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Originally Posted by Ohio
It was John Darby who sounded the alarm that Christmas and Easter were "pagan." The Exclusives were all forced to "take a stand" on these holidays. Nee and Lee later followed probably because they were hated "western" holidays. Somewhere I have an old Brethren tract titled, "The Unpopular Truth about Christmas and Easter."
Hating Christmas, like the LC teaching about man becoming god, places the LCM in line, not with the Evangelical community of genuine believers, but with cults like the Jehovah Witnesses. So why do you think some Christians think Lee was cultic? They are also lawsuit happy like some other cults. Only Scientology has filed more lawsuits than LSM.
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Calling a group a cult just because they don't celebrate Christmas is itself a cult-like activity. The cult of Christmas is one in which both Jesus-haters and Jesus lovers can come together and celebrate. Ask yourself why society has rejected the 10 commandments and public prayer for example, yet keeps Christmas? The Bible says a lot about friendships with the world and the majority of Christianity does not follow that at all.