Yes, another thread about modern Christmas being Cryptopagan or Norse Paganized, but the real question is "it is ok for a paganized holiday like this to keep going?".A common passage used to argue against it is from Deuteronomy>You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.Now I know pagan apologetics will say>This is only about Canaanites practices, every other form of non-Canaanite paganism is okAnd the trees beingAnd Jeremiah 10>they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.Now this passage comparing a tree used for worship as an idol is clearly only to mean >Their idols shaped after their gods are made of wood, christmas trees aren't shaped as gods and aren't idolsBut the meaning of wishing for presents and singing along a tree like it was a way to talk to God of giftes and Clausmas (worship of Santa Claus) is very close to paganism ain't it?Many work around it and say that even if Christmas is pagan only if you intend to worship pagan deities then it's pagan but if you worship God then it's christian.Now, are those Christianized pagan practices good? Would it be good in the eyes of God?
>>18252321Christmas tree is the Eden's tree of life
