So what is the position on the board?
I have strong views on the subject and I am willing to share. However I am also willing to follow the consensus here for postings.
I celebrate Christmas
I celebrate Easter
I celebrate Halloween
I celebrate all
I celebrate None - It's of the devil! 
Big Bubba - The Holidays Threads Merged
So what is the position on the board?
I have strong views on the subject and I am willing to share. However I am also willing to follow the consensus here for postings.
I think each mod should change their title to the name of one of Santa's reindeer when the time comes.
Originally Posted by Ladybug
I think each mod should change their title to the name of one of Santa's reindeer when the time comes.
I agree
sry didn't know which one to choose I like em all
Thank you very much Amber lynn for posting this! Its a very clean cut unbiased article. We are to always be ready to give an answer for why we do what we do as Christians and stand firm in our Faith. This is a very conterversial issue and I hope we all gained some insight on this. We are all at different levels in our faith and to some, this subject may have been cleared up long ago. Maybe some of us asked themselves some questions reading this and had no answer for why they do this or that, hopefully they got some answers, and please forgive me if I became a stumbling block for anyone as that was not my intention. Some of us can be very passionate about our views. I joined this site in hopes to make myself a more solid Christian concerning various teachings and ideologies-nevertheless, we are never to stop learning-Grow in grace and knowledge. Thats why our Christian walk takes an entire lifetime. Let Iron sharpen Iron!
I did too and have already learned so much! This is a great place to ask questions and read!
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LB, that is the best idea ever!
I personally don't talk much about Santa or the Easter bunny to children.. I prefer to talk about the real reason for the celebrations. However, I'm not going to condemn families who want to have a Christmas tree, an Easter basket, etc. I think perhaps the board should encourage teaching the true meaning, but let decisions be up to individual families. I think we should also come down pretty hard on those that want to condemn people for their choices. Halloween falls in that pile for me as well.
Just my .02 cents. I'm happy to go along with the group decision.
You share me yours, I'll share you mine...
It's all I can do to make it one day to the next, I can't even think of 4th of July yet, much less the others.
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I'm too old to go trick or treating.
Santa doesn't bring me gifts anymore.
If I catch the Easter bunny in my garden again,
I'm going to club him to death.
I would wait until the woman agrees to marry you before I share this tid bit.
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Todd, I think you need to get a job writing greeting cards for Hallmark.
I think your right Lisa, this would make an excellent greeting card.
Todd, I think you need to get a job writing greeting cards for Hallmark.
My issue is with the Fat guy in the red suit, and here is why.
Santa is a very tangible thing for kids. Parents lie to their kids about this man who brings presents. The fat man is the focus of this holiday. You have the media along with the stores supporting this man. So, you have a community that will help a parent lie to their child.
God is not seen. God is not allowed in schools. God is not supported by the community like Santa, So If I am willing to lie to my child about Santa and they find out around 7 or 8 years old that I have been lying, would it be a far leap for that child to believe that I am also lying about God?
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I agree with this. Christians shouldn't lie about anything, why taint the day Christ was born with a secular lie?
This I'm on the fence about as I think it has to do with how serious a parent is about their faith. My family was one where my folks would tell us about Christ when we got up and when we'd lie down, when we were on the road... etc. But, they also went along with the Santa-story. I think partially out of weakness to their own childhood memories. When our parents "revealed" to us that Santa was a big fat lie, we never questioned if Jesus or God was real, because our faith was part of our everyday life. I do think there is a problem when families have a "God compartment" to their lives (as many American families do), instead of God and His son being the main focus of the family. I can see the questions arising easily then.
I think your probably more correct on this then I am, I just try to see things from another persons view. In this case a child. I have encounter one child who thinks like this, make that two. Anyways, I really like Thanksgiving so much better. Man made like Christmas but clear that its a day to give thanks to God.
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I had some rabbit chew off the heads of my pea plants, so I'm still fuming.
I can lend you my cat...every so often we get a rabbit head left at the back door.
ETA: The people who celebrate Christmas the most, I have noticed, are heathens. My heathen friends decorate every square unch of their house and throw big parties.
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To me, celebrating Christmas is to honor the Lord's birth (since we don't know the exact date) as did the angels and the Wise Men, etc. Had He not been born into our sin-sick world, He wouldn't have died to save us.I can lend you my cat...every so often we get a rabbit head left at the back door.
ETA: The people who celebrate Christmas the most, I have noticed, are heathens. My heathen friends decorate every square unch of their house and throw big parties.
It has nothing to do with decorating the house and big parties.
Colossians 2:16-17
Oh......
Well that is different. I am sure when I get a garden of vegies going on the property and some critter comes and eats my hard work I will feel the need to smash their heads in.
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The key thing for Easter, Halloween and Christmas is that there are two strong viewpoints, and for some strange reason it seems many Internet Christians (I'm going to start using this I think) end up polarizing into two camps:
Camp one:
I believe Easter/Halloween/Christmas/ToothFairy/HarryPotter/etc is plain evil, and if you celebrate one of these, you are not a Godly person, so therefore you must be corrected.
Camp two:
I believe anyone who wishes to take Easter/Halloween/Christmas/ToothFairy/HarryPotter/etc from their children is not showing true Godly love to their Children, and not celebrating Christ's Birth/Resurrection, and you must be corrected.
It seems somewhere grace is left behind as these threads turn into an "I'm a better Christian than you" game.
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This is what we will see on the board for sure. How shall we deal with it? Use the "Don't judge in an unrighteous manner" rule and shut the thread down?(Quick break from review information gathering)
The key thing for Easter, Halloween and Christmas is that there are two strong viewpoints, and for some strange reason it seems many Internet Christians (I'm going to start using this I think
Camp one:
I believe Easter/Halloween/Christmas/ToothFairy/HarryPotter/etc is plain evil, and if you celebrate one of these, you are not a Godly person, so therefore you must be corrected.
Camp two:
I believe anyone who wishes to take Easter/Halloween/Christmas/ToothFairy/HarryPotter/etc from their children is not showing true Godly love to their Children, and not celebrating Christ's Birth/Resurrection, and you must be corrected.
It seems somewhere grace is left behind as these threads turn into an "I'm a better Christian than you" game.
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