XPost: alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian   
   From: ingilt@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 28/12/2015 06:09, Ted&Alice wrote:   
   > duke wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:59:07 +0000 (UTC), "Ted&Alice"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> duke wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 19:32:19 +0000 (UTC), "Ted&Alice"   
   >>  >> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> duke wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:33:48 GMT, "Ted&Alice"    
   >> wrote:  >> >>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I wish everybody reading this a very merry Saturnalia! :)   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sorry, that's already over.  The solstice is a week celebration   
   >>>>>> ending on 12/21 to 23.  Christ_Mass is tomorrow, 12/25.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Bible-believing Christians, however, may want to take note:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following   
   >> them, >> and >> > that thou enquire not after their gods, saying,   
   >> 'How did >> these >> > nations serve their gods? even so will I do   
   >> likewise.' >> Thou shalt >> > not do so unto the LORD thy God.” -   
   >> Deuteronomy >> 12:30-31 >>   
   >>>>>> Hey, the modern way is in Christianity, not Judaism.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "On that day of judgment," says the LORD, "I will punish all   
   >>>> those >> > following pagan customs.” - Zephaniah 1:8   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> “For the LORD has rejected his people, because they have   
   >> filled >> >> > their land with practices from the East. They have   
   >> made alliances >> >> > with pagans.” - Isaiah 2:6   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Can't you read? I addressed that to "Bible believing" Christians.   
   >>>>> Not Catholics.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You quoted the Jewish OT.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Apparently you're not that familiar with fundamentalist   
   >>> Protestantism.  They believe that both the OT and the NT are the   
   >>> inerrant word of God.   
   >>   
   >> I know, but what they don't understand is that God brought man out of   
   >> the old covenant (OT) and into the new covenant (NT) when he became   
   >> flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.   So when you live according to   
   >> the OT, you're living as the Jews did.   
   >>   
   >>> Well, most of them really don't believe that, but they claim to.   
   >>   
   >   
   > As you know, there are thousands of Protestant sects. They all have   
   > varying levels of acceptance and rejection of the OT scriptures.   
   >   
      
   Which even holds true for the literalist lot, amusingly enough.   
      
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