Re: Is Jesus honored when people make a lie in His honor?

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> You know that Christ never instituted, authorized or endorsed this
> holiday. You know that it was a heathen celebration (in fact, a number
> of different heathen cultures independently selected the date). You
> know that its accouterments are in fact borrowed directly from
> heathen. Given that you know all this, it makes sense to put the
> question back to your conscience: Are you comfortable borrowing a
> heathen celebration, with or without the fig leaf of pretending to do
> it in God's honor?

If you take out "pretending," sure.