Comments on: What do you do with an atheist at Christmas? http://christiannews.co.nz/2007/what-do-you-do-with-an-atheist-at-christmas/ Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:08:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: admin http://christiannews.co.nz/2007/what-do-you-do-with-an-atheist-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-9540 admin Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:20:56 +0000 http://christiannews.co.nz/2007/what-do-you-do-with-an-atheist-at-christmas/#comment-9540 If the date of Christmas was important to the Messiah, it would be in the Bible :-) And yes, it may use the same date as pagan festivals, but so what? As for your Bible quotation -- I think u r out of context. It is about fashioning idols, is it not? What has that to do with Christmas trees? Are u assuming Christians worship them? If the date of Christmas was important to the Messiah, it would be in the Bible :-)

And yes, it may use the same date as pagan festivals, but so what?

As for your Bible quotation — I think u r out of context. It is about fashioning idols, is it not? What has that to do with Christmas trees? Are u assuming Christians worship them?

]]> By: Paul http://christiannews.co.nz/2007/what-do-you-do-with-an-atheist-at-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-9529 Paul Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:29:12 +0000 http://christiannews.co.nz/2007/what-do-you-do-with-an-atheist-at-christmas/#comment-9529 Perhaps you should re-phrase the title to read: 'What do the followers of Christ do on the Winter Solstice'? Rather than flog the date for the long held pagan festival(s) held on the 25th December for Osiris/Horus/Mythria/Sun etc – why not hold this celebration on the actual date of Jesus birth and let the sun-worshippers etc have their established sacred day? Oh, that’s right, despite the infallibility of the Bible, the writers forgot to put a small little like the date of the messiahs birth! And that’s also why Easter is held on the date of another existing pagan festival, The Spring Equinox, no one knows that date as well! Personally I find The Winter Solstice a great time to, catch-up with family and friends, a time to relax, drink and eat too much. The 25th December reminds us our common ties to humanity and our links to the earth & environment. One last thing, before you guys go putting-up any tree’s there, it may pay to read Jeremiah 10:2-4: “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen... for the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe”. Perhaps you should re-phrase the title to read: ‘What do the followers of Christ do on the Winter Solstice’? Rather than flog the date for the long held pagan festival(s) held on the 25th December for Osiris/Horus/Mythria/Sun etc – why not hold this celebration on the actual date of Jesus birth and let the sun-worshippers etc have their established sacred day? Oh, that’s right, despite the infallibility of the Bible, the writers forgot to put a small little like the date of the messiahs birth! And that’s also why Easter is held on the date of another existing pagan festival, The Spring Equinox, no one knows that date as well! Personally I find The Winter Solstice a great time to, catch-up with family and friends, a time to relax, drink and eat too much. The 25th December reminds us our common ties to humanity and our links to the earth & environment. One last thing, before you guys go putting-up any tree’s there, it may pay to read Jeremiah 10:2-4: “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen… for the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe”.

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