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Old 11-20-2008, 02:21 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!

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These cats are caught up in the, "I'm holier than thou.", spirit. They just can't see it. It a stench in God's nostrils that is far worse than a family decorating a Christmas tree on a cold evening after dad reads the Christmas story from the family Bible.
Exactly just because there is a pulpit in the church does not mean the church is worshipping that plastic, wood or glass stand.

Just like in Christmas.

Just because we have a tree for Christmas does not mean we all take a pine cone and wear it around our head for 3 days and ask for goodluck.

For goodness sakes let's take the tree literally it is nothing more than a tree..
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Old 11-20-2008, 02:21 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!

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You're late go back and read the thread.


Well sorry. The thread already had 400 post before I joined in.

I LIKE CHRISTMAS! WHY??? because I like getting gifts and money.
If I didn't get gifts and money, I wouldn't care if we totally abolished it
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Old 11-20-2008, 02:23 PM
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It does speak against cutting down a tree and decorating it in the good book. I think it's in Isaiah
Isaiah needed to preach against cutting down a tree before he decided to hide in one... Ouch!!!
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Old 11-20-2008, 02:24 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!

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Well sorry. The thread already had 400 post before I joined in.

I LIKE CHRISTMAS! WHY??? because I like getting gifts and money.
If I didn't get gifts and money, I wouldn't care if we totally abolished it
This just not sound like what holiness folks should be saying StMark. It seems shameful to me, but I am just an old holinesswoman, what could I know?
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But do you think that trees and presents are pagan practices?
I could give a rip who associates what with what.

It is what it symbolizes to me.

Not some pagan that lived 5500 years ago...
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Old 11-20-2008, 02:26 PM
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!

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This just not sound like what holiness folks should be saying StMark. It seems shameful to me, but I am just an old holinesswoman, what could I know?
LOL hang in there HW. this little discussion is nothing. Wait till really start fussin'
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Good to see folks who stand for true holiness here. There has never been any tree bowed to in the home of this holinesswoman.
Everyone in my house from ministers to all have all bowed before the foot of a tree. Called the old rugged cross.

The problem is more Apostolics preaching against one tree and not preaching the meaning of another.
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Old 11-20-2008, 02:27 PM
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WE, antipas should all strive to be holier than thou, to holy as he is holy. without holiness no one is going to heaven. I want to be holier than you all. That is what i strive for while I journey on this old terrestrial ball.
No man is holier than any other. We have no holiness of our own...it's Christ's rightesousness that we wear. If you're walking in your own righteousness...that's called...self righteousness.
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Re: We're Not Putting X-Mas Trees Up!

Brother Beninca, even “dressing up” for church is a pagan practice. Originally Christians were very plain and common people who met in homes and worshipped informally. This was Christian custom for nearly 250 or so years. When the Roman state mandated that all worship was to take place in a building, Christians were forced by law to “dress up”. Reason being, the state sponsored religion of Rome made all Christian clerics officials of the state religion, as the pagan priests and public officials were. It was a dishonor to the office to approach any official in common clothing, therefore any Christian not “dressed up” to meet the official clergy man in the pulpit was escorted out of the congregation, even by force if the cleric requested such…and many did.

Do you, dress up for church like the pagans did?
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Old 11-20-2008, 02:28 PM
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Well sorry. The thread already had 400 post before I joined in.

I LIKE CHRISTMAS! WHY??? because I like getting gifts and money.
If I didn't get gifts and money, I wouldn't care if we totally abolished it
lol

You're a hoot.
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