First you say that we have Liberty! to celebrate, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, which are watered down forms of Idol, false Deity, worship!
Which God said that we should not inquire, how they serve and worship their gods, and use them to worship Me! It is an Abomination! then as an answer to my statement, you say No, not at all, that God has not changed! so does God still consider what we use as an Worship, if it comes from Idol worship an Abomination! I understand that we are a new creation, a peculiar people, some to Everlasting life and some to Shame and everlasting Contempt. Personally how can we justify, rejecting what God said, by claiming to have Liberty, to be disobedient! What was the Very reason that Gods Chosen People, were Exiled from the Promise Land! Do you realize that the Religious Leaders at the time Our Savior! Had Created a Religion, far from what Moses taught, Orthodox Judaism is the same as what the Pharisees were teaching 2000 years ago. What was John the Baptist trying to get the People to Repent from? John was Baptizing before Jesus came to him! John baptized hundreds before our Savior started His Ministry! The Sadducee's didn't believe in the Resurrection, Jesus rebuked them for taking advantage of the Widows! Jesus was almost always Refuting the Pharisees, for their mans made Traditions. For the Traditions of men Make the Word of God to NO Effect. God gave us Holidays! Passover, 7 days of unleavened bread,First Fruits, Pentecost, which is the feast of weeks 7 weeks + 1 day 50. But now we observe Man made Holidays, that are not of God at all! How do we Justify!
I was listening to a comedian on tv that was Lebanese, he was born in the us and then went to Lebanon as a child and was raised there. he wasn't Muslim but in his performance he mentioned that if the Muslims where to celebrate holidays on days where gentiles like to give gifts and spend money then their religion would be a part of the gentile society. hence give it some thought, if you were the catholic church back in the day and you wanted to spread the message making all of what is now Europe aware of Jesus Christ, this would be quite effective correct?
so what's more important the name of Jesus Christ and His story being told through out the western world or what did you say, which are watered down forms of Idol, false Deity, worship! I'm not sure how you've equated such to idolatry, but it may be true that's what it was before the catholic church adopted this method but it sure isn't now is it? also back in the day the catholic church had power and authority to wipe out idolatry, and heresy's and paganism, within the roman influence, and western culture. that's not the case today. you can't have it both ways. and how is it said by Paul who knew the Torah and the meaning of its fulfillment in Christ better than any gentile will ever know.
1Co 10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 20 But
I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's
wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles,
that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth
is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you
to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto you,
This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 33 Even as I please all
men in all
things, not seeking mine own profit, but the
profit of many, that they may be saved.