On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:40:32 -0500 "Lance Muir" <
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writes:
> Upset? No! Why? USA is a secular republic NOT A
CHRISTIAN NATION!
> More
> pagans means more people with whom to
share/live the gospel.
>
> What then ought one to be taking note
of? How 'bout China/India.
> They,
> Terry, are the ones
suppling the mdse for the aforementioned stores.
> No more
>
'made in the USA! (3 million manufacturing jobs lost since 2003 and
>
many,
> many more to come).
>
> ----- Original
Message -----
> From: "Terry Clifton" <
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>
To: <
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Sent: December 10, 2005 08:20
> Subject: [TruthTalk] Happy holidays,
seasons greetings, X-mas
>
>
> >
> > We have
been watching the news lately, plus getting some stuff by
> e-mail,
> > and it seems that the world we once knew is no longer to be
found.
> It is
> > bad enough when all the big merchants,
such as Wal Mart, Sears,
> Target and
> > home depot stop
advertising Christmas sales and start advertising
> "Holiday
>
> sales". When you walk in the stores you are greeted by
>
salespeople with
> > "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons greetings".
Target stores went so
> far as to
> > run the Salvation army
off it's property. No buckets or bell
> ringers
> >
there anymore.
> > This sounds like where the preachers and banners
proclaiming
> Christ should
> > be, but then you must
remember that the reason these stores are
> there is
> > not
to proclaim Christ, but to make money. If they mentioned
> Christ
mas,
> > it would only be lip service.
> >
> >
Besides that, we need to get the beam out of our own eye before we
>
try to
> > remove the speck from their's. It seems that since
Christmas
> falls on
> > Sunday this year, that many churches
will not have services "So
> that
> > people can spend time
with their families". That, to me, is soooo
> stupid.
>
> Why not take the family to church? What am I missing here?
>
> The words of Jesus keep running through my mind. "If you do not
> love me
> > more than mother or father, sister or brother
(Family), you cannot
> be
> > Mine.
> >
> >
Do the rest of you get worked up or nauseous over this? Is there
>
> > something here I don't see? Am I too
critical? Your thoughts?
> > Terry
> >
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salt, that
> you may
> > know how you ought to answer every
man." (Colossians 4:6)
> >
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