'BUT considering the huge variations on theological convictions,'Well we could add the convictions of the cults and the charismatics but where they fail is when they are tested with the word of God.
Imagine a translated bible being dropped from a plane and picked up by a tribesman for the first time.
Let us suppose through reading such he was converted.
What day would he later choose to celebrate the Lord's birth and why isn't such celebrated by the Apostle Paul? Seems simple? Yes Christ's birth is glorious and joyous-just read the NT through several times a year and it ever remains so every time you read those passages of Holy Scripture Yet where is the scripture to celebrate such on Dec 25th.
The sabbath keeper who puts his child's toys away every Sunday-what does he do when xmas falls on a Sunday?
On Xmas day tomorrow how much time is actually spent worshipping and glorifying Christ. If it is a day kept in joyous worship like a sabbath then I can understand, but if not then I see a problem