Hi. If you absolutely must go on about the true meanning of Christmas, then you should be telling folks to not observe it at all. You can not find a commandment in the Bible to observe the birth of Christ, and there are plenty of sources around to demonstrate that Christmas is of pagan origins. You can read Jeremiah chapter 10, verses 1 through 10, and find what looks suspiciously like a Christmas tree, and a command to not observe such things. Do a google search on the word Christmas, or look it up in a Catholic encyclopedia. If you are going to tell folks what we are commanded to do, you aught to do your home work, and least be knowledgeable. And I didn't even bring up whether such a message was appropriate here. Gene >Dear Members: > >On behalf of everyone here, I would like to extend our Very Best >Wishes & Blessings during this Holy Season. > >Let us all remind one another that the term "Holiday," means, >etymologically, historically, and precisely, "***Holy*** Days." >Despite the 20th Century *modernistic* and atheistic New Age >corruption of this term, due to many factors, the inalterable fact >remains: "Holiday" = "Holy Day and/or Religious Observance Dedicated >to God." > >It does *not* mean secular office parties, an apocryphal Santa Claus >whose "image" was popularized by the Coca-Cola Co., which is >historically untrue, and has itself corrupted the entire historical >ttradition of St. Nicklaus, who was an actual, historically >verifiable Christian Bishop, nor does it have any other REAL meanings. > >It means "HOLY Days," period. And this means that we are to observe >these Holy Days under the Total & Complete Sovereignty of God the >Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And that we are >***commanded*** to give our thanks to HIM for the birth of HIS ONLY >Son, Jesus the Christ, the *Sole* and *Exclusive* Saviour of ALL >sinners, regardless of any previous beliefs, non-beliefs, or any >other categories. > >This is the TRUE meaning of CHRIST's-MASS and "holiday." > >Going to a "RadioShack," etc, to buy a new router for "Auntie Jane" >is totally and inalterably beside the point and is extraneous in the >extreme to the TRUE menaing of this time of year. > >Let us all remember what this time of year TRULY means, and then to, >as best we are able to, to extend the Grace & Compassion & Self- >Sacrifice of HIS ONLY Son to ALL others. > >This is our mission. > >Anyone who states differently is on the wrong path. > >My Love and Blessings to all in HIS Almighty Name. > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >gus MacKinnon Crest Saying >Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat >English - Fortune Assists The Daring >Web Page: http://members.shaw.ca/dabneyadfm >Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. >http://www.choroideremia.org > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
