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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?   
   >   
   Friend james aims gun directly to foot and pulls trigger:   
      
   >Actually, that place stands as a testament that you can't get away   
   >with unrighteousness with God.   
      
   Ah, as in the jw vatican's choice of names for a worship of "golden calf   
   biblical example", no?   
      
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