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December 5, 2018 at 7:41am
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{image:1997652-25%} Prompt: "Use on of these seasonal quotes in your blog.
!. “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” ―Benjamin Franklin
2. “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” ―Edna Ferber
3. “Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.” ―Gladys Taber


I agree with Ben Franklin. "A good conscience is a continual Christmas." The reason I agree with him is because a good conscience is its own reward. We know we are loving others and obeying God's will if we have a good conscience. Jesus said that we are the light of the world. Sin does not like light and hides from the Light. Our clean conscience tells us we have done nothing that we need to hide.

I also agree with Ferber that "Christmas is not a season. It's a feeling. Christmas is usually a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach to be quite honest. I always hope it ends quickly. I don't like Christmas because it is Satan's holiday. People try to say it is a Christian holiday but there is no authorization for it in scripture. It came about because Christians who were former pagans wanted to continue their traditional winter solstice feasts. Rather than tell them they were Christians the church developed Christ Mass and tried to give the winter solstice Christian trappings. It didn't work and the commercialism we have today is the result. You can't compromise with sin.

"Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.”

This all sounds good in theory but what Christmas really means is spending money you don't have to buy gifts for people who come to expect them. It is a chance for merchants to make out like bandits and the criminals they are.

Blog City image small "Prompt: My Grown Up Christmas List By Kelly Clarkson What was on your Christmas List as a child? What is on your Christmas List as an adult? Do you wish you were a child at Christmas or are you happy with being an adult at Christmas?"

I am happy being an adult. I celebrate Christmas only because I have to. I don't have much choice since everybody around me celebrates some holiday. If you read my entry previously you know that I don't believe in Christmas. It is nothing more than paganism thinly disguised as a Christian holiday. I wish it was over.


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