In one of the weirder viral posts made during the recent Lunar New Year festivities, one woman made a strong stance against her fellow Christians for celebrating the apparently pagan practice of posting anything related to the Chinese zodiac.
In case you somehow missed all the exhaustive decor and ornamentations around town (where have you been?) it’s now the Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese animal zodiac. Presumably dogged by all the canine themes everywhere, the lady made her case on Facebook, claiming that Christians should not take part in the astrological practice at all. Which we suppose is not incorrect — the Bible forbids the belief in geomancy, superstitions, and horoscopes after all.
“Christians should never be involved with Chinese zodiac sign which is divination and is an abomination in God’s eyes,” she wrote in a now-deleted post on Saturday afternoon.
“If Christians celebrate CNY, do so as Springtime as in China it is springtime harvest time”.
Naturally, the internet had some fun with her sentiments.
It got more interesting when netizens noticed she posted a Chinese New Year greeting earlier that day.
Of course, that’s just one woman’s opinion, in a reflection of her own interpretation of her faith. Take it with a pinch of salt, we say.
