[Campion]

Context:

5
"Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they can do no harm, Nor can they do any good."

(Jer 10:5, NASB).

He's clearly not talking about a Christmas tree.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is a sad kind of thing that says, because you can damn something that has a superficial similarity to something else you have been deeming good, you have to back off from that something else too.

We might need to accommodate people of weak faith. If a Christmas tree offended someone who did not fully understand, I would never force a Christmas tree on that person.

But it’s another thing for the offended person to go around telling us we’re all wrong because he’s offended. A better case needs to be made.

[DungeonMaster]

Context: 5 "Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they can do no harm, Nor can they do any good." (Jer 10:5, NASB). He's clearly not talking about a Christmas tree.

A Christmas tree is an entirely different kind of tree that is cut down, stood up and decorated with silver and gold.

[American in Israel]

Actually, he was. It was then of course not called a Christmas tree it was called an Ashera. A pagan fertility Goddess. When the good kings of Israel tore down the high places, even they dared not to remove the “Christmas” tree. It was so dear to the hearts of the people, dressed in ribbons of silver and gold with tinsel and colorful balls.

Or perhaps that was all coincidences...

I for one find it astounding that modern Christians think that setting up a pagan God in the living room is a fitting way to worship the God who said something to the effect Thou shall not have any other God before me. But then I am hopelessly old fashioned and really take Him too seriously...