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Originally Posted by Evangelical
countmeworthy and I know what we mean when we say "God hates religion". It's from the dictionary definition and not your convoluted bible interpretation.
God said this about religious festivals:
Amos 5:21 ""I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me."
"keep oneself unspotted from the world" applies to Christmas and other worldly things.
James as a Jew, would not have celebrated Christmas.
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What, do you specialize in taking the Bible out of context? Let's look at Amos 5 shall we?
Amos 5:6Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth
We are calling for justice from the administration of the Witness Lee Sect. Sister's rebellion was unjust. Apology to PL was unjust. Yet Drake makes a mockery of the sin, sarcastically referring to the "meanie Blendeds". Making it seem like seeking justice concerning Daystar, rape, slander, libel, deceit, and other abusive practices is a joke. That is "turning justice to wormwood".
10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
When I went to talk to Ed Marks and got kicked out of the church in NYC meeting hall that is what this is referring to as "they hate him that reproveth in the gate and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly". Amos 5 is talking about Witness Lee's sect.
12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right. 13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
This is what James says when he talks about "pure religion" yet you call it a "convoluted Biblical definition" and prefer a worldly definition so that you can turn the focus onto sins committed 500 years ago by the Catholic church.
The context of Amos 5 is that God hates your religious festivals when you ignore justice.