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Originally Posted by Igzy
That to me is straining at gnats and swallowing camels. It's much easier to throw bombs over the fence than to deal with problems in your own backyard.
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Yes, but even the Lord said that straining a gnat out of the ointment is not a bad work.
I have almost no issue with setting Dec 25th aside to remember Jesus birth. The slight problem I have is that this day is clearly and undeniably tied to the winter solstice and hence worship of the Sun.
But, OK.
I also have don't have a big issue with the lights that go up this time of year, it makes sense since it gets dark around 5.
I don't care that the world has movies and songs about Santa Claus and flying reindeer.
But then, when these things get mixed in with the church service, and they must. You have little children who will watch these specials, learn these songs, if not at church then at school or the tv, or the mall, or wherever.
So I don't disagree with Evangelical that these things are a mixture, that they have their roots in paganism, and that it is corrupting.
But I agree with you that this is the gnat and swallowing all the sins of Witness Lee's sect is the camel.