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>>>>In the community house I was from they were starting >>>>to put up a few bits of holly etc. but they wouldn't >>>>call it Christmas, inviting people round for a >>>>'Mid-winter feast' instead. This just seemed >>>>completely ridiculous to me! >>> >>> The JFC's abivalence suits me as it leaves us free >to >>>call it what we will and partake as much or as little >>>as we like. It's something we're supposed to have a >>>choice over if I've understood the Romans 14 argument >>>correctly. >>> I'm not wary of the festival because of it's pagan >>>origins or JFC policy, but because of my personal >>>social isolation issues I had as a teenager. Of >>>course, spend long enough in community and you just >>>end up with an alternative set of norms to beat >>>yourself up with so if anything community has left me >>>more pro-christmas than I was before! >> >> >>So in what sense would someone in community have a >>choice whether or not to celebrate xmas ? >>Not that I particularly care if you want to celebrate >>the thing or not, but it is back to this thing of >>transparency and honesty. > >It was definitely frowned upon in my experience - you >may not be told outright you could not visit your >family on Xmas Day, but you would be faced with a lot >of negative vibes if you did. I personally would also >feel uncomfortable about going as well as I knew my >parents would buy me presents and I wouldn't be able >to get them anything... so no I don't think you do >have a choice whether or not to celebrate it in any >real sense. I mentioned the Romans argument to some >people in the church when I was there - but this >certainly wasn't adhered to. I think it's misleading >to say you have a choice about this (or about anything >else for that matter) as a community member. It is not >about choosing but about submitting to your leader and >whatever he decides is right, depending on the way the >pendulum is swinging...
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