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Originally Posted by Evangelical
God said this about religious festivals:
Amos 5:21 ""I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me."
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More specious logic and terrible Bible interpretation.
This verse is not talking about pagan festivals. The religious festivals that God hated were legitimate Jewish ones, as were the assemblies.
The reason he hated them was because the Jews hearts were actually far from him and sinful. God hated their superficiality and hypocrisy. He didn't mean it was evil to attend a festival. He instituted them after all. He was talking about their hearts.
God looks on the heart. And I believe he has no problem with observance of Christmas that is truly seeking to honor him.
As usual you have everything upside down and backwards. You are looking on outward things, not the heart.
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7