Holiday Blessings

[Sean McMahon]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Collins" <collins at gene3.ait.iastate.edu>
To: "The Man With His Guide Dog At The Tent Store" <dabneyadfm at shaw.ca>;
"Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Holiday Blessings


> Hi.  If you absolutely must go on about the true meanning of Christmas,
> then you should be telling folks to not observe it at all.  You can not
> find a commandment in the Bible to observe the birth of Christ, and
> there are plenty of sources around to demonstrate that Christmas is of
> pagan origins.  You can read Jeremiah chapter 10, verses 1 through 10,
> and find what looks suspiciously like a Christmas tree, and a command to
> not observe such things.  Do a google search on the word Christmas, or
> look it up in a Catholic encyclopedia.  If you are going to tell folks
> what we are commanded to do, you aught to do your home work, and least
> be knowledgeable.  And I didn't even bring up whether such a message was
> appropriate here.
>
> Gene
>
> >Dear Members:
> >
> >On behalf of everyone here, I would like to extend our Very Best
> >Wishes & Blessings during this Holy Season.
> >
> >Let us all remind one another that the term "Holiday," means,
> >etymologically, historically, and precisely, "***Holy*** Days."
> >Despite the 20th Century *modernistic* and atheistic New Age
> >corruption of this term, due to many factors, the inalterable fact
> >remains: "Holiday" = "Holy Day and/or Religious Observance Dedicated
> >to God."
> >
> >It does *not* mean secular office parties, an apocryphal Santa Claus
> >whose "image" was popularized by the Coca-Cola Co., which is
> >historically untrue, and has itself corrupted the entire historical
> >ttradition of St. Nicklaus, who was an actual, historically
> >verifiable Christian Bishop, nor does it have any other REAL meanings.
> >
> >It means "HOLY Days," period. And this means that we are to observe
> >these Holy Days under the Total & Complete Sovereignty of God the
> >Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And that we are
> >***commanded*** to give our thanks to HIM for the birth of HIS ONLY
> >Son, Jesus the Christ, the *Sole* and *Exclusive* Saviour of ALL
> >sinners, regardless of any previous beliefs, non-beliefs, or any
> >other categories.
> >
> >This is the TRUE meaning of CHRIST's-MASS and "holiday."
> >
> >Going to a "RadioShack," etc, to buy a new router for "Auntie Jane"
> >is totally and inalterably beside the point and is extraneous in the
> >extreme to the TRUE menaing of this time of year.
> >
> >Let us all remember what this time of year TRULY means, and then to,
> >as best we are able to, to extend the Grace & Compassion & Self-
> >Sacrifice of HIS ONLY Son to ALL others.
> >
> >This is our mission.
> >
> >Anyone who states differently is on the wrong path.
> >
> >My Love and Blessings to all in HIS Almighty Name.
> >
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> >gus MacKinnon Crest Saying
> >Latin -  Audentes Fortuna Juvat
> >English - Fortune Assists The Daring
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> >
> >
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