Please don't condemn or endorce one belief on this public list. Special thanks to those of you who develop the software which is bringing down bariers for us all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Collins" <collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "The Man With His Guide Dog At The Tent Store" <dabneyadfm at shaw.ca>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Holiday Blessings > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
