tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27323317.post2240793754241084866..comments2023-09-18T01:43:16.566-07:00Comments on Red Headed Femme: The Twelve Days of...UntruthsBonnie McDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03844134292228113704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27323317.post-79292177818433493442007-01-20T08:37:00.000-07:002007-01-20T08:37:00.000-07:00Great blog!
Had to comment on Christmas - it is n...Great blog!<br /><br />Had to comment on Christmas - it is not the actual date of Jesus birth that is celebrated but the supreme act of God's love in giving us Jesus. there isn't actually a command to celebrate any part of Jesus life or death anywhere in the Bible, the Communion is an act of Remembrance - but the Church very early on realised that this amazing, earth shattering events,were a very good reason to party! The most famous and powerful verse in Scripture is 'God so loved the world that he gave his only son...etc' John 3.16 - it's that incarnation, God made flesh, that makes the celebration of Christmas special. So what if it's been crapped on, commercialised, and generally messed about with - Jesus is about reclaiming that which was lost to sin, not about complaining about it. Sorry, that sounded like a criticism, it's not! I understand completely why Christmas is a deliberate non-big deal with you.<br /><br />As for its origins in pagan ritual, well, again we reclaim what the world offers and give it God's meaning - so a festival of light in pagan religion becomes a festival of the light of the world - for Christ is all in all, as St Paul said.<br /><br />Long response to a great post...sorry to have gone on, i just got all carried away!Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802335223679839807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27323317.post-33290866227604581962007-01-05T11:07:00.000-07:002007-01-05T11:07:00.000-07:00Of course, even if he had been born on 25th Decemb...Of course, even if he had been born on 25th December, various calendar reforms would make that meaningless.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137379571296499075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27323317.post-78748400537232931112006-12-29T17:33:00.000-07:002006-12-29T17:33:00.000-07:00I have to comment that Christmas is a) one of my f...I have to comment that Christmas is a) one of my favorite holidays, and b) a huge deal in my family.<br /><br />That being said, we really don't celebrate it as a religious holiday, but as a family celebration, which I do love. It's never about the money spent on presents for us, but about finding something that makes another person happy and shows you were thinking of them. <br /><br />With my grandmother living in a separate place and me being off at college, holidays make a nice time to get everyone together for a few days, just to relax. Even if we (rarely) go to Mass (my grandmother's Roman Catholic), it's more about spending time with my grandmother than the religious aspect.<br /><br />As aware as I am of all the problems surrounding Christmas, I can't dislike or be against the holiday.Niwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10049596510871682195noreply@blogger.com