Holidays are Satanic?!

Are the modern holidays today related to Satan?

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SeventyOne

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I've read numerous articles like that before, so I'm not going to read this one in detail, other than to scan the topics addressed.

The first sentence is where he starts to go offbase. "Most people of the world keep Christmas, Easter and New Year but is there any scriptural basis for keeping these days?" We don't require explicit instructions from the scripture to keep a holiday. If we did, He would have told us so.

John 10 finds Jesus in Jerusalem during the celebration of Hanukkah. Hannakkuh isn't a holiday ordained by God in Leviticus 23. If there had ever been a time for Jesus to codemn them on the matter, that would have been it.
 
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We don't require explicit instructions from the scripture to keep a holiday. If we did, He would have told us so.

John 10 finds Jesus in Jerusalem during the celebration of Hanukkah. Hannakkuh isn't a holiday ordained by God in Leviticus 23. If there had ever been a time for Jesus to codemn them on the matter, that would have been it.

As you say in the second paragraph, he gave us the holy days (holidays) he wanted us to keep.

Nowhere did he tell them to keep Hannukah or even mention it, other than being in the Temple at that time. But he was there whenever possible, so that says nothing about the holiday.
 
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As you say in the second paragraph, he gave us the holy days (holidays) he wanted us to keep.

Nowhere did he tell them to keep Hannukah or even mention it, other than being in the Temple at that time. But he was there whenever possible, so that says nothing about the holiday.

He never told me to keep any of the Leviticus 23 feast days. He told the Jews to observe them. I happen to be of Irish-German descent. I'm as Gentile as Gentiles come.

As for Hanukkah, it shows us he didn't condemn their observance of the non-biblical holiday. Neither is there any scripture forbidding the observance of non-biblical holidays. If people believe they are sinning by observing or not observing certain days, then they are sinning (as Paul plainly taught in Romans 14) because they are still weak in their faith and are going against their conscious. We are never to demand that others are to observe or not to observe days. Doing so causes others to stumble, and also according to Romans 14, we will give an accounting to God for such actions.
 
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I've read numerous articles like that before, so I'm not going to read this one in detail, other than to scan the topics addressed.

The first sentence is where he starts to go offbase. "Most people of the world keep Christmas, Easter and New Year but is there any scriptural basis for keeping these days?" We don't require explicit instructions from the scripture to keep a holiday. If we did, He would have told us so.

John 10 finds Jesus in Jerusalem during the celebration of Hanukkah. Hannakkuh isn't a holiday ordained by God in Leviticus 23. If there had ever been a time for Jesus to codemn them on the matter, that would have been it.
He never told me to keep any of the Leviticus 23 feast days. He told the Jews to observe them. I happen to be of Irish-German descent. I'm as Gentile as Gentiles come.

As for Hanukkah, it shows us he didn't condemn their observance of the non-biblical holiday. Neither is there any scripture forbidding the observance of non-biblical holidays. If people believe they are sinning by observing or not observing certain days, then they are sinning (as Paul plainly taught in Romans 14) because they are still weak in their faith and are going against their conscious. We are never to demand that others are to observe or not to observe days. Doing so causes others to stumble, and also according to Romans 14, we will give an accounting to God for such actions.


They say that the Feast of Tabernacles, Passover and Atonement Day are the Holidays God said we should celebrate. They also quoted Scripture from Jesus where He said not to follow the custom of chopping down a tree and dressing it in silver and gold inside of a house (Christmas Tree).

Also that Gentiles were the name of non-believers, not those who aren't Jewish descent.

And many argue that Paul was talking about not judging anyone for being or not being vegetarian/ vegan.

Again this is what I read up on their website. I'm a new follower of Jesus so I am still not committing to anything yet until I know the truth.
 
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I think it depends on what is your motive and purpose. If you have holiday to honor Satan, that is not good, but if you have holiday because of some other reason, that I think is not necessary bad.

They claim that those holidays are pagan and that they worship Satan.
 
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When you find Satan under every rock and in everyone on any flimsy pretence, I have a hard time taking that person seriously. In the minds of people who think like this, they are unable to consider things outside of a dichotomy of God approved or Satanic. Non biblical or biblical. Evil or good.

These people ought to understand that not everything has an evil intention behind it. They call Lent Pagan which is patently absurd since pagans never had a practice of fasting 40 days before the Pascha.
 
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When you find Satan under every rock and in everyone on any flimsy pretence, I have a hard time taking that person seriously. In the minds of people who think like this, they are unable to consider things outside of a dichotomy of God approved or Satanic. Non biblical or biblical. Evil or good.

These people ought to understand that not everything has an evil intention behind it. They call Lent Pagan which is patently absurd since pagans never had a practice of fasting 40 days before the Pascha.

I wouldn't know. But I would hate all the holidays my family celebrates to turn out to be based on a lie.
 
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I came across this website that says according to the bible the holidays we celebrate in America are all related to Satan in some way.

Satan's Days of Worship (No. CB23)

What do you think?

Without even looking at the link, the obvious answer is no, no they are not. Christian days and seasons of observance exist for the glory and celebration of Jesus Christ. Nothing that glorifies Christ is of the devil. The devil is not interested in honoring God.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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They claim that those holidays are pagan and that they worship Satan.

Of course, people can claim many things, it doesn’t mean it is automatically true. If person really worships Satan, it is seen somehow. Keeping some holiday doesn’t necessary mean person is worshiping Satan, even if some other have done that in that same holiday.
 
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They say that the Feast of Tabernacles, Passover and Atonement Day are the Holidays God said we should celebrate. They also quoted Scripture from Jesus where He said not to follow the custom of chopping down a tree and dressing it in silver and gold inside of a house (Christmas Tree).

Also that Gentiles were the name of non-believers, not those who aren't Jewish descent.

And many argue that Paul was talking about not judging anyone for being or not being vegetarian/ vegan.

Again this is what I read up on their website. I'm a new follower of Jesus so I am still not committing to anything yet until I know the truth.

Then you keep following the Lord and upholding The Word of God just like He did.

The chopping down of a tree and fashioning it with gold and silver thingy is about making idols...like what was done in Exodus 32:1-4 and in Jeremiah 10:1-6... making idols to worship.
Israel had an on going thing with making and worshiping idols...they got into
doing that in Egypt...God had Moses lead them out of Egypt but it took a mighty LONG time to get "Egypt" out of them. Also, the prophet Balaam didn't do them
any good either...more on Balaam here: Who was Balaam in the Bible?

As for those holidays, all days belong to God first and foremost because He
is the One who created them and say they be good, the seventh day He blessed
and sanctified(appointed it to be kept Holy).

Put to memory: Psalm 118:24
"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it."


You live according to what the bible teaches.
 
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Yahweh made the trees.

Christmas for example is usually one time of the year when many extended families try to get together. Also, there's even a few, compared to earlier years, who decorate their homes even outside. Someone, who is unfamiliar with Jesus, might asks what it's about.
 
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Yes, all pagan holidays are satanic, including Easter & Christmas. Christmas & Easter are pagan in origin.

The non-satanic holidays are mentioned in Leviticus 23.


THE key here is whether or not you are celebrating the holiday as a pagan. Many pagan holidays were co opted by the Christian church in the Middle Ages as a way to combat and convert pagan practices and people. Celebrating the birth of Christ, even at the wrong time of year, isn't pagan or satanic. Similarly, celebrating the death and resurrection are not. It all comes down to what's in your heart while celebrating.
 
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THE key here is whether or not you are celebrating the holiday as a pagan. Many pagan holidays were co opted by the Christian church in the Middle Ages as a way to combat and convert pagan practices and people. Celebrating the birth of Christ, even at the wrong time of year, isn't pagan or satanic. Similarly, celebrating the death and resurrection are not. It all comes down to what's in your heart while celebrating.

My family is not really religious. We basically celebrate christmas because of tradition and because its one of the few times a year we actually see each other.
 
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