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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Jun 18, 2023, James wrote   
   (in article<12tt8iti2rt6c781gtl32t5ql6q01ndah7@4ax.com>):   
      
   > (17) Christmas: A Christian celebration?   
   > James   
   > June 18, 2023 at 6:26:51 AM PDT   
   >   
   > Christmas: A Christian celebration?   
   >   
   > Of course, many would say. It is a celebration of the birth of our   
   > Lord.   
      
   It is to many.   
      
   > But is that all there is to it? No!   
      
   Of course not. Tell us How many Angels in the heavens celebrated that Day?   
   Why was their Joy so overflowing that they also announced the day to men?   
      
   And why was the time of year covered up by men and the the tradition of men   
   now takes as truth? What was the original time and Date? Do you know?   
      
   >   
   > What does the obese man in the red suit have to do with the birth of   
   > Jesus? What about the LIES told about him? He rides on flying   
   > reindeer.   
      
   Well.... You just told a lie, everyone knows he rode in a chariot.   
   > Parks on your roof, then slides down your chimney. Yeow!!!   
      
   Most homes have no chimneys today, so people know that it cannot be true.   
   >   
   > is what he says when the householder has a fire in the fireplace.   
   > After all it is December.   
      
   You forget that the month of December is the beginning of summer in other   
   areas of the world.   
   >   
   >   
   > Since he does that millions of times, his red suit should turn out   
   > black. And he brings gifts to millions of people. Either his carriage   
   > is 1/2 mile long, or he found some way to shrink all those packages.   
   > He would also have to break the sound barrier more than once to make   
   > all those deliveries on time.   
      
   Good thing it is not the stroke of midnight at the same time around all the   
   world, eh?   
   Who said he doesn't fly back n forth and carries only enough for the zip   
   code. Think of the whole world and those countries he does not fly to because   
   they never heard of him, and lets not forget all the bad JW's to whose homes   
   he avoids like the plague. ;)   
      
   >   
   >   
   > `Even the religious account has flaws.   
      
   Only the ones who abide by the traditions of men. The scriptures offset their   
   flaws as it does the beliefs of your cult.   
   >   
   > And this one. The wise men (Greek, "magoi"; actually they were pagan   
   > astrologers. See what God thinks of astrologers at De 18:10-12 and Isa   
   > 47:13,14) never visited the "baby" Jesus in a "manger", they visited   
   > the "child" Jesus in a "house".   
      
   This was due to the prophecy of Daniel who was one of the wisest astronomers   
   in his day, and he foretold of the Star of David in a pagan land, hid   
   reputation was world wide for being accurate, which is why that particular   
   sign in the heavens was being looked for. You were told of this decades ago   
      
   So when will it be that you might be coming to the understanding of truth and   
   realize that you cannot come to God the Father but through God the Son?   
      
   Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man   
   cometh unto the Father, but by me.   
      
   Joh 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from   
   henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.   
      
   Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth   
   us.   
      
   Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet   
   hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;   
   and how sayest thou then,Shew us the Father?   
      
   Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?   
   the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that   
   dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.   
      
   Joh 14:11 Believe me that I amin the Father, and the Father in me: or else   
   believe me for the very works' sake.   
      
   Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works   
   that I do shall he do also; and greater worksthan these shall he do; because   
   I go unto my Father.   
      
   Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the   
   Father may be glorified in the Son.   
      
   Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.   
   >   
   > Perhaps that information won't sell nativity scenes, but it is Bible   
   > truth.   
      
   As is the scripture above.   
      
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