Dear Refiner's Fire...

To Whom It Concerns,

I was wondering if your website is a parody, considering some of the humorous points you attempt to make. As an Atheist I can ask you, “Why do you celebrate Christmas?” Everyone knows these days, and if you don’t believe me do a little research on the history of Christmas, and you’ll find that it was traditionally a pagan holiday known as Winter Solstice. The yule log, gift giving, decorating trees, wreaths, the feast, etc., are all a part of the Solstice tradition. It is a known fact that nobody knows truly when Jesus was born, and it’s also a known fact that Christians adopted Solstice to fill that void. There are numerous books on this subject, so if you aren’t afraid of losing a part of your ridiculous, violent faith I’d suggest checking them out. Look, God isn’t here stopping Muslims from attacking Jews, or Christians, nor is God here stopping you from all the evil perpetrated throughout history by Christians. There are over 33,000 different sects of Christians so somebody is very confused, and no God has come down to explain it all now has he? Get over yourself already. If you want to be a truly moral person, start seeing the power of humanity. Try to learn to undrstand your enemy as opposed to casting them out. I believe Jesus would agree with me, and spit on you.

Our Response....

Thanks for writing.

You're absolutely right about the history of Christmas and Winter Solstice, etc. That's why we posed those questions, in the first place! The whole Western world keeps these traditions, without having a clue as to what and why.

By the things you've said it's obvious that you haven't bothered to check out the rest of our website. We're not one of the many "Christian" denominations doing Christmas and Easter; we are Messianic Jews - Jews who believe in Jesus (except we call Him by His given name Yeshua, which means "Yahweh is Salvation"). We adhere strictly to the Bible, the commanded seventh day Sabbath and the Biblical feasts. None of those have been commercialized or immersed in Paganism.

Obviously the subject of Jesus galls you. That's too bad because we're in the end times and things are happening EXACTLY as the Bible has outlined - whether YOU choose to believe it, or not. A little research on your part would reveal a whole new world! See Endtime Questions and The Signs of Christ's Return.

About the Muslims, perhaps it might interest you to know that God is using the spirit of Islam to make His end times scenario happen. The Bible prophecied all this thousands of years go already. The Book of Revelation tells us that, in the end times many would be beheaded - not choked, stabbed, hanged or shot, but BEHEADED. Who are the only people in the world who still behead? It's the Muslims - and they have already started.

If you don't like our website, you always have the option of clicking off. In the meantime, whether or not you choose to disregard everything else on our site, remember one thing: More than 300 Bible prophecies have already come true. One of the final ones in these "end times" is about how the entire world will hate Israel and go up against her. When the world is at the very brink (and judging by what's happening in the news today, that won't be much longer!), a very charismatic man will rise to make peace between the nations. This man will also make a seven-year peace treaty with Israel. When that happens, remember my words, because it is the beginning of the end because Christ will return toward the end of those seven years and life as you know it, will cease to exist.

If you want to reject Him, that's your prerogative. But, if I were you, I'd make an effort to REALLY check into this "end times" stuff, because whether or not you "believe", it IS happening. Keep your eyes on the news.

Neumann