Just a stick in the mud perhaps. Just curious.
2006-12-01 08:43:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists can't erect anything.
2006-12-01 08:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 3⤊ 13⤋
Hey dummy what does the bible say about putting up a tree.
Jeremiah 10:2-4 (NRSV) "Thus says the LORD: Do not learn the way of the nations, or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens; for the nations are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the peoples are false: a tree from the forest is cut down, and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan; 4 people deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move."
2006-12-02 03:01:35 · answer #2 · answered by lawman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Christmas trees. Christmas trees are from another religion than mine, but that hasn't stopped Christians from putting it up.
I do like the symbolism of life enduring winter.
Christmas is one of the best secular holidays there is. The Christians happen to celebrate the birth of their prophet on this day (even though their books say he wasn't born in winter), but it is really such a small part of Christmas.
2006-12-01 16:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by nondescript 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Christmas has little to do with christianity. It's more of a cultural holiday than a religious holiday. Also, christmas trees have NOTHING to do with christianity. It comes from viking pagan rituals that some christians took on as they began conquering Europe.
2006-12-01 17:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by Andy W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Douglas fir, usually. I find the homes with sticks in the mud are usually the "devout" Christians. After all, the Christmas tree IS a pagan symbol.
2006-12-01 16:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by E D 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It might as well look like the ones everyone else has because Christmas is a pagan holiday.
2006-12-01 16:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
My family puts up a christmas tree and puts out the nativity and I smile to myself and watch them partake in pagan rituals despite the Bible specifically condemning their participation in pagan rituals and that many of the original martyrs were offered the chance to save their life if they would so much as put one PINCH of incense into the coals in front of a statue, but refused so that they would not be participating in pagan rituals, and paid with their lives.
How's your faith these days? Been reading your Bible much? Did you know that the Jehova's Witnesses actually get this one right, out of all the many, MANY mistakes they make?
Funny that an atheist can see this and you can't.
2006-12-01 16:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
my family and i put up a christmas tree. i see this holiday as a chance to be with my whole family. not a religious one
2006-12-01 17:46:47 · answer #8 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Holiday tree with lights ,balls ,candy canes ,popcorn balls and presents .A lot like yours but we don`t owe this day to anyone .
It is a day off from work and a time for family and friends .
SEE WE`RE NOT THAT DIFFERENT , ARE WE ?????
2006-12-01 16:49:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Possibly the same as any, the season has totally changed.
A pine tree has nothing to do with Jesus, same with Hallmark and Wal-Mart.
2006-12-01 16:45:04 · answer #10 · answered by tichothewolf 2 · 6⤊ 2⤋
A Christmas tree, decorated with lights, ornaments and tinsel. We just don't have a nativity scene depicting the immaginary birth of a myth.
2006-12-01 16:48:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋