Are "Christians using Satanic Symbols?

It's a lot worse than you think.

Every day of the week is a “Holy day” dedicated to some god.

Sunday: Day of the sun.
Monday: Day of the moon.
Tuesday: Zeus day.
Wednesday : Woden’s day.
Thursday: Thor’s day.
Friday: Friden’s day.
Saturday: Saturn’s day.

Exodus 23
13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

HankD

 

Exactly. At
Antioch the term "Christian" was used
- as a curseword. Now it means something
good.

 

Let me try again.
I'll type slow, maybe that will
help you can figure it out.
Pagans do not consider themselves Satanists.
Satanists do not consider themselves
Pagans. Pagans do no worship Satan; Satanists
worship Satan.

If you ever have a chance to witness to
a Pagan or a Satanist, you will totally
loose them if you cannot see the difference.

As you noted, they neither accept Jesus
as their Master and Savior so are in need
of the message about Jesus.

 

I hadn't thought of all that LE, and I do agree with you. God created those things, and when we read genesis where He created those we'll find that He Himself called them good. Why we allow satan to claim them and then just give them over to him I don't know.

 

Right, it's not. If you want to call Paganism Satanism because it's not Christian, then please call Mormonism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Jehovah's Witness, etc. Satanism.

It's good to be accurate about other beliefs. We would not want unbelievers (or even believers) telling us that Mormons are Christians or that all Christians pray to Mary or something like that. We want to be accurate about the facts as a good example, if nothing else. But it helps in witnessing, too.

 

James
"Most of these scenes show the "three magi" in attendance at the birth of Jesus."
"
Actually they show 3 kings, the magi (plural no specific number) got changed into kings during the (very) early middle ages.

"in a house, not a stable."
"
In a rural area in first century Galilea, the 2 were at times part of the same 1 room house.

"So what!"
"
Indeed.

 

I'm Christian, and we do not use any Satanic or Pagan symbols in my family's celebration of Christmas. I put up the plastic tree, trim with the lights, and then the womenfolk put on their personal ornaments. We have purchased one for the girls every year, including their first Christmas, and my wife and I have purchased one every year that we have been married beginning with "Our First Christmas Together 1983". Oh, the memories they hold. I slap the plastic wreath on the door, and then my wife takes care of the rest of the house. Most years, I venture out on the roof and hang lights from the house. None of the neighbors and friends have mistaken me for a demon, or one of them hooded earth-worshipping, moon howling Pagans. Also, we didn't skip church last night so that my daughter could go 'trick or treat'ing, but there is always next year.

 

So, what calendar system have you came up with to eliminate the pagan origins of the names of the days of the week and names of the months of the year? If you are going to cry out against some things that you see as having pagan origins, do not stop there, go all the way - get rid of everything with pagan origins.

 

We're told in the NT that we're welcome to eat food with nonbelievers, and that we need only refrain from eating food offerred to idols. Since none of the symbols used by me during holidays are offerred to idols, I see no scriptural, cultural, or practical reason to refrain from their use.

Amen, Agreed!!!!

 

And what would you do with the month of Tammuz and other pagan parts of the Jewish calendar? They were not immune that kind of stuff either.

 

Bro. James: "My basic premise still stands--whatever the subject is, it is either of God or of Satan. That is a pretty simple paradigm. Why is there so much disagreement?"

That premise stumbled on the second post
and died on the third post.

Bro. James: "My original premise was that all people in the world past and present could be called either children of God or children of the Devil. It follows logically that whatever is not of God is of Satan."

Yes, that is logical. If you assume your
conclusion, you prove the same conclusion.
It is called circular logic. Very logical.
But the logic can lead to error as well
as truth and there is no way to tell the
difference. So though logical, circular
logic is of no use to help promote the
truth.

Bro. James: "The word "satan" and the word "pagan" are used in a connective sort of way"

I've seen "good" and "evil" connected as indeed
they are in this sentence. THat does not
make good evil nor evil good.

Romans 14:19-23 (HCSB):

So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another. 20 Do not tear down God's work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to cause stumbling by what he eats. 21 It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble. 22 Do you have faith? Keep it to yourself before God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23 But whoever doubts stands condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

The Stanist has great faith in the
father of lies: Satan, the lead devil.
The Pagan has great faith in their designer
godess (usually, some have false gods).
Faith is NOT the key. Faith in God
(as shown in the verses above) is the
key especially faith in the Saving Work
of Jesus, our Christ and Messiah.

 

I see that doc. Bob has been vacationing in Israel as well.

 

Let me type my statement slow again.

The terms "Pagan" and "Satinist"
describe two different
groups of people. Neither group has found
the truth which is Jesus.



Titus 1:15 (HCSB = The Holman Christian Standard Bible)
To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

This includes the symbols.
Some use symbols for Satan,
some use symbols for purely mankind use,
I'm committed to using those symbols
for Messiah Yeshua. But one does need
to be aware of what the symbols might
mean to others.