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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
daystar:
The X is also a symbol for the Cross, in turn symbolising his sacrifice. How can it be a blasphemy?
That is not a symbol for the cross- the cross symbol would be like this ...+. upright position. Don't be fooled.
People use X to cross out things.
Christmas is celebrating Jesus' birth. Easter is celebrating His sacrifice so in any case why put the X there at Christmas time?
Hibie
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
One extreme is not balanced by going to the opposite extreme. The distortion of Christmas won't be corrected by eliminating all gift-giving and observing Christmas as a "religious" holiday.
The fact is, we do live in this world, and our families are greatly influenced by others. What we need to do is swing back toward the middle and eliminate the need to compete with others.
Then we will have the freedom to develop God's plan for our families without the pressure from the commercial world.
Hibie
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
Kid-A: If I choose to celebrate x-mas it will be on my own terms, dec. 25 originally had NOTHING to do with Jesus, and now its nothing more than an excuse to rack up enormous bills on your visa card so everybody
People have come terribly imbalanced. We give many useless gifts at Christmas because it's expected of us and we feel guilty if we don't. The money-making world now makes a $100.00 toy seem perfectly normal. It's easy to observe the stress that our imbalanced society places on family members. Christian parents who cannot provide the latest pleasures to their children are often depressed and troubles. Obviously, no one purposely makes them feel unworthy or insignificant, but the overwhelming emphasis we place on giving at Christmas certainly does.
So great is this social pressure that the closer we get toward Christmas Day, the more depressed and unworthy those who can't treat feel. Unfortunately the pressures don't end once Christmas is past either. Those who can't afford to compete in their gift-giving often dread congregating with their friends immediately after the holidays, because at "show and tell" time they don't have much to show. It is not a conscious act on the part of most people to openly display their pride. Rather, because we are in a competitive society we often determine a person's worth by his ability to buy things. "For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3).
hibiscusfire
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
legolas:
I wanted to get home to bed and be a good girl for Santa!
And I'm sure you're not talking about the Nicholas guy? Did Santa really bring toys for you???
HAAAAAAAAAAAA!
HF
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
dams:
For all the ex-jWs on this board, our families DID pray together. Have some of our families stayed together? NO, they have not.
Well in the first place JW church is a bunch of crap. That is the reason why it didn't work.
Besides JW don't celebrate Christmas. Pick sense from non-sense.
Hibiscusfire
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
joel:
jesus has very little to do with xmas and never has
Yes Jesus was not born on Christmas day but the whole world celebrates Christmas on 25th December.
Jesus however is the real reason we ought to celebrate. It's also the time we are going into the new year so it is a great opportunity to remind the world of HIS EXISTENCE. Jesus is God.
Hibe
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
Legolas:
I came around we only went at Christmas.
Sorry I don't know what happened there I meant to say...
So why do you even bother to go to church at Christmas...when you do go what is the message at church???
just have fun at Christmas with my family!
That's so unfair to Jesus.
HF
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
Legolas:
I came around we only went at Christmas.
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
Legolas:
I came around we only went at Christmas.
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if you are celebrating christmas do not x christ out of it.. if you are celebrating christmas do you know why???.
hibiscusfire
Legolas:
I came around we only went at Christmas.
