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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
You claim my statement is bull****. So you believe that if someone has a Christmas tree, then it is more likely that they are Jewish than Christian. I live next to a Christmas tree lot. I have $1,000 that if I go over to the lot and asked the people buying the trees what their religion is more will say Christian than Jewish. Since you are so adamant that my statement is bull****, I take it you will see the $1,000 bet as easy money. Are we on?
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So what your saying is that while the majority of customers that buy these tree's are christians, that your tree lot dealer, if he in fact did this survey would also tell you that there are people of other faiths and denominations that buy these tree's also. Then how can it be a religeou symbol?
Please show me anywhere in Christian doctrines or in thier layouts of ceremonies and rights where they talk about the christmas tree as a religeous symbol.
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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I can't believe I am arguing with people that "CHRISTMAS TREES" which are a central tradition to CHRISTMAS, THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST, cannot be taken as a religious symbol. It has CHRIST right in the name. I really have to shake my head sometimes. True, some people buy "holiday trees" and are not Christian, but to say that Christmas trees cannot be construed as relating to a religious holiday is just incredible.
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CHRISTMAS is a generally accepted holiday thats been adopted by almost everyone in this country, not as the birth of Christ buy as a family get together. You don't see Muslim's and Jews and others working on that day, but they're not celebrating the birth of Christ. Its an adopted holiday for a large number of Canadian's who also adopt things like the tree, which again if you look at The origin's of the tree was adopted from the Pagan's as a symbol of life to celebrate the Winter Solstis. Not as any symbol of the Catholic church. I have yet to see the pope pray in front of a tree or anoint its roots in Oil.
The Nativity is the Christian symbol of the holiday, not the fricken tree.