THE FIELDS WITH THEIR SHEEP WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY UNWISE UNLESS THE SHEPHERDS WANTED TO FREEZE THEIR SHEEP. LUKE 2:7-8. ROMANS TOO, WERE VERY CLEVER WHEN CAME TO TAXATION AND WOULD NOT HAVE REQUIRED FOLKS TO DO LOTS OF TRAVELING TO REGISTER IN DECEMBER WHEN THE WEATHER COULD BE RAINY, ICY, COLD AND UNPREDICTABLE. (LUKE 2:1-18) See LUKE 1:8 AND JEREMIAH 10:3-4.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND NOT BELIEVE OR KEEP IT OURSELVES?
WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THEY ARE WRONG THEOLOGICALLY, BUT DO WE BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG EVEN IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE? THIS IS A VERY TICKLISH SITUATION. IF AMERICA HAS TRUE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THEN PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO BE WRONG OR WE DO NOT HAVE TRUE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. IT IS HARD TO SUPPORT THE MANY THAT WISH TO CELEBRATE THE WINTER SOLSTICE OR HOLIDAY BUT WANT TO FORBID THE MENTIONING OR SHOWING OF CHRIST OR ANY REAL RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS IN PUBLIC. CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE AS THEY BELIEVE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE LIKE ANY OTHER RELIGION OR GROUP EVEN IF THEY ARE MISTAKEN THEOLOGICALLY.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE SECULARIST AND AGNOSTICS AND EARTH WORSHIPPERS WHO WANT TO KEEP THE HOLIDAY BUT ELIMINATE CHRIST AND THE MANGER SCENE. THE SEASON IS EVEN MORE PAGAN THEREBY. AMERICAN CHRISTIAN HAVE THE RIGHT TO CELEBRATE AS THEY BELIEVE (ERRORS AND ALL). REJECTION OF CHRISTIANITY IS ALSO A NEGATIVE TREND IN OUR SOCIETY including AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
EARLY AMERICA OUTLAWED CHRISTMAS

THE PURITANS DID NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. THEY FELT THAT IT WAS A SIN AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PAGANISM, IDOLATRY AND WAS NOT JUSTIFIED BY SCRIPTURE. FURTHERMORE, IT WAS ILLEGAL UNTIL THE 1850’S.

DURING THE BATTLE OF TRENTON, (1776) IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE HESSIANS WHO WERE PAID GERMAN MERCENARIES BECAUSE THEY WERE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS WHILE THE COLONIALISTS WERE NOT. THE HESSIANS WERE DRUNK AND HUNG OVER FROM THEIR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. THE AMERICAN FORCES HAD AN EASY AND MUCH NEEDED VICTORY OVER SUPERIOR FORCES. HAD THAT BATTLE NOT OCCURRED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE FAILED.

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