Oh dear, I am getting the same responses here as I do on the City-Data "christianity" forum. My words are being twisted to fit the views of the readers !

Bro. Lukenbill. I don't know how old you are, but I imagine it is much less tham my 75 years ??? I have heard of instances where children questioned their parents about God when they found out that the santa story was not true. Their thoughts were...if their parents lied about santa, why not about God ?

Laura, now it is my turn to say....I never heard of anyone equating santa with parents. That makes a very comforting theory !

My feelings toward xmas came a long time before I ever read these sites.:


http://www.bibletruths.org/holidays/...Greetings.html

http://www.bibletruths.org/holidays/...Christmas.html


http://www.bsu.edu/web/01bkswartz/xmaspub.html


http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn31/christmas.htm

NO Laura, I do not think it is okay to celebrate Christmas as Christ's birth. I hate the very usage of Christ's name in this pagan observance. Just think about it for a minute ! Where does the word 'mas' originate from ? It doesn't take much to realize it is "mass" . Who celebrates Mass ? And exactly what does Mass mean ? It certainly does not mean "Birth".

We like to think our country has not an established religion, but if not...why is a Catholic Mass made a national hoilday ?

I think I need to be content to contend for the faith with the naysayers on City-Data. It is less disturbing than having my own brethren being offended at my beliefs in the fact that the word of God contains "all things that pretain to life and Godliness".