>>>First I appreciate your responses, but I am still not sure where you are coming from. Your remarks about birthdays, Christmas, etc. remind me of a Jehovah's Witness, but they do not believe in putting their trust in Jesus Christ, so you can't be that.<<<<< "Lo this only have I found, that God hath made man upright but they have sought out many inventions." (Ecclesiastes 7:29) INVENTION: The "Religious" holiday celebrated on December 25th has nothing to do with the Biblical Jesus. It is one of the Holy(i)days of the (pagan) Roman Catholic church, tracing its roots back to the pagan festival in honor of "Another Jesus" -- The incarnate sun god (Sol Invictus / Mithra) born on that day. December the 25th was a festival celebrating the winter solstice, the rebirth of the winter sun as it began to rise in the sky each day. This celebration, was recognized by pagans of the third century Roman Empire as the birthday of Mithra, the sun god. Mithra was considered by them to be a "messiah", a christ, a mediator between man and god -- "Another Jesus" (now depicted with a "SUN BURST" halo around its little head). There are no biblical instructions regarding the recognition of December 25th as the birthday of the Biblical Jesus; yet it is one of the most celebrated events observed by the organized "church". This pagan festival was "Christianized" several hundred years after Christ. There are no secular or "church" records which indicate that December 25th was celebrated as a "Christian" observance before the late 3rd or early 4th century. There is overwhelming evidence that the celebration of December 25th was adopted as a "Christian" festival by sun worshippers calling themselves "Christians".

God gives us very specific instructions regarding the worship of "other gods" (Exodus 20:3-7). Additionally, and perhaps surprisingly to many; He also COMMANDS us not to bring trees into our houses and decorate them:

"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."
(Jeremiah 10:2-4)

You deck your trees with silver and gold garland. And what about those
cute little round ornaments that you hang from its branches?



"Witch Balls" that "ward off spells"?! -- Gives a whole new meaning to those cute little "CHRIST-mas" tree ornaments that you love so dearly, doesn't it?

While some will contest that this "Celebration" does not have the same meaning as it had it the past, I am not saying that it does. I will simply say that the only reason that so few people even know what it does mean, is because these things are "hidden" from the eyes of those that can not "see". BUT, there is still one who does know -- Satan!!! (after all who do witches follow?).

Green and Red -- Occult colors of the pagan celebration of "Yule", December 25th. These Satanic Yule colors are found in the following "sacred" representations, also used by "Christians," who follow their lead:

Yule WREATH, the FIR TREE (or any of the Evergreens), and the poisonous MISTLETOE.

SANTA CLAUS ("omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent") - his suit, HOLLY berries (otherwise both colors in one), and STAG (deer) Rudolf's nose.

"See"? Even if no one knows, SATAN will see to the continuation of "traditions", so that Jesus Christ will get little or no honour. Traditions are what make the Word of God, of NONE EFFECT (Mark 7:13).

PRACTICES IN OPPOSITION TO THE ACCEPTED WAYS OF THE LORD
CAN ONLY BE IN HONOUR OF: "ANOTHER JESUS".

"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,
walking after their own lust...they willingly are ignorant..."
(2 Peter 3:3-5)


More information from an ex-witch:
The Origin Of Christmas
The True Meaning Of Christ-mass


"And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth."
(Revelation 11:10)