[HPforGrownups] Re: Christianity in HP

[ReturnOfTheMutt at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 128384

 
In a message dated 5/1/2005 2:55:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gbannister10 at aol.com writes:

Geoff:
Excuse me but Christmas and Easter are NOT pagan holidays. By  
definition, they are Christian festivals.

What you are doing is to  confuse the fact that when they came into 
being, they coincided with pagan  festivals for the simlple reason that, 
especially in the Roman Empire, the  only time that Christian believers 
such as slaves could get time to hold  special festivals together was at 
the time of the main feast days hence  they came to be traditionally 
held at the times they  are.


 
Says _http://www.exposingsatanism.org_ (http://www.exposingsatanism.org)  ,  
a website that really cracks me up: 
"Jesus spoke to the Pharisees about using  human traditions on how to worship 
God....
Mark: 7:7~~ Howbeit in vain do  they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the 
commandments of men.
Mark:  7:8~~ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition 
of men,  [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye  
do.
Mark: 7:9~~And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of  
God, that ye may keep your own tradition."  
God does not want people to honor Christ by  following the traditions and 
customs of men." 
Simply put, if it's derived from a pagan  tradition, it's pagan.  In Harry 
Potter all mentions of religious holidays  seem to be focused on tradition 
rather than actual religious celebration.   That last sentence didn't manage to 
make this on topic at all did  it?


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