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Legalism kills Christmas and destroys the wonderful family memories as we decorate together, eat together, and commune with one during the holiday time. | Legalism kills Christmas and destroys the wonderful family memories as we decorate together, eat together, and commune with one during the holiday time. | ||
=What the Bible says= | |||
:''As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. | |||
:'''''Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?''' It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. | |||
:'''''One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike.''' Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since she gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, uwhether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s... | |||
:'''''Why do you pass judgment on your brother?'''<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ro 14:1–10.</ref> | |||
=The origins of Christmas= | |||
I know what the origins of December 25th are. I also know what the origins of the days of the month are too (and I still use a calendar). | I know what the origins of December 25th are. I also know what the origins of the days of the month are too (and I still use a calendar). | ||