On 18 Jan 2022 19:04:05 GMT, anon...@nowhere.you.know wrote:
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>Friend james wonders:
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>>What does Jesus think today of people celebrating Valentine's Day?
>>Just harmless fun? Promotes love? Aids the economic recovery?
>>
>He did not speak of this entirely secular day as it is observed.
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>>Well, those things are religiously fine in themselves, but not when
>>they are attached to paganism. As the Bible puts it:
2 Co 6:14-17,
"14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and
Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we
are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with
them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my
people." 17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the
Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."" (NIV)
>The day is not religious in any sense in its secular practices to which
>friend james refers. But consider what friend james does; likely every
>day; that does have pagan religious roots.
>
>Our days of the week and months are mostly named after pagan gods. Take
>thurssday for example. It means "thor's day" who was the nordic god of
>thunder.
>
>March is named for the roman god of war mars, the planet too of course
>because of its sky position in yearly astrology..
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>So friend james commemorates pagan gods and astrology friequently in
>his discourses.
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>For example; says he, "I will attend kigndom hall sunday", indeed named for
>the sun god.
You apparently still don't get it. Here it is again:
2 Co 6:14-17,
"14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can
light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and
Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we
are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with
them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my
people." 17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the
Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."" (NIV)
Unlike Valentines Day, people don't celebrate the days of the week. To
them, they are just time slots to do certain things. On Valentine's
Day where do you think that naked flying little 'love' angel with a
bow and arrow came from? (cupid) Notice the religious and sexual
connection here:
"In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido [k?'pi?do?], meaning
"passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and
affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus
and the god of war Mars"
(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid)
Sorry to rain on your parade, but the truth is truth.