The true face of the devil
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I'd argue none of their ceremony honors the requirements of the New Testament. Even their baptisms are done by sprinkling rather than immersion and they are performed on infants who have no say in the matter.
Great example is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Queen of Heaven.
First off, nowhere in the Bible does it say Mary was assumed into heaven.
Secondly, the Bible has nothing but bad things to say about the "queen of heaven."
Thirdly, crowning a statue of "Mary" with roses is worshipping a graven image. Now I know Catholics claim there's a difference between "worship" and "veneration", but the only difference is semantics.
Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
And I understand points 2 and 3 are based on the Old Testament, but in the New Testament, Yashua said the following-
Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
There was no New Testament when he said this. The law = the Torah.
2 Corinthians 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
The Roman Catholic Church did the opposite of this instruction. They incorporated pagan symbolism and rituals into Christianity, including the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter equinoxes. The feast days of the gods and goddesses were replaced by feast days of the saints.
Protestants banned the celebration of Christmas at one point, but they now have done the same thing the Catholics have in many aspects. A Christian child should never be taught lies about Santa Claus or the Easter bunny...
Christmas trees are pagan symbols as well.
Jesus said the baptism would be by spirit. Water went out on pentecost. Immersion or sprinkling.
Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 10:46-48
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Hebrews 6:1-3
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
Baptism is still a thing.
that would explain why I've never wanted to set up one by dad says to so :shrug:
Lots of great points here. Over the centuries, we see many instances of syncretism happen within the churches.
I think there is a debate or potential path of discernment on how should Christianity, and to keep it simple, assume this is back in the day of the Apostles… how should Christianity be adopted into a far away culture beyond the Middle East and Eurasia? Does it ‘replace’ the culture? Or maybe there is room for both, but where idol worship, false gods, are rooted out, etc.
IMO, Jesus’s teaching is actually quite simple… it goes to the very heart of the matter, of any matter. Then from there we, as humans, will then have to ‘live it out’ (obviously not easy).
And I find there seems to be a fine line between idolatry and ‘pure’ worship.
I would argue that many Christians today of all denominations idolize ‘The Bible’, or a Symbol / Object .. unintentionally. It spirals into debates and discussion on the ‘letter’ as opposed to the Message.
As for me, it’s simple… who do you follow? Jesus OR (fill in XYZ).