I’m all for different religions, but I also think that people should know the history of specific holidays related to their religion and should also know how to celebrate them properly. In the event that you believe in a God, Goddess, pantheon or anything else, you ought to obey any commands they have given, yes? Otherwise what’s the point of following a religion with a God, Goddess or pantheon to begin with?
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus says the LORD,
“Do not learn the way of the heathens,
…
For the customs of the peoples are delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
They decorate it with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with nails and with hammers
So that it will not totter.”
Clearly this is a condemnation of the practices of the ‘others’, the Israelites specifically, but I’m sure God is just against the practices of the Pagans (which is why I used a translation that states ‘heathens’ as that would indicate all religions that are non-Christian). Most specifically, this passage speaks against the cutting down of trees and decorating them, because that is what the ‘others’ do; they are delusional for this and you should not learn from them, according to the Lord.
Think twice before you get a Christmas tree. You are practicing the ancient, heathenous celebrations of those God denounces as delusional. By learning from our celebrations you go directly against God’s commands.
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