Sunday, May 2, 2010

Things that happen at work Part 1

   Texting


Well it's been a year since my last "Customers at the shop type post",which was inspired by a fellow blogger,and friend,so I got a few short stories together.My first post about work was a little dull so I deleted it ,but I think this post should be somewhat amusing.




A customer had come in the other day,and was ording for someone else, they brought his shirt,but weren't quite sure of the spelling of some of the words, so they pull out the cell phone, and I think he's just going to give him a quick call,and find out what exactly the person wants on the shirt.


(The fact that we allow people to bring in their own items,makes for good story telling, in itself so I'll organize a list,haha I remember coming in for work,and there hanging in the back of our shop is the front part of a lawnmower.haha)

Nope,haha he sends him a text, so we wait...and wait...and wait then I let them know that the wait would be 5:00(it was about 1:00 when I told them)

O, we can't wait that long he'll have to come later,and get it himself. haha people are so funny about waiting, you have people that a few minutes are in eternity,and some that are surprised at how quick,and effective we are,in fact that very same day we had a couple who brought aprons,thinking it would take a week,(it normally takes in hour for what they wanted) so it goes to show you that it takes all kinds to make a world.

Now back to the subject of texting like it,or not Texting does have it's advantages, For instance last year we had took an order for a deaf person who is unable to use a phone,but due to texting we were able to communicate to her when her order would be done, she had texted me that a couple of her friends(who are both deaf) were going to come pick up her order.



Now when I went to Unitech one of the things
one of my teachers showed us was basic sign language, So when her friend came,and tapped
on the counter for a piece of paper I raised up my hands,and started signing "You here"...then her,and the person she was with,both got very excited,and was hanging on my every word(well in a since anyways).



I started having trouble making one of the signs and they started shaking their heads that they understood what I was trying to say, After they left I felt very good,be able to use something you know to be a blessing to someone else is Great thing.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Slice of Bayou Life (Crabbing)

In this post I will be talking about crabbing if you don't know what that is you will, after you finish reading this post for starters lets look at the top three when it comes to crabbing.

The Captain is the person who by his,or her experience knows where to go,and Knows how to go about doing the work.

The Boat without it we'd be sunk, it keeps us afloat,and allows us to crab further than just
at the dock.

The Traps are to catch the crabs,although they've been known to catch more than just that; flounder, trout, turtles, otters, birds, stingrays, jellyfish, alligators etc...

My Dad(trust me he's in there somewhere), going to throw a few crabtraps.


Next stop is Jughead's seafood to buy bait for the traps.

                  Above is the usual bait we get, it has been pixelated
                           for the faint of heart,and weak of stomach.
                                     


After the traps are baited, It's time to head home,and get the boat ready for the next morning, starting with  loading crates and pans into the boat,and then getting a good nights rest.


                              Crate is on the left Pan on the right
                   Crates can hold more crabs,but Pans are more durable.


Now that we have our equipment it's time to introduce our crabbing gear.

          Shrimping boats also used for Crabbing, Oystering, and so on
          used to keep feet dry,and well insulated during the colder months.


          Below is one of our "Slicker Suits" which serves a similiar purpose
                             

            After we Catch the Crabs we have to sort them by size,and gender
            without the Crab Tongs it would mean picking them by hand
            which isn't always a fun experience.

             This little tool helps keep our hands from being damaged
             May God bless the man that invented it.



And now we have two crabs two show, the one on the left is clearly a female,and the one on the right
is clearly a male in size the male would be considered a number 2 which means that it's not as big as a number one, but it is to big to be consider a small, or factory crab. this one was in a fight before it was caught
as you can see it has lost a claw, which will grow back in time. One of the ways you can tell the difference between these two crabs is that the female has red tips on the claws,and the male has purple tips.

I can still remember after we finished running all our traps we would go to the bank, and just listen to the crabs sing, before we went home we would drop the crabs off, then make sure our boat was securely strapped to the truck,and then we were homeward bound.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Denomintations?why can't we all just be an agreement most of us read the same Bible.

I would like to talk about denominations We are called to be one body in Christ with all the divisions we have people who have sadly chosen


to be one body in something other than Christ,so instead of being Christian(meaning followers of Christ) they chose to lower the bar,and just choose to highlight certain aspects of the Christian faith.

even so called "Non"Denomination have seperation issues. here is a list of Christian based denominations,and cults, below you can clearly see how much
seperation has gone on. God's wants us to be one mind,and one accord so we as christians need
to unite,as a family instead of seperate military factions.



Not being in agreement isn't a good witness to non christians who look at us as dysfuntional
because we have one book,one life manual,and people put their own spin on it,and as result we
have so much confusion. these spins usually come from silly reasons.

 I heard of one felloweship that
was split in who, because half liked drum music,and the other half didn't,another way these spins happen is through people picking one verse from the Bible,and base their whole beliefs on that one verse which doesn't really work that well.

One example of this would be the Snake handlers
which I had to add to the list, who believe in handling snakes as part of their practice.
Now the numbers on the side indicate how many "divisions" of that division they have.
African Methodist Episcopal (1)

African Methodist Episcopal Zion (1)

African Orthodox Church (1)

American Baptist Churches USA (4)

Amish (17)

Anabaptist (4)

Anglican Catholic Church@

Anglican Church (127)

Antiochian Orthodox@

Armenian Evangelical Church (1)

Armenian Orthodox@

Assemblies of God (19)

Associated Gospel Churches of Canada@

Association of Vineyard Churches (5)

Baptist (144)

Baptist Bible Fellowship (2)

Branch Davidian (3)

Brethren in Christ (1)

Bruderhof Communities (10)

Byzantine Catholic Church@

Calvary Chapel (3)

Calvinist (4)

Catholic (1524)

Cell Church (14)

Celtic Orthodox@

Charismatic Episcopal Church (2)

Christadelphian (14)

Christian and Missionary Alliance (4)

Christian Churches of God (1)

Christian Identity (5)

Christian Reformed Church (4)

Christian Science (7)

Church of God (Anderson) (3)

Church of God (Cleveland) (4)

Church of God (Seventh Day) (1)

Church of God in Christ (2)

Church of God of Prophecy (1)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (125)

Church of Scotland@

Church of South India (1)

Church of the Brethren (8)

Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (2)

Church of the Nazarene (14)

Church of the New Jerusalem (4)

Church of the United Brethren in Christ (2)

Church Universal and Triumphant (3)

Churches of Christ (28)

Churches of God General Conference (5)

Congregational Christian Churches (3)

Coptic Orthodox@

Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1)

Disciples of Christ (12)

Episcopal Church@

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (4)

Evangelical Congregational Church (4)

Evangelical Covenant Church (1)

Evangelical Formosan Church (1)

Evangelical Free Church (3)

Evangelical Lutheran Church (31)

Evangelical Methodist Church (1)

Evangelical Presbyterian (1)

Family, The (aka Children of God) (8)

Fellowship of Christian Assemblies (1)

Fellowship of Grace Brethren (3)

Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (2)

Free Church of Scotland (3)

Free Methodist (6)

Free Presbyterian (2)

Free Will Baptist (4)

Gnostic@

Great Commission Association of Churches (2)

Greek Orthodox@

Hutterian Brethren (2)

Independent Fundamental Churches of America (1)

Indian Orthodox@

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (3)

International Churches of Christ (6)

Jehovah's Witnesses (22)

Living Church of God (6)

Local Church (7)

Lutheran (36)

Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (18)

Mar Thoma Syrian Church (7)

Mennonite (23)

Messianic Judaism@

Methodist (16)

Moravian Church (3)

Nation of Yahweh (1)

New Frontiers International (1)

Old Catholic Church@

Orthodox (87)

Orthodox Church in America@

Orthodox Presbyterian (2)

Pentecostal (24)

Plymouth Brethren (4)

Presbyterian (70)

Presbyterian Church (USA) (16)

Presbyterian Church in America (8)

Primitive Baptist (3)

Protestant Reformed Church (7)

Reformed (14)

Reformed Baptist (7)

Reformed Church in America (4)

Reformed Church in the United States (1)

Reformed Churches of Australia@

Reformed Episcopal Church@

Reformed Presbyterian Church (6)

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (4)

Revival Centres International (4)

Romanian Orthodox@

Rosicrucian@

Russian Orthodox@

Serbian Orthodox@

Seventh Day Baptist (3)

Seventh-Day Adventist (49)

Shaker (10)

Snake Handlers

Society of Friends (38)

Southern Baptist Convention (14)

Spiritist (2)

Syrian Orthodox@

True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days (2)

Two-by-Twos (3)

Unification Church (10)

Unitarian-Universalism@

United Church of Canada@

United Church of Christ (14)

United Church of God (3)

United Free Church of Scotland@

United Methodist Church (104)

United Reformed Church (1)

Uniting Church in Australia@

Unity Church (2)

Unity Fellowship Church (1)

Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (1)

Virtual Churches (12)

Waldensian Church (3)

Way International, The (4)

Web Directories (6)

Wesleyan (9)

Wesleyan Methodist@

Worldwide Church of God (5)



In closing I would like to encourage All my brothers and sisters in Christ
to Pronounce yourselves "nominated" chosen by God
Christ Followers(Christians)

And just avoid the politics of denominational debates.
which do not edify our brothers and sisters,but clouds the Gosple message of

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Yoga...hmm?

I was doing research on my blog post "harmless?or far from it"
and came upon this article that I would like to share.

Should Christians Do Yoga?

By Laura J. Bagby

CBN.com Sr. Producer

CBN.com – It’s still making headlines in magazines and on television, it’s still being touted by healthcare professionals, and it’s still enticing consumers at local department stores. What am I talking about? Well, yoga, of course.

Praised by many for its calming effect and wellness benefits, yoga is gaining cultural acceptance—even in some Christian circles.

But should Christians be practicing yoga, considering the questionable Hindu underpinnings? If not, is there a safer, Christian alternative that could keep our physical bodies in top shape?

These are the kinds of questions I posed to actress, singer, public speaker, personality trainer, and author Laurette Willis, simply because so many Christians have been confused about this same subject. And knowing that Laurette had been involved in yoga and the New Age for 22 years before coming to Christ, I figured she would know the spiritual ramifications firsthand.

Plus, she is also a certified personal trainer who has developed a stretching exercise program that incorporates Scripture called PraiseMoves™ that she considers “the Christian alternative to yoga.” I was curious how her postures differed from those of yoga and how she infused Scripture into her workout routine. She covers much of these details in her latest book BASIC Steps to Godly Fitness (Harvest House, 2005) and on her DVD PraiseMoves (Harvest House, 2006).

Why You Should Stay Away from Yoga

We are bombarded by messages of yoga’s peaceful and healthful benefits, but what we don’t hear, specifically in the United States, is the true origins of this type of lifestyle. Laurette made it very clear to me in a recent phone interview.

“These are postures that are offered to the 330 million Hindu gods. Yoga postures really are; they are offerings to the gods. If you do these postures and you do this breathing technique and this meditation, then you will be accepted by a god, little “G.” That’s the real danger,” she said.

Laurette told me that one of her PraiseMoves certified personal trainers visited India for three months on a mission trip, and she would often see people in the streets doing yoga poses in front of the statues of the gods.

“Romans 12:1-2 says we are to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice to God,” added Laurette. “Here they are doing something very similar with these postures to their 330 million gods, and it is scary. So we abstain from things offered to idols—Acts 15:29.”

In yoga they do what they call pranayama breathing. Prana is the Hindu word for life force, the same concept as the word chi in some martial arts. Yoga breathing attempts to manipulate that life energy, which Laurette believes is perilous. “That is a dangerous thing,” she said, “because I think that we are coming out from under the blood of Jesus when we do stuff like that, and we are no match for the enemy in those areas. I think of what Paul said in Ephesians 2:2, that Satan is the prince of the power of the air. We are not talking about oxygen.”

A third area of concern in yoga is the concept of emptying the mind, which is contradictory to what Christianity teaches. As Laurette explained, “We are transformed by the renewing of our minds, not the emptying.”

Along with emptying the mind, yoga guides people into astral travel, which is where people actually leave their bodies, a practice that Laurette was familiar with and has since questioned. “I wonder with those experiences when I left my body what got in there when I was gone?” Laurette posed. “As a Christian with the Holy Spirit in there, we are not going to be possessed, I don’t think. But one could easily be oppressed.”

Clearly, with this understanding of yoga, Christians should think twice before heading to the local gym for a yoga class. But if you are a Christian who thinks it’s all right to attend yoga classes because you think you are strong enough not to fall prey to the spiritual deception that’s being taught and you enjoy the physical benefits, Laurette pleads in all seriousness that you to please consider a younger believer or weaker Christian who is watching your lifestyle. If you go to a yoga class, chances are they might be inspired to go also, and they could fall completely off track in their walk with God.

The ‘Christian Yoga’ Controversy

Can yoga and its religious roots be separated? Some who have been concerned about Eastern influences of yoga have looked to hatha yoga for answers, since hatha yoga is supposed to simply be the flexibility exercises without the spiritual influences. But Laurette is convinced that yoga and Hinduism are inextricably linked, and beyond that, there can be no such thing as Christian yoga.

“Christian yoga is an oxymoron,” said Laurette. “It is like saying someone is a Christian Buddhist or a Christian Hindu. What some people are doing is that they are trying to make yoga Christian. Even Hindus are saying that you cannot do that.”

Laurette’s Story: Sucked into Yoga and the New Age

Laurette first got involved in yoga as a little girl. Her mother used to give free yoga classes to the college students, and Laurette was the demonstration model. Laurette loved being the center of attention, so yoga was fun. In addition, the exercises really relaxed her mother.

But Laurette warns that yoga’s ability to bring a sense of calm is one of its deceptive charms: “That’s one thing people look at, too,” said Laurette. “They say, ‘My doctor, my chiropractor, my physical therapist says to do it. It helps me. I feel less stressful.’ Well, it wouldn’t be a hook if it didn’t have something good in it.”

Yoga also fulfilled a spiritual need in Laurette’s life. Though her family went to church, Laurette says she never heard the message of salvation preached there.

“We didn’t know about living the victorious Christian life,” she explained. “We were not aware of the deception that is inherent within yoga and its connections to Hinduism. It seemed so spiritual, so it was fulfilling a void that was in our lives. I have found that any part of our lives that is not submitted to the lordship of Jesus Christ is an open door for the enemy. … As I look back, that was the open door to the New Age for us. We began getting into Edgar Cayce, Ouija boards, crystals, and all kinds of things.”

Finding Christ on April Fool’s Day

An only child, Laurette lost both her parents within the span of a couple of years while she was working as a struggling actress in New York. Grieved and lonely, she decided to move to Oklahoma and join a New Age community there to start her life over. A year after her move, Laurette says she came to the end of herself. That’s when she cried out to God.

It was April Fool’s Day 1987, and as Laurette likes to tell it, “I went from being a fool for the world to a fool for Christ.” Laurette prayed, surrendering her life to God. “I fell on my knees and on my face, and I felt a physical weight lift off of me that I learned later was the weight of sin,” she said.

Laurette was delivered from years of alcoholism, an addiction that began at age 13. And four days after praying, she met her husband to whom she has been married for almost 19 years.

“I found that everything that I was looking for in the New Age and metaphysics and the occult, the wisdom of God was in the Bible,” she said. “I had no idea there was so much in the Bible. I thought that Christianity was just kindergarten, and I was into the higher things.”

PraiseMoves: The Christian Alternative to Yoga

Laurette remembers keenly the day God brought her the idea for PraiseMoves™. She says it was February 25, 2001 at 10:35 a.m., and she had just finished working out to a Denise Austin video. Laurette was contemplating in prayer an idea for a form of exercise besides aerobics that wouldn’t be yoga but that would be gentler on her 40-something body. “I thought that something would involve stretching and praising and moving and Scripture, and suddenly the idea of PraiseMoves™ came.”





For the next two years, Laurette prayed about the idea and put it together. The foundational Scripture for PraiseMoves™ is 1 Corinthians 6:20, which says, “You were bought with a price. Therefore honor God with your body.”

PraiseMoves™ postures are stretching exercises with an accompanying Scripture verse. “Every posture in PraiseMoves™ is tied to a Scripture, so that while we are stretching and strengthening the body, we are also being transformed by the renewing of our mind, nourishing our spirit, and praising the Lord,” said Laurette.

As you do the strengthening posture, you are supposed to think about the correlating verse. For instance, there is a posture called the vine, a pose that strengthens the spine and arms. The matching Scripture verse is John 15:5, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”

Just how important is it for the Christian to incorporate Scripture into daily living, even into such mundane endeavors as exercise? Well, for Laurette, the Word of God has been the key to a transformed life.

“I look at how my life has changed over the years since I turned my life to Christ,” she said, “and it was really after I made a conscious decision to memorize Scripture, to get it on the inside of me, to begin to allow myself to be transformed by the renewing of my mind on the Word of God, that I really noticed a tremendous change in my life.”

Laurette believes that as Christians we should view exercise as something that can and should be godly. After all, the term “godly fitness” is part of the title of her latest book. What exactly does godly fitness look like at its most basic level?

“Whatever we do, we do as unto the Lord by focusing on Him, by realizing that this is not a cult of the body. I am not trying to get my body to look a certain way to meet the world’s standards. I want to be a fit witness for Him,” Laurette said.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Should Christians celebrate Easter?

By Pastor Jeff Alexander

Easter is commonly understood to be a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The date for it is set as the Sunday immediately following the fourteenth day of the paschal (Passover) moon, which happens on or after the vernal equinox. However, as is explained in the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (Vol. 2, p. 682), "The present variable time [for fixing the date of Easter] was appointed by early Romanism in amalgamation with the very ancient pagan spring festival to the goddess of the spring."
The resurrection of Christ occurred the Sunday following the fourteenth of Nisan. Unlike Christmas, we can be fairly certain that we are celebrating our Lord’s triumph over death on its approximate anniversary date. A complication arises when we discover that the pagan festival to the goddess of spring was also celebrated at the same time. This leads us to question whether Easter has not been corrupted by considerable pagan baggage. Abundant evidence supports the fact that the Greco-Roman church tended to amalgamate idolatrous rites into the Christianity they were introducing to heathen cultures. The philosophy was that non-Christians would be more likely to embrace Christianity if they were allowed to retained their pagan practices, especially if some Christian correspondence with their traditions could be established.
One need only investigate the name Easter. W. E. Vine writes, "The term Easter is not of Christian origin. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the Chaldean goddess, the queen of heaven" (Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, entry "Easter" loc. cit.). The Chaldean Semeramis, the wife of Nimrod, was the original impersonation of the "queen of heaven," the goddess of spring. The Babylonians called her Ishtar. To the Canaanites she was known as Astarte. She is Venus of the Greeks, Aphrodite of the Romans, and Ashtoreth of the Zidonians. These all represent fertility and were worshipped in the spring as new life burst forth after the death grip of winter. Hastings Encyclopedia on Religious Ethics describes these ancient Easters as "spring feasts . . . marked with great sexual license".

Lent is also of Babylonian origin. The English word Lent comes from the Saxon Lenct, meaning "spring." It represents a period of mourning for Tammuz, the supposed reincarnation of Semeramis’ husband, Nimrod, whose death and reappearance was celebrated in the spring. Forty days of mourning preceded the one day of joy over the return of Tammuz. God condemned Israel’s partaking in this celebration: "And He said to me, ‘Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.’ So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz" (Ezek. 8:13-14, NKJV). How has Satan so cleverly corrupted the truth!

The question before us remains. Should Christians celebrate Easter? Certainly no one, especially Christians in our day, would associate chocolate bunnies with the vile and sensual rites of ancient fertility cults. However, I believe that we must look deeper. First, do our customs distract us from the real message? It is certain that the world will use any tactic to deflect attention from Christ and His truth in order to avoid dealing with sin. Are believers not helping them by indulging in these seemingly innocent though unauthorized additions? Further, in our increasingly pagan culture, where the Lord is summarily dismissed and substituted by Santa and the Easter Bunny, are we not compromising our Lord by partaking in these inane diversions?

However It is important, as a friend has reminded me that even though events may happen at the same time,Valentines day and Lupercalia come to mind
it is important to remember to celebrate for the right reasons while trying to avoid pagan customs. Rather then say Happy Easter which omits God,and what he did for us
we should celebrate "Resurrection" Day.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Luck? a pagan background.

Luck or fortuity is a belief in good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person's control.




Luck is pervasive in common speech. Typical uses includes "Good Luck!" to wish a blessing on someone, or describing a misfortune, as in "it was just bad luck." There are many expressions and quotes about Luck.
It is common for people even christian to get into the habit of saying luck when wishing someone well in there travels,instead of bringing the one who knows our destiny credit for safe voyages,as christians we should bring God into the conversation by saying Godspeed that way it gives credit where credit is do.


Cultural views of luck vary from perceiving luck as a matter of random chance to attributing to luck explanations of faith or superstition. For example, the Romans believed in the embodiment of luck as the Goddess Fortuna.
When we say good luck it is like giving credit to a Goddess for the good,and bad things in our life
we must be careful of things that appear harmless for sometimes thing are far from it.
With love a Brother in Christ the Lord.
Words in Black  information gathered from the wikipedia
words in blue are my own commentary. I will begin a series of things that seem harmless
but are far from it, hence the label of this post.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Well it's that time of the year again...sigh

Well tonight was the first of many parades,and I figure I'm not getting any comments so I figured I'd spice things up with a little controversy I know people like their seasons of celebration I wouldn't call most of them
holidays because some of them aren't,and even worse they involve displeasing,and some times occultic pratices so I will begin posting on "special" days.
I will begin with the season of canival

The idea behind carnival celebrations is that people overindulge before giving up something for Lent, which begins the following day with Ash Wednesday. (Lent is the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, as a period of penitence and fasting.) although some are just involved for the "party"

The idea of partying before repenting seems to be to get as much revelry and additional sin out of the way before you decide to do anything about it. But that attitude doesn't show a belief that God's way is really right and that sin is really wrong, harmful and something to be avoided because it wars against us (1 Peter 2:11) and is contrary to God's instruction (Romans 13:13-14). It doesn't show the 100 percent commitment that God wants (Romans 12:1-2).


God says we should always live holy lives and obey His laws because they are good for us (Deuteronomy 10:12-13). Satan is the one who wants us to think that doing wrong things is fun, and his deception has been quite successful (Revelation 12:9; 1 John 2:16).

Neither Mardi Gras nor Lent are commanded in the Bible but come from pre-Christian, pagan customs. What does God think about such pagan customs?

"When the Lord your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess…do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.' You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods... Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it" (Deuteronomy 12:29-32).



The New Testament continues this theme. The apostle Paul addressed the issue of whether outside religious customs and practices had any place among Christians:

"What fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Baal? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.'

"Therefore 'Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.' Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 6:14–18; 7:1).

Instead of renaming some of the pagan customs as Christian or allowing the new converts to retain some of their former practices, Paul commanded them to leave behind all of these forms of worship.

Mardi Gras celebrations have nothing to do with God's commanded HolyDays. On the contrary, they are part of the system from which God's people should separate themselves.

Mardi has its main roots in Rome,and most of the roman traditions can still be find
I will now list some of the traditions,and thing rome has brought in through mardi gras;
Some parades are named to honor Roman gods
Ulysses god of bravery
Endymion god of fertility and eternal youth
Isis fertility goddess
Poseidon god of the sea
Bacchus god of wine and inebriation
Proteus sheperd god of the oceans
Zeus chief ruler of all gods
and more...
People didn't start exchanging beads for exposure of skin until 1973,but in ancient rome
their were parades were people received similiar trinkets.
I believe that this in it self should be enough to persuade most people,but for those
that aren't that easily persuaded remember when you face God for all your idle words remember he will
ask why you raised your hands to all those gods at the parade.What will your answer be?