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I have no idea how your post relates to mine.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 There is Christ in the freedom to enjoy cultural celebrations.

That's true but besides the point.

Not at all! That is a JW talking point. You are denying the very point of anniversary holidays. It's not that the birth of Christ 2000 years ago was important. The annual anniversary is our reminder. Sure, in theory I can give my wife flowers any old day. But Valentines Day is an anniversary...

I am serious. 100%, totally serious. You are changing the subject from living joyfully, including the joyout celebrations of our culture, which includes: Gifts exchanged at Christmas. Candy given at Easter. Gifts on Birthday's. This joyous time is what children see first. Only as they mature...

Completely untrue. The Bible includes the OT. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. He cannot be that if it is completely a different culture that abandons the practice of honoring God and Creation. That's a mighty big vestige. So much of what you are writing in this thread is untrue and goes against...

When you are trying to have a relationship with humans it does! You have to speak their language, partake of their customs, clothings, mannerism, food, etc. But I am talking about history, fact based history. Not some kind of overly spiritualized view that you seem to espouse.

More denial. I showed you links of the history beginning in the 1st century. Sunday was always “the Lord’s day” since the resurrection.

We are also talking about the names of days of the week. The Buddha said that the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name. Let's start there. What do the people of your nation call the 1st day of the week? Then, we can talk about all the other goal post moving items you want!

Slander. As I said, you are turning joyous cultural celebrations into a sin. I showed you were God thinks this is good. Naturally, you double down on calling it transgressing God’s commands when it is NOTHING of the kind. In fact, Christianity's success is largely due to assimiliating into...

There you go again, deconstructing Scripture. Being “all things to all people” includes participating in the cultural things they do. For Paul did not say “all things to all people, except for culturally relevant matters." It is thru living life together that we reach out to unbelievers. Just...

You are going in circles. I JUST explained how I reconcile it! You are invoking a term restricting partnering with merely recognizing the culture that you are in.

More denial. We, with a soul, are part of and in this world. What Does it Mean to Be in the World but Not of the World? (John 17:16) And it doesn't answer the fact based question; does your nation call the 1st day of the week Sunday? I suppose being overly spiritual, you prefer think "they" do...

Wider sense? This thread is about Catholics not SDA, right? I think I’ve picked up on some conflict you have with SDA. Did you used to be a SDA?

I always took that "personal" contact meant DM's - not publicly quoting whatever another member publicly wrote. Odd that you do not use the ignore feature.

Will become. Are. Not the same thing. Deal with it. Putting aside our loving banter, Christendom has become overly spiritualized. There are soulful things to contend with in the here and now. That is what I am mindful of. In the here and now, every congregation is a flock with a different...

I liked this part of your post. The rest seemed to go off topic.

I think you missed these questions and the vids showcasing evil feminism.

Competitive feminism.

Wrong again! Equality has to do with living up to equal responsibilities, including the consequences of choices; not just choice. Feminists want what never was and never will be, freedom without responsibility. Hence, if you want equality, GO BE EQUAL; be 50% of the infrastructure labor to keep...