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

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 90 points 11 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 8 points 11 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 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 3 points 11 months ago

Interesting.

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