Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: pgaughan@nmsu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Taking God Seriously Message-ID: Date: 22 Oct 89 15:15:31 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 19 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Gregory M. Woodhouse writes >Satan's activities in holidays follow the same unalterable pattern. When a >Christian holiday (if there is such a thing) is established, Satan quickly >reacts to divert the attention of God's people (and the world) from the true >celebration at hand. I liked the insert "(if there is such a thing)". Who says we have the right to establish a "Christian holiday" if it has not been established by God? I think you missed the point of my last posting. The problem we have with taking God seriously is that we think that if it seems good to us, God will approve. This is presumption and is strictly condemned in the scriptures. I don't think God wants us to celebrate Christmas as a remembrance of Christ's birth. If the origin is from man, we should not claim God approves of it. Besides, the whole holiday is based on the presumption that we know what day He was born, which we don't. Patrick Gaughan