Idk if I understood you correctly, but Christmas actually is rooted in the occult ...it goes back to Nimrod (etc).
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What I’m saying is that celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is not occult. Some PRACTICES tied to what we call Christmas are pagan.
Yes ...even the angels, shepherds and the wise men rejoiced at His birth. But Jesus more instructed us to commemorate what He did on the cross rather than to commemorate His birth. I'm not saying it's wrong though. The date for Christmas isn't even the actual time of Christ's birth. Even that is rooted in pagan worship. But again ....I can't see anything in the Bible that states it's wrong to celebrate His birth. We just should be careful of not pulling in pagan practices and traditions. Even the tree and decorating it are rooted in the occult (as the Bible mentions in the OT). I know you already knew this, so preaching to the choir.
This reasoning sounds a little obsessive. People celebrate the birth of Christ as they see fit. Not because of some pagans that use the date for something else. Likewise Halloween is celebrated in the spirit of a fun day for kids to enjoy themselves and get treats. I think it's important to take a few steps back from the SRA's and take a breath.
Notice, I said "I suggest" ...and based on Scripture that tells us to avoid the appearance of evil and to come out from the world and be separate ....and that we should not learn the ways of the pagans ....I believe it is sound Biblical advice. Yet, we must all work out our own salvation ....with fear and trembling.
Christians need to be aware. If victims can't find help from believers, then who is there? Love suffers ....in order to help victims, it may be necessary to "suffer" through learning what victims have had to endure. Sadly, those of us who have suffered it live with it 24/7 ...no "breathers." It is a blessing to find ones who are willing to come alongside and suffer with us. They are very very few and far between.
That view I've seen on this forum quite a bit, and it appears quite extreme. There are the left and the right of extremes. Liberals and conservatives, but that goes quite a ways beyond conservative I would think, and is more of an extremest view. It's almost an antiseptic approach against pagans. But I don't let pagans choose when I celebrate, which you sound like you're suggesting we do. I just ignore pagans and worship as I see fit. I think that is more healthy for me mentally.
In the light of what you are saying, I should ask, are you seeking help from being a victim? I think a victim of what you're describing should be in therapy, and just using the Christian forums as a sort of support group. But support groups are not intended to replace therapy.
All I am required by God to do is share the truth. It's up to the reader to pray and follow God.
Actually, I have a wonderful support system of one or two non-survivors and several other survivors. Traditional secular therapy does not bring people to freedom. Freedom comes through Christ.
Yes, creeping worldliness has been gaining ground apparently in many churches and among many "church goers" just wanting to have fun. Having fun in itself is not evil, but every believer should have care in deciding priorities as well as in "do's" and "don't"! The best thing for each person to always do is do their "first things firsts". What are or what should be the first things for a believer in God? Help us dear Lord!
Yes but psychologist are probably trained in matters such as what your describing, and how to encourage and guide the individual back to a healthy lifestyle. It doesn't sound like you're involved in professional therapy. I encourage you to find a therapist and engage with them for recovery.
No thank you ...God created me, and my mind ...He knows me inside and out and He sets the captives free, and makes crooked places straight.
I did have a Christian Biblical counselor for 3 years and she was a college psychology teacher. She chose to take the good things she learned from psychology and apply a Biblical filter ...she added a lot of training in Biblical and prayer counseling and it was a great fit for me. I have known way more cult "therapists" than not. Sadly, that field is very infiltrated ...and not surprisingly, since the cult wants to intercept victims trying to get help. This is the very same reason the cult infiltrates churches.
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