I have noticed Ham is a big thing for Christmas.  But Jesus was Jewish and they don't eat Pork.  So what is up with that.  It seems pretty disrespectful to me.
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Yes, Jesus was Jewish until He fulfilled the Old Law and brought in the New Law, which we call Christianity because we accepted Him as the Christ. The New Law allows us to eat pork, which was formerly forbidden.\nMy family happens to eat Tamales for Christmas. Yum! Our ancestors were from Castile, Spain, so that is our tradition.
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Of course Christmas is celebrated, atheists are semi-normal people. The 'Christ' part is ignored, and most atheists are the 'closet' type, they don't go around bad mouthing Christians like the the very liberal types do.
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Christmas does not celebrate Christ; it celebrates the pagan Saturnalia. As this question notes, Jesus was not even born in December. Nearly all so-called Christmas customs dishonor Christ.\n\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20001215/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19981215/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\n\n\nBy contrast, it's tragic that the one holiday Christ actually *DID* ask Christians to commemorate is entirely ignored by almost all of Christendom. It is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death, sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".\n\n(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.” \n\n(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.” \n\n\nChrist Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have done so on the same Jewish calendar date as Jesus did, Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "Fourteen-ers", because the early Christians were well-known for this true holy day.\n\nHow would Jesus feel to learn that the holiday he commanded was widely ignored, while his so-called followers chose to celebrate a pagan false god and their own traditions of men? We don't need to wonder.\n\n(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_08.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/
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Both the Bible and the Qur’an prohibit the eating of pork. Muslims are aware of this prohibition and observe it strictly. However, most readers of the Bible say they do not know where they can find this in the Bible.\n\n      In the book of Leviticus, chapter 11, v. 7, it is recorded that God declares the pig to be unclean for believers. Then, in verse 8, God says: “You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.” This command is repeated in Deuteronomy 14:7-8. Then, in Isaiah 65:2-4, and 66:17, God issues a stern warning against those who eat pork.\n\n      Some people are aware of this prohibition from God, but they say that they can eat pork because St. Paul said that all food is clean in his letter to the Romans 14:20. St. Paul said this because he believed (as he wrote in his letter to the Ephesians 2:14-15) that Jesus had abolished the Law with all its commandments and regulations. He seems, however, to have misunderstood what he heard about Jesus. In the Gospel According to Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus is reported to have said quite the contrary, as follows: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law . . . ." \n\n      Jesus then went on in that passage (in verse 19) to denounce anyone who would break the smallest commandment and teach others likewise. He also praised his true followers who will practice and teach even the smallest commandment. One of the commandments, as we have seen, is to stay away from pork.\n\n      This is why the true followers of Jesus, holding on to his teachings, did not let unclean food such as pork enter their mouths, so that Peter, the chief disciple, can say, “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean” (Acts of the Apostles, ch. 10, v. 14)\n\n      Five chapters later in the Acts of the Apostles, 15:29, we find that the original disciples still differentiate between clean and unclean foods, and this time Paul is in agreement with them. Six chapters later, in ch. 21, v. 25, their decision to impose food regulations on believers is mentioned without regret, and this time Paul is challenged to prove that he is in agreement with them; and he demonstrated his full agreement with them.\n\n      What remains, then, is that Jesus, on whom be peace, upheld the prohibition against pork. His disciples also upheld it, and so must all his followers. Those who fail to uphold it need to be informed and reminded of this rule from God. This is one reason why God sent His final messenger, on whom be peace. God says:\n\n      “O people of the Scripture ! Now has Our Messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which you used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now has come unto you light from Allah and a plain Scripture.” (The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’an 5:15)
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jews are also forbidden.\ni'm a seventh day adventist christian , and a vegetarian diet is encouraged but not compulsory , if we eat meat we take our advice from leviticus , 'cloven hoofs & cud chewing animals '.\npigs are there with vultures etc: as scavengers to clean up what has become unclean so therefore themselves are unclean\nhope this helps cheers:\npaul :-}
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Christmas is a stolen pagan holiday. In fact, Jesus can be argued to be a regurgitated Pagan deity. \n\nThanksgiving has little to do with Christianity - it has more to do with taking land from the people who were here first. Wait, I guess that would mean it has a lot to do with Christianity then.
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Is this Jesus now or Jesus when he was in a human body.I think Jesus could handle his liquor better.(this is pure speculation at my part)You always heard of Jesus drinking wine in the bible and I never heard of moses drinking wine  (I claim to be no bible scholar, thus I could be wrong. There is too much violence in the bible and the characters are painfully one dimensional for me to get into the book) Nevertheless, at the end of Jesus's career he drank lots of wine and ate lots of fish.Fish having a better amino acid profile than desert weeds which was accessible to Moses.Thus, Jesus was younger and more buff than Moses( and being the son of god can't be a negative)----Jesus wins,  a fair bet in Vegas 5:1
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Once again political correctness steps on the rights of the majority so as not to offend the minority. We have so many so called " Do-Gooders " who think everything should be fair and equal, that they don't stop to realize that instead of fair and equal they're biased in another direction. I'm not EVEN a smoker and it baffles me as to why someones "right " to not see someone smoking or possibly smell smoke in an open air facility, overides the smokers " right ' to smoke. Who determined this ? I'm not a Christian, Catholic or Jew...but why is it that these religions can openly be taken pot shots at...while we have apologists for fanatical Muslims ? Why does a homosexual couples " right " to expression of public affection override my " right " to NOT want to see expressions of homosexual public affection ?As far as I'm concerned when it comes to these Liberal " Let's make everything fair by taking away tradition " Jerks ...F*ck Em !!! They'll have to pry my Santa, Nativity scene, Easter Bunny, Kwaanzaa Candles, Star of David, American flag and .44 Magnum out of my cold,dead hands!!!!
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The bible was written by man and has been interpreted and twisted many times over.  Nobody really knows what the original books looked like.  Some of these things were surely taken out of context.  You can take anything and twist it into something it isn't.  Also lets face it times change.  Many believe the part of the bible (forgive me I cant give you an exact place) that tells you not to eat certain things such as animals with a split hoof (pork) were written for the protection of the people at the time.  Can you imagine what food poisoning rates must have been like before the fridge and stove?  Not to mention the safety practices of the FDA keeping our meat safe for us.  So the church asked us not to eat unsafe things.  Food poisoning still happens but I don't believe that I am going to hell for eating the pork chops in my freezer.  (of course some religions hold this belief very dear...please excuse me no offense intended) With religion you must have faith in what you believe.  God also gave us the wisdom to choose what we believe.  Are you asking us to tell you what to believe?  It sounds like you are having issues with your faith and are unsure where to place your belief.  I suggest you seek counseling within the church.  They can answer these questions for you.
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Because England has gone so stupidly politically correct that it doesn't want to offend other Religions. The fact that, if people from other Religions were going to get upset, it would be over Christmas itself not the stamps, seems to have absolutely nothing to do with it.\n\nBut let's face it, if it were not for Christ, there would be no Christmas (for all you atheists, I know it was originally a pagan festival but it would have been chucked out with all the other pagan festivals had the Church not wanted to celebrate Christ's birth) so people who are willing to leave Christ out of Christmas shouldn't be celebrating it at all.
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It was a bit ludicrous for them to remove the name Christmas in the interest of political correctness from their Christmas decorations. If a product is designed specifically in celebration of a certain holiday, why would one then withhold the name of the holiday from the product? \nChrist is the reason for the holiday. If you don't celebrate Christmas you probably won't be buying Christmas decorations anyway. I don't spend a lot of time Menorah shopping, but I don't get offended if I see one somewhere, anywhere...Hanukkah is a wonderful holiday as well.
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It is part of their tradition.\n\nthere are many things in their traditions that are not biblical at all.
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Christmas is about Jesus, however most of the "traditions" is paganistic. When I used to be a witch, I celebrated winter solstice-which falls almost on the same day. To celebrate with a tree, wrapped presents, and food is the same way a pagan  or wiccan celebrates winter solstice.So if someone who isn't christian is celebrating, maybe they are giving thanks to mother nature for winter. By the way, as a christian now, I celebrate christmas without the wreaths, tree, etc because it says in the bible not to entwine the paganistic traditions with God. Give thanks to God that He allowed His son to be born to save our souls!!
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I am a Christian and want to let you know that many Christians are boycotting Best Buy, us included.  Our local Christian radio station announced Best Buys decision to offend the 80% of Americans who celebrate Christmas in recognition of Jesus' birth and cater to the 20% of those who don't.  Let the 20% support the store.  They'll be back to celebrating "Christmas" next year if we all take a stand.
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i say merry christmas.  we're not religious people, so we celebrate it as a family holiday.  we get together with all of our family members to eat and exchange gifts, and we do santa for the kids.  i can understand the whole pc happy holidays thing, but i don't think people of other belief systems should be offended if someone tells them merry christmas, they're just trying to be nice.
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LOL @ Jew out of Jesus\n\nI probably should not find this funny. But for some reason it cracked me up. It is after midnight here, maybe I need sleep lol.
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I don't "follow" either.  And I am not sure how any Christian can claim their religion is the oldest when it is an off-shoot of Judaism.  They should really look into these things before saying something like that.