Hypocrasy = No church on Jesus' birthday

[cmforte]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Jews are generally honest about their devoutness. Most will tell you whether they're observant or not. Nowhere near the same level of hypocrisy that Christians exhibit on the regular.

They're always accusing everyone of taking their beloved Christ out of Christmas, and yet they don't even go to church on a Sunday that falls on his birthday. They're simply incapable of admitting that they themselves turned their own holiday over to the retailers. And worse, they don't want to take it back. They LOVE all of this consumerism stuff on Christmas.

So all that "reason for the season" stuff is a load of bullocks. It's a joke at this point.

Desertdetroiter, why are you always so cynical and pessimistic in your posts? And so antagonizing, especially when it comes to christians? Who has hurt you so that you have to lash out this way? I pity you.

And unless you are God, how can you know the hearts and minds of christians and their words and actions in private simply because they don't or can't attend Church/Mass on Christmas? As one poster in this thread pointed out, is God confined to a building?

[brentwoodgirl]

We were in church on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. Lee Greenwood and a Gatlin brother were 2 of the singers at the Christmas service, completely unadvertised, so that was fun. The Christmas Eve service is a candlelight service, and my favorite service of the year. The Christmas morning service was old fashioned, all hymns, a children's service down front. It was perfect. We had a good crowd, standing room only at the Christmas Eve service and a good crowd for Christmas morning, esp. since we went to the early service. Our church did 7 services between the two days.

[Sunnysee]

There is nothing hypocritical about not attending church on Christmas day or on any day. Bible clearly says "the body is the temple." It doesn't say that the body is a good substitute when one can't get TO the temple. I'm not misinterpreting it.

No Christian has stronger faith than I do. I'm one of millions that knows the truth about our God, etc. I do not attend church, but worship in my favorite livingroom chair when I am alone. I meditate and there's nothing New Age about my meditation. It's a Christian meditation of silence and stillness.

No church, no problem. Bible also tells us to "pray without ceasing." How?!

Therefore, prayer and worship must be a state of mind.

Christmas was a wonderful day here. I did meditate and watched the temptation to oink too much on goodies. *(spirit of gluttony does exist)

[Strel]

Originally Posted by Dopo

No church, it's Christmas - Under God - The Washington Post

The data confirm it: Almost 10 percent of Protestant pastors told Lifeway Research they were canceling this year because the holiday falls on a Sunday. The poll, done last month, shows a variety of schedules churches have for holiday services.

A different study by Lifeway last year said 74 percent of Americans strongly or somewhat agree that “Christmas is primarily a day for religious celebration and observance,” while 67 percent agreed that “many of the things I enjoy during the Christmas season have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ.”

Irony: lecturing people about a word you can't even spell.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by Easybreezy

I regularly attend a Protestant church. We had two Christmas Eve services and a Christmas morning service on Sunday. While the two Christmas Eve services were well attended, the Christmas morning service only had about half the attendance number of a typical Sunday.

Same with mine, also Protestant.

Traditionally, we don't have church services on Christmas Day if it falls on any day other than Sunday. The Christmas Eve service(s), whether at midnight or earlier in the evening are major celebrations of Christ's birth and I've always felt them sufficient to the purpose.