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I'm just not going to get into it. It's bad taste...hickfarm said:What made you go aitheists if your parents are Christian?
I'm just not going to get into it. It's bad taste...hickfarm said:What made you go aitheists if your parents are Christian?
jorsoft03 said:I'm just not going to get into it. It's bad taste...
without getting into a lot of depth, do you believe that any god(s) exist(s)?lancec2c30 said:I honestly dont have a religous preference. :\
mikesgroovin said:Hmmm.....For the past 3 minutes I've been trying to come up with a way to tread lightly. But, since we are quoting passages...may I present one?
"But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men" (Matthew 15:9)
This roughly translates to:
"The worship of me is pointless, when their teachings in which you worship are laid out by humans."
Now....I confess that I'm not a religious scholar, nor professor; however, I do understand the translation of a language.
To illustrate that point further...The Roman church never adapted the celebration of Christ right away. In fact, didn't it take them over 300 years? Thats plenty of time to create several million teachings.....all by humans.
I can probably find further truth to illustrate that Christ was never even born CLOSE to December 25th. Actually....just to let you know, MOST of my proof would come from your bible.
Now, a second point....
In reference to the above passage, your God also CLEARLY stated:
"Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition" (Mark 7:9)
In this passage, God was referring to the certain teachings of men....saying that we (humans) were great at setting aside the laws of God, just to follow some arbitrary tradition.
Speaking of tradition, your holiday was a holiday celebrated by the Pagans long before the Christians.
Please allow me to encompass all of the above into one thought. I'm not telling or asking you to believe any of this. Research it for yourself. But, in light of what you said above.... "Remember, Christmas is not about giving"...I realize that it was in perfectly good nature, however......this holiday season is about whatever people want it to be about. Regardless of a gift.
Now....I confess that I'm not a religious scholar, nor professor; however, I do understand the translation of a language.
j369852147412 said:please keep this thread on track and refrain from flaming.
i never actually went "christmas shopping" i will probably go this weekend.
wicked23 said:As far as the religious side. Without proof its to easy to say that a group of really smart men who wanted to get rich invented the whole thing a really long time ago. Priests live in nice houses, have nice cars and get money donated to them from people every week. But I'm gonna stay away from that one.