Call it Christmas

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You wrote: 
>Christmas is two words: "Christ and mass"  The first word describes a 
>Latin Ritual in the Catholic Church, in which the bread and wine are 
>said to be miraculously converted into the actual flesh and blood of 
>the LORD. The mass goes one step more and is actually said to be the 
>re-crucifixion of Christ in symbolic form. The priest re-crucifies 
>Christ each mass so that there is fresh blood and flesh for the 
>communicants. The word "Christmas" then is an oxymoron.


    I think you may still be confusing the pagen holiday with the 
christian holiday. We don't celebrate santa or the easter bunny. We 
celebrate the birth of the Christ child and the plan of salvation. We 
show others the way who do not know it through plays and musicals about 
the Christ Child. People who only come to church during the Christmas 
season or the Easter seasons have been reached year after year. Just 
because we call it "Christmas" or "Easter" doesn't mean we celebrate 
like the pagens. 


>Anyone who tries to justify Christmas Paganism by whay ever excuse, 
>will certainly stand before God and be questioned about idolatry. 
>In the day that you hear his voice, harden not your heart,
>Terry REED

    I'd be careful there. Jesus had a whole lot more to say about      
self-righteousness and judging than he did about most other issues      
except maybe the plan of salvation.

    I don't mean to be harsh I only know what is in my heart. Just 
because I have a conviction doesn't mean the whole world has to have 
the same one. God deals with us all differently. 
    Love in Jesus, 
    Laurie  =)