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Jeremiah 10

Discussion in '2000-02 Archive' started by tyndale1946, Nov 27, 2002.

  1. Johnv

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    You leave me no choice. I'm going out right now and buying a stainless steel tree [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  2. rsr

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    Just be real careful when you put the lights on it. I know you're not easily shocked, but you never know.
     
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    I wonder, if when I am shovelling snow along the pathway infront of my tree, it thinks I am bowing down before it?

    Looking for saw to cut it down......wait,it supposed to snow tomorrow....that will blindfold it.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
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    What do you think, brother Glen?
     
  5. tyndale1946

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    I enjoyed all the comments and there is merit in all those who replied... Then again there is more there than meets the eye and greater mysteries than we can imagine. Looks harmless but then again is it and to extend this even further look at the two links I found among others?

    The origin and meaning of the Christmas Tree... http://users.rcn.com/tlclcms/chrtree.htm

    The true meaning of Christ-Mass... http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract4.html
    Brother Glen [​IMG]

    [ December 05, 2002, 01:49 PM: Message edited by: tyndale1946 ]
     
  6. Johnv

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    I'm still not too concerned about my non-conductive aluminim tree lighting rod and spark arrestor :eek: .

    There have been occulting practices involving dolls, yet I have barbies in the house (they're not mine, really.

    There have been occulting practices involving the worship of statues, yet I have a porcelain bisque of "Christ the Good Shepherd" (Jesus among the sheep) in my home.

    There have even been occulting practices involving the worship of articles of clothing, yet I still leave the house dressed.
     
  7. ChristianCynic

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    First-- are you suggesting theft?

    Second-- Do you worship those dresses that you wear? If someone came along while you were walking down the road and snatched that dress, and any articles under it away, off of you, would you be confronted with how much you "worship" your clothes as much as someone whose 'Christmas tree' is taken "worships" that?
     
  8. GrannyGumbo

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    Hey CC! I was wondering when you'd *pop* in & pick on the granny, hahaha! [​IMG]

    Rabbit trails, shotgun shells, and King James all the way~ [​IMG]
     
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    First-- are you suggesting theft?

    Second-- Do you worship those dresses that you wear? If someone came along while you were walking down the road and snatched that dress, and any articles under it away, off of you, would you be confronted with how much you "worship" your clothes as much as someone whose 'Christmas tree' is taken "worships" that?
    </font>[/QUOTE]I think that would be considered rape Mr. Cynic, don't you?
     
  10. ChristianCynic

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    No, that is not the definition thereof. But to the point-- Gumbo's contention was that the extent to which a person wishes to not give something up is an indication how much said person "worships" that particular thing. She had no answer for my response illustrating there are things she definitely would not wish to give up, but instead remarked about 'when I was going to pop in and pick on her.'

    In your case, what about this headcovering of yours. Are you insistent on keeping it, and therefore worship it?
     
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  12. Walls

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    Hey, back off the Granny! Have you not read that, In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. To give up the KJV would be to give up God. Yes, we worship God.

    As far as the shotgun, the Bible says to teach to war. There is nothing wrong with bearing arms.

    However, there is much to say about being seperate and not partaking of heathen ways. Do a study of the origin of Christmas, you might be surprized to find that the only thing that resembles Christ is the name they put on it to make you think it is okay. When actually it's background is as wicked as can be.

    If you want to be Christ honoring during this time, don't partake in heathen customs and justify it by saying it is Christ's birhtday(there's no proof), instead go out and tell people that Christ died so that we would be spared from eternal hell.
     
  13. Walls

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    According to your quote, we hadd 700 years to go before Christ was born. Do research, the ancient worship of the birth of the Sun god began around 700bc. Funny how God knows exactly what He is talking about. He warned us right when it happened and it wasn't even until the 1600's that true Christians began to partake of this heathen celebration. The Puritans protested it for many years.
     
  14. Walls

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    That's right the Bible calls them the first day, second day, third day and so on. We sometimes make our own calendar to show Gods way.
     
  15. Walls

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    I wasn't going to bring it up but since you did I'll go ahead. I would say that those who don't want to give up the Christmas Trees don't want to give up their pants or their women in pants. If your not give up the world in one area, your not going to in other areas as well.
     
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    Actually, it is history that tells us there were 700 years till Christ's birth, and history tells us it was at least 1300 till the first tree (700ad). It was the 1800s until the use of trees became widespread and in 1880 Woolworths sold the first manufactured ornaments. All this to say that a verse about Christmas trees from Jeremiah would be a verse about nothing to those people who were his readers. They would laugh at loud at the suggestion that Jeremiah was talking about Christmas trees, especially since they didn't know what Christmas was.

    I don't think its funny at all that God knows exactly what he is talking about. I think you don't know what he is talking about if you suggest that this verse is about Christmas trees. This verse had nothing to do with Christmas trees, as it evident from the context of Jeremiah and the history of Christmas.
     
  17. Walls

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    I guess God didn't exist before 1611. Christmas trees are older than your God. :D

    The point is that Granny's point was if you don't want to give something up, you must be worshipping it. Granny doesn't want to give up her gun, thus by her own logic she worships it.
     
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    BrianT! Ya want my shotgun? Here, boy, you can have it...The granny's got plenty mo' [​IMG]
     
  20. BrianT

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    Oh great. Now we're even getting into polytheism. :rolleyes:
     
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