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Your perennial reminder that Keven Sorbo is an idiot. (lemmy.world)

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 88 points 6 months ago

Why do Christians buy "Christmas" trees when they're explicitly forbidden?

Jeremiah 10:1-5

1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

If you try googling any of this, you will find a shit ton of christian cope. Reminder, the Christmas tree started as a winter solstice pagan holiday.

[-] Bananigans@lemmings.world 7 points 6 months ago

the Christmas tree started as a winter solstice pagan holiday.

I'd always heard that too, but Religion for breakfast put out a pretty interesting breakdown on why that may likely not be the case.

The very recent origins of the Christmas tree https://youtu.be/m41KXS-LWsY

[-] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Honestly, given that they are using a narrow definition of specifically an evergreen being decorated I don't agree. I'm not sure why we wouldn't include other types of winter holiday trees or bushes like the ones decorated for Saturnalia. There's also a lot of "probably" and supposition in this video.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Interesting.

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you try googling any of this, you will find a shit ton of christian cope

"Cope" is basically the foundation of most religions.

Mostly because 90% of what's in The Bible is gobblederemoved, twisted and contorted by a wide variety of opportunistic con men over the course of thousands of years, written in such a vague way as to easily be interpreted to mean whatever they want it to mean.

Similar to the way Trump speaks in vague generalities and word salad, and people hear whatever they want to hear, which of course leads to massive problems when you're the leader or aspiring leader of the free world.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Basically. I once overheard an explanation of the holy trinity and I just couldn't figure out how anyone could be satisfied with it. They just exhaust the listener with nonsense until they give in.

[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I thought the Christmas tree started relatively recently, around the Renaissance.

[-] MacNCheezus 1 points 6 months ago

Hate to be THAT guy, but this passage doesn’t say that it’s forbidden, just that it’s useless.

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