-This is for people who feel the same - I don't celebrate Christmas day, but I believe in celebrating Christ's birth.

[Lamb]

I told you to accept the scripture without question because Jesus commands us to. I gave examples of everything pagan within the "holiday", with the scripture tied in. The Apostles had a hard time with people listening as well. I'm not saying I'm an apostle, but I am a follower of Christ.

The problem with forcing people to accept scripture without context, history, evaluating the original languages can become problematic.

 

[Origen]

The scriptures below are not coming for me but God himself so yeah Jesus did say it.

Yet not one of them support your claims.

 

[Origen]

The problem with forcing people to accept scripture without context, history, evaluating the original languages can become problematic.

BINGO! We have a WINNER!!!

 

[Origen]

You edited that.

Yes I know. I also explained it. I said: "The problem is you conflate what you say as if it come from Jesus Himself. It doesn't."

 

[HaKawa]

Really? Prove it. Cite a primary source dated before the time of the Exodus.

Primary sources are documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation.

Origin of Easter: From pagan rituals to bunnies and chocolate eggs

This is the story of Easter and how we came to be eating chocolate eggs delivered by rabbits.

www.abc.net.au

 

[HaKawa]

BINGO! We have a WINNER!!!

I have context in this thread.

 

[Origen]

Origin of Easter: From pagan rituals to bunnies and chocolate eggs

This is the story of Easter and how we came to be eating chocolate eggs delivered by rabbits.

www.abc.net.au

Epic failure in every way.

You said:

Pagans have been celebrating Easter like celebrations long before passover.

I ask for a primary source dating before the Exodus. That source provides no primary source dating before the Exodus.

I even gave you definition of what a primary source is.

Primary sources are documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation.

 

[Origen]

I have context in this thread.

No you don't, but I am sure you think that.

 

[Josiah]

Believe what you want to,at the end of our lives, I'll know I'm following what the word says.

Nowhere does the Bible remotely state that it's forbidden to celebrate the birth of Jesus (this in English is called "Christmas")


.

 

[tango]

I told you to accept the scripture without question because Jesus commands us to. I gave examples of everything pagan within the "holiday", with the scripture tied in. The Apostles had a hard time with people listening as well. I'm not saying I'm an apostle, but I am a follower of Christ.

This might come as a shock to you but on a site with a name like "Christianity Haven" some other people here are also followers of Christ. Some might even have a different viewpoint to yours.

The approach of "this is truth, anything else is wrong by definition" doesn't work very well. Neither does "you're not arguing with me, you're arguing with God" when people are arguing with your interpretation of what God said, not what God actually said.

 

[tango]

Nowhere does the Bible remotely state that it's forbidden to celebrate the birth of Jesus (this in English is called "Christmas")


.

But, but, but, Jeremiah talks of people who worship trees. That must mean we can't have any trees anywhere, right? I mean, Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the forbidden tree so trees must be baaaaaaaaaad. Very bad. So bad we should burn them all. In fact I'm going to get a wood burning stove installed so I can do my bit to rid the world of these eeeeeeeevil things.