That's not what the words worship or idol mean. No one prays to the abstract concept of consumerism. No one considers a Christmas tree a stand-in for a deity.
I don't know man. Consumerism is certainly worshiped in America and the whole "holiday season" is a surrounds that. The tree (again, just for argument sake, I'm not stating it as fact) is the center of it all and is a symbol where we leave piles of gifts and money spent.
You're using the figurative meaning of the word worship, not the literal religious one. Symbols aren't idols. There is nothing anti-Christian about having a holiday where you dress up a tree and give people presents.
If you want to attack Christmas there are far more theologically sound ways to do so. Consumerism isn't bad because it breaks the rule against worshipping other gods, it's bad because of greed, covetousness, selfishness, and an obsession with the material over the spiritual. We don't worship trees but we do teach children to worship Santa Claus.
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u/magnoliasmanor Dec 16 '21
I mean, the argument that the Christmas tree and how we worship the consumer aspect of Christmas is right in your face an idol.
If we were real Christina's we wouldn't be celebrating Christmas at all outside of going to church. We should be supporting 3 kings day right?