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   >They also made a golden calf and began to worship it. But they called   
   >all of this a" festival to Jehovah". (Ex 32:5) Did that make it   
   >+right?   
   >   
   >No way. 3000 Israelites were killed that day.Just like oil and water   
   >don't mix, neither does true worship and pagan ceremonies   
      
   Hmm, this is the origin of golden calf worship at bethel by a king of   
   israel, it is also the namesake of the jw vatican:   
      
   1 Kings   
   12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth   
   day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon   
   the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had   
   made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had   
   made.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)