So, you're an Xian. That's what they made you. They wanted to take the Christ out of your Christianity and turn you into an Xian.
Some of you make fine Xians indeed. I find it Xtremely difficult to have mercy on the Xians out there. That is Xactly what you are.
Xians.
Xians are Apostates. Xians are consigned to the Armies of Gog and Magog.
I appreciate that fact that the Xians out there have given me no help whatsover in this CHRISTIAN war! I don't want the help of an Xian!
Go celebrate Xmas. Worship X, your chosen unChrist. You will find that Christ, who died on the X, will quickly X you out if you don't repent from being Xians.
X is going to X out the world! And X is going to X you out with it if you don't start raising up the Standard of the Cross again.
You have this one in the bag Christians. Rejoice. For this war is won indeed.
But to the Xians out there: Of all people in this world, you are the most bizarre to me. WHY DON'T YOU GET OUT OF THE CHURCH!? You are neither hot nor cold. What good are you to either Satan or Christ? Christ wished you were either hot or cold. But since you are Xians, Christ gives you an X rating.
You had the Kingdom in your hands. All power was given to you. They could not have withstood you for one hour. But they gave you Wormwood, put you to sleep, and made you Xians.
Xians.
I appreciate the fact that the Xians have shown their true colors. God does not want Xians. And the very fact that the Xians neither understand my words, nor join in the battle is witness against all Xians that they are in fact Xians.
igwt, I've got a whole bag of 'shhh', with your name on it.
But, to answer your question, yeah, it's pretty much an open and shut case that the X-mas tree is a direct descendent from BAAL worship. You can even find it in the Bible.
I don't really care. Because once your an Xian, what does it matter anyway? I mean, what's the difference?
I don't really care about stuff like this in the big picture.
I've heard pagans accuse Christians of stealing their traditions and 'Christianizing' them. Now the Christmas tree means something different to a Christian. It represents the ever green tree, etc. WHATEVER. Paul is pretty open about it: He who celebrates a day, let him do it to the LORD.
The pagans get all huffy about it and accuse us of stealing. My response is "So what?" We are heirs of all things. Jesus Christ fulfilled all mysteries. He even fulfilled man's view of what it would take to actually restore life to this world.
So, if we stole the Christmas tree from the pagans, then who care's?
I say let the witchs burn! They are rebels against God to begin with.
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3: For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of a workman, with the axe.
4: They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5: They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of the; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do any good.
BlueAngel wrote: Crash and Burn...Crash and Burn....Crash and Burn....Burn and Crash....Burn and Crash...Burn and Crash....
I do hope you don't share needles with your Pagan and Wicca friends.
Hey, don't get me wrong. I'm all for the Pagans doing their spiral dances and prances and what not. They can worship Deer God if they want.
In fact, I want to speed them up in their spiral dance. If we get them going fast enough they might just sprout fairy wings and launch into outer space.