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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.   
   >   
   >You missed the whole point of the posting. The BIBLE does not approve   
   >of mixing pagan gestures with true Bible teachings. Easter is a prime   
   >example of such a mix.   
      
   Indeed, the point is the jw vatican "mixed" the choice of its   
   headquarters/monastery name with a place of "golden calf" worship also.   
   Very "biblical" in motivation, no?   
      
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