I wish the teacher Brian and everyone, a merry christmas, hope Santa's gifts are common sense, psychic power, and the faith on christ you'll need to accomplish succesfully the will of the father, and its understanding.
Lots of my best wishes and i hope the light of the creator will be with you.
It is interesting just how much the depictions of Saint Gregory, who played a major role in the Solstice being adopted as 'Christmas', looks like our modern idea of what 'Jesus Christ' looks like...
"From the mid-fourth century on, we do find Christians deliberately adapting and Christianizing pagan festivals. A famous proponent of this practice was Pope Gregory the Great, who, in a letter written in 601 C.E. to a Christian missionary in Britain, recommended that local pagan temples not be destroyed but be converted into churches, and that pagan festivals be celebrated as feasts of Christian martyrs. At this late point, Christmas may well have acquired some pagan trappings."
May we all be present to the truth of the season...
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? ... James 4:1-17 ESV
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. Leviticus 18:3 ESV
What do the disciples mention in regards to such celebrations?
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given. He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, ... Matthew 14:6-12 ESV
But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. Mark 6:21 ESV
Some would say the wise men celebrated Jesus's birthday, but their offerings didn't actually occur on his birthday. They were offered to him upon finding him, long after he was born.
If Christ =Truth...and Christ was crucified 2000 years ago...Where is the truth now? I am sure it can't be found in a commercialized holiday.
..So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Christa! I. Am. In. Love. With your brain! Yes, Christmas is a pagan holiday. And yes, I have always cynically stated that in modern society it probably had no other function other than am excuse to move yhe economy with a trite little holiday. Moreover, have you seen Christmas films? Why on Earth would that lovely place called Hollywood, who specializes in programming, spend millions creating movies about holiday cheer? Brain washing! It serves a function for the NWO as part of the New Age religion AND it makes billions of dollars! Go to the mall! Shop! Consume! Don't think! Be a little pagan, honey! They can't freaking lose!!!!!!
My boyfriend, who has always stated he is an avid atheist, is a proponent for Chrismas cheer. Just let that sink in. And when I do tell him my cynical perspective, he tells me I have it all wrong because I never caught Holiday cheer. Hmmm, sound familiar? Something about that smells like Hollywood programming!
However, most people do see Christmas as "sacred" and it's possible that my perspective is incorrect, hence this thread. I knew Christa would be a little lion!!!!! Yes! You rock!!!!
Gatekeepers have been known to use truth as a backdrop for their ultimate message. The 'mass' will hear the truth in the message and then swallow the entirety of it as 'fact.'
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Lots of my best wishes and i hope the light of the creator will be with you.
adapting and Christianizing pagan festivals. A famous proponent of this
practice was Pope Gregory the Great, who, in a letter written in 601
C.E. to a Christian missionary in Britain, recommended that local pagan
temples not be destroyed but be converted into churches, and that pagan
festivals be celebrated as feasts of Christian martyrs. At this late
point, Christmas may well have acquired some pagan trappings."
May we all be present to the truth of the season...
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that
your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you
murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do
not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because
you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do
you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an
enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture
says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in
us”? ... James 4:1-17 ESV
Given 'Jesus' was Jewish...
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/.../birthdays-and-judaism/
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you
shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing
you. You shall not walk in their statutes. Leviticus 18:3 ESV
What do the disciples mention in regards to such celebrations?
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the
company and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath to give her
whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the
head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” And the king was sorry, but
because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given. He
sent and had John beheaded in the prison, ... Matthew 14:6-12 ESV
But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his
nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. Mark 6:21
ESV
Some would say the wise men celebrated Jesus's
birthday, but their offerings didn't actually occur on his birthday.
They were offered to him upon finding him, long after he was born.
If Christ =Truth...and Christ was crucified 2000 years ago...Where is the
truth now? I am sure it can't be found in a commercialized holiday.
..So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my
word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the
truth will set you free.”
HAPPY CHRYST MAS !
Yes, Christmas is a pagan holiday. And yes, I have always cynically stated that in modern society it probably had no other function other than am excuse to move yhe economy with a trite little holiday.
Moreover, have you seen Christmas films? Why on Earth would that lovely place called Hollywood, who specializes in programming, spend millions creating movies about holiday cheer? Brain washing! It serves a function for the NWO as part of the New Age religion AND it makes billions of dollars! Go to the mall! Shop! Consume! Don't think! Be a little pagan, honey! They can't freaking lose!!!!!!
And when I do tell him my cynical perspective, he tells me I have it all wrong because I never caught Holiday cheer.
Hmmm, sound familiar? Something about that smells like Hollywood programming!
Yes! You rock!!!!
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/holiday-treat-rare-christmas-full-moon-will-be-first-1977-n485551
IF Christ = Truth:
Gatekeepers have been known to use truth as a backdrop for their ultimate message. The 'mass' will hear the truth in the message and then swallow the entirety of it as 'fact.'
Interesting how even typos reveal certain things about our collective unconsciuos....