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Originally Posted by Evangelical
God hates religion because it substitutes the person Jesus Christ for a belief system.
A substitute for the true God is an idol, therefore the belief system of Christianity is an idol.
Consider how much the world and Christianity loves Christmas. There are denominations that rarely celebrate communion but would never dare to miss the Christmas celebration.
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Hey! I have been to several Christmas eve services where the BIRTH OF JESUS was not mentioned much less the 'sermon' of the evening !!! These were very 'liberal' denominations! And this was not recently either.. these services I went to at the invitation of family and neighbors was in the 90s.
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The world and Christianity reveres Christmas as one day of the year to remember Christ, because that is all the time they are willing to give Him.
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ok.. got to make a distinction here... and I'm going to tell you why. While 'christianity and the world' are as you guys or Lee would say 'mingled', the schism has grown between the two.
As I mentioned in another comment, growing up, I'd see tons of nativity scenes everywhere. Not anymore. Christmas movies are all about finding romance or stupid comedies based on 'Xmas'.
I don't go to 'church' anymore so I don't know what the clergy-laity are doing these days regarding Christmas. I am sure many of the liberal 'churches' are not commemorating the birth of the Lord Jesus. And YES.. there ARE a lot of liberal churches. What do I mean by that? Well, many have
accepted and embraced immoral behavior.