Not necessarily. Look a several Christians denominations, these disagree with the part of obeying the Law of God. Then, even Christian religious people can be dead wrong when participating in an event that revives an ancient pagan worship.
Easter with or without rabbits and eggs is pagan 100% and many Christian churches celebrate it.
In the 50s. the first Messianic assembles were against Sunday worship, disregarding the Law of God, celebrating pagan feasts, an more. There some of these assemblies around, not with multitudes of followers. I don't know if the have changed throughout the years, but these were religious people who didn't play for both sides, or they were with their God or against their God. No middles.
Do you know what? After studying their intention and approaches I agree with those dudes.
About people who are not religious, who cares?
But, if a person is a religious dude and says that he loves, obeys and follows his god, then he just can't be playing and let pagan customs and rituals entering in his life. If he does so, he is just lying to himself about having the opportunity of a reward after death.
Did you read about that guy Jesus? He is the door. He obeyed his father regardless of what. Surely he didn't even run the 100 meters in the Olympiads, and I tell you, he surely could have been the winner every 4 years for several seasons. But look at this, even when he had the opportunity to do so, he didn't even try to show his karate skills when he was apprehended by the roman soldiers. But surely he said that he didn't come to change anything from the Law of his father.
Then, if he is the door, the ones who want to pass thru must reject all kind of paganism.
So your point saying that many religious people don't see wrong with the Olympiads, this doesn't mean that it's OK to think that way, because it is ignorance.
And you know that ignorance is not an excuse. Even the the Law of the Israelite god existed a sacrifice because sin caused by ignorance. There you go. So many religious people committing sin because ignorance.
But, if by chance, there is a religious dude reading this thread and he finds out that he was disobeying the Law of the biblical god when participating in pagan rituals, and recognizes he was sinning, he can check in the scriptures what he can do to fix it. As long as he is alive, he has chances to fix it.
Of course you argue against what I am writing here, sure you can do. However, the Law of the scriptural god is clear, this god made his point and that's it.
One more thing. In the scriptures there are verses referring "salvation" as a racing tournament. Some people interpret these verses as to be in accord with the Olympiads. In no place the good book says so. It only makes an analogy, not so a doctrine. And yes, racing, boxing, swimming tournaments are allowed for religious people as long as these are not dedicated or guided to or from pagan rituals.
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