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On the original text ung word "word" ay ang nakalagay "logos". It could also mean "principle" or "thought".NGEK! In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God. - John 1:1
It was a wordplay used by writers of the time, first, for artistic reasons. second, For Jesus, a mere man, to justify superseding the old God. A bit tricky, while it is still true, Jesus is the "principle".
Superseding is a common historical fact of religion to convert people from their old belief system. Even the old testament God superseded some old polytheist God, example is Baal. Then some other Gods are accused to be Satan. Example of this is lucifer.
Philippines Bathala was superseded by Christian god, Jesus. However, we are stuck to thinking his being is the same as Bathala's being. Which is wrong. Jesus is a man, with perfect principles when he died. Kaya may phrase na "jesus is in you" pag maganda mga prinsipyo mo. Not when you belief in a superstitious being.
with this logic I can even argue that believing In God is pagan. But people here are too emotional to have a fruitful conversation about that, so lets move on.
Speaking about superseding, this also applies to celebrations. Old pagan celbrations are replaced with celebrations more meaningful to Christians, again to turn us away from the pagan traditions. This is true for halloween and christmas.
So is it wrong to celebrate christmas? No.
Is it wrong to NOT celebrate christmas? No.
Is it wrong for people who do not celebrate christmas to recieve bonus, or eat in others celebration? No. Traditionally christmas is for giving. People who celebrate are the ones who give, it does not matter what faith the reciever is practicing.

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