For those who celebrate Halloween.

Anonymous
amazing how many tight ass parents are out there. Let the kids have a couple hours of fun.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I'm pagan (not wiccan or a satanist) and I celebrate Samhain and it is NOTHING like you described. It is a day to honor ancestors who are no longer alive and to honor the final harvest of the year before moving into a period of darkness (winter). And as another poster mentioned, Christmas and Easter, among other holidays, originated as pagan celebrations that Christians adapted so that they could continue to celebrate the holidays they loved and still call themselves "Christian." My son will be dressing up as Elmo for Halloween and I will take him trick or treating and teach him about the REAL meaning of Samhain.

As you are a Christian, I would urge you to follow the teachings of Jesus and find some compassion for others who may not be, think, or believe like you. There are many pathways to God, but we are all children of the Divine.


I belive that EVERYONE is CREATION of God,but NOT everyone is consider CHILDREN OF GOD!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:As a child, there were many years that we did not celebrate Halloween. My parents felt that there was enough evil in the world already, why make a night out of doing it on purpose? In my teens, on Halloween we would have Harvest Parties and then on the actual night of Halloween we would go out into the neighborhood and pass out Christian literature to all the trick or treaters.

Was it overkill? maybe. Did it ruin our lives? no.

As an adult with three kids who attend a Christian school, I do feel weird sometimes about "glorifying" in some way, death, skeletons, etc...but that being said we still dress up on Halloween just nothing dead or scary.


Can the Devil wears Angels's wings? YES!
Anonymous
Angel's wings? Not sure. In my religion, the devil wears Prada.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Angel's wings? Not sure. In my religion, the devil wears Prada.


sweet where do I sign up?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Angel's wings? Not sure. In my religion, the devil wears Prada.


sweet where do I sign up?


We'll be passing out some literature next Saturday. (You'll know it's us if you hear a 'clomp, clomp, clomp' sound coming down the sidewalk. Heels....what can you do.) What's your address?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Angel's wings? Not sure. In my religion, the devil wears Prada.


sweet where do I sign up?


We'll be passing out some literature next Saturday. (You'll know it's us if you hear a 'clomp, clomp, clomp' sound coming down the sidewalk. Heels....what can you do.) What's your address?


I'll be busy entertaining Saturday night. Can I sign up on another day?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:amazing how many tight ass parents are out there. Let the kids have a couple hours of fun.


I agree. Why are some of you taking this so seriously?? One night. Costumes. Candy. Big deal.

The origins of Halloween are interesting but are not on our minds while we trick or treat, go on the Burke "Ghost Train", etc. It's just fun. Frightening concept for some, it appears.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:amazing how many tight ass parents are out there. Let the kids have a couple hours of fun.


I agree. Why are some of you taking this so seriously?? One night. Costumes. Candy. Big deal.

The origins of Halloween are interesting but are not on our minds while we trick or treat, go on the Burke "Ghost Train", etc. It's just fun. Frightening concept for some, it appears.


Key words "some of you" (and you can count yourself among them for beating the dead horse with your forked tail. I prefer the heel of my shoe but that's a story for another campfire).
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:20:00 poster here.

The tracts that we gave out at Hallowen were an informational piece, giving the history of Halloween, pointing out that evil is real and that Satan has a certain amount of power, yet also revealing that God loves mankind so much that he sent his only Son to die for their sins.

Its a piece of paper that says this and it's not like its done in a rude manner.

Of course people can have different religions but each religion-no matter what one you are-think that your religion is THE religion. Right?


I am the PP who wrote the post you responded to - and actually I DON'T believe that my religion is THE religion. As I said, religion is only the path one takes to reach union with the Divine. There are many paths that lead down the same road, and each person has their own preference. I will agree that many people in the world believe that their religion is THE religion, but that is really why there is so much violence in the world. If more people were more willing to accept that their religion is not the ONLY path to God, there would be much more love and much less hatred and evil in the world. Some of the most evil things in history have been done in the name of religion.

I will also say that had I received your informational brochure I would have been quite offended since it is clearly proselytizing about one religion. There are non-religious ways to get out the message that there is evil in the world without having to use Christian-centric language. I am not a Christian, but I think the tenets of Christianity are really wonderful - love thy neighbor as thyself, do not judge lest ye be judged, compassion, love for all God's creatures, etc. However, I think the way it (and other evangelical religious branches/sects) gets interpreted/acted upon by many people is not in keeping with these principles.


This is a thread about Halloween beliefs. If you want to start another thread about why Christians are so horrible, you can do that.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:amazing how many tight ass parents are out there. Let the kids have a couple hours of fun.


I agree. Why are some of you taking this so seriously?? One night. Costumes. Candy. Big deal.

The origins of Halloween are interesting but are not on our minds while we trick or treat, go on the Burke "Ghost Train", etc. It's just fun. Frightening concept for some, it appears.


Key words "some of you" (and you can count yourself among them for beating the dead horse with your forked tail. I prefer the heel of my shoe but that's a story for another campfire).


I'm not taking anything about Halloween seriously (as I stated), except stick in the mud bitchy posts like yours. Please go back to your cave.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:amazing how many tight ass parents are out there. Let the kids have a couple hours of fun.


I agree. Why are some of you taking this so seriously?? One night. Costumes. Candy. Big deal.

The origins of Halloween are interesting but are not on our minds while we trick or treat, go on the Burke "Ghost Train", etc. It's just fun. Frightening concept for some, it appears.


Key words "some of you" (and you can count yourself among them for beating the dead horse with your forked tail. I prefer the heel of my shoe but that's a story for another campfire).


I'm not taking anything about Halloween seriously (as I stated), except stick in the mud bitchy posts like yours. Please go back to your cave.


You are more dense than Halloween fog. (Fog machine only, don't take it too seriously.) My stick is a pitched fork and it's in bubbly goo not mud, but it itches to be up your a$$ where it belongs.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:20:00 poster here.

The tracts that we gave out at Hallowen were an informational piece, giving the history of Halloween, pointing out that evil is real and that Satan has a certain amount of power, yet also revealing that God loves mankind so much that he sent his only Son to die for their sins.

Its a piece of paper that says this and it's not like its done in a rude manner.

Of course people can have different religions but each religion-no matter what one you are-think that your religion is THE religion. Right?


I am the PP who wrote the post you responded to - and actually I DON'T believe that my religion is THE religion. As I said, religion is only the path one takes to reach union with the Divine. There are many paths that lead down the same road, and each person has their own preference. I will agree that many people in the world believe that their religion is THE religion, but that is really why there is so much violence in the world. If more people were more willing to accept that their religion is not the ONLY path to God, there would be much more love and much less hatred and evil in the world. Some of the most evil things in history have been done in the name of religion.

I will also say that had I received your informational brochure I would have been quite offended since it is clearly proselytizing about one religion. There are non-religious ways to get out the message that there is evil in the world without having to use Christian-centric language. I am not a Christian, but I think the tenets of Christianity are really wonderful - love thy neighbor as thyself, do not judge lest ye be judged, compassion, love for all God's creatures, etc. However, I think the way it (and other evangelical religious branches/sects) gets interpreted/acted upon by many people is not in keeping with these principles.


This is a thread about Halloween beliefs. If you want to start another thread about why Christians are so horrible, you can do that.


Actually, this is a thread about the supposed religious origins of Halloween which was related negatively and inaccurately by someone from a Christian perspective (the OP). The post that you quoted didn't mention anything about why Christians were so horrible, it was refuting a PPs claim that all people believe that their religion is the right one. Since the topic began with a religious theme and bashing of another religion, I don't see how this particular post is off topic. It seems more on topic to me than some of the other (admittedly hilarious) posts.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If demons come to my house, the last thing I want to do is get them all hopped up on snickers bars and skittles.

But just to see if OP is right I will put some holy water in a spray bottle and see if some of the runts dissolve when I squirt them.


hahahahahahaha. good one.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:20:00 poster here.

The tracts that we gave out at Hallowen were an informational piece, giving the history of Halloween, pointing out that evil is real and that Satan has a certain amount of power, yet also revealing that God loves mankind so much that he sent his only Son to die for their sins.

Its a piece of paper that says this and it's not like its done in a rude manner.

Of course people can have different religions but each religion-no matter what one you are-think that your religion is THE religion. Right?


I am the PP who wrote the post you responded to - and actually I DON'T believe that my religion is THE religion. As I said, religion is only the path one takes to reach union with the Divine. There are many paths that lead down the same road, and each person has their own preference. I will agree that many people in the world believe that their religion is THE religion, but that is really why there is so much violence in the world. If more people were more willing to accept that their religion is not the ONLY path to God, there would be much more love and much less hatred and evil in the world. Some of the most evil things in history have been done in the name of religion.

I will also say that had I received your informational brochure I would have been quite offended since it is clearly proselytizing about one religion. There are non-religious ways to get out the message that there is evil in the world without having to use Christian-centric language. I am not a Christian, but I think the tenets of Christianity are really wonderful - love thy neighbor as thyself, do not judge lest ye be judged, compassion, love for all God's creatures, etc. However, I think the way it (and other evangelical religious branches/sects) gets interpreted/acted upon by many people is not in keeping with these principles.


This is a thread about Halloween beliefs. If you want to start another thread about why Christians are so horrible, you can do that.


Actually, this is a thread about the supposed religious origins of Halloween which was related negatively and inaccurately by someone from a Christian perspective (the OP). The post that you quoted didn't mention anything about why Christians were so horrible, it was refuting a PPs claim that all people believe that their religion is the right one. Since the topic began with a religious theme and bashing of another religion, I don't see how this particular post is off topic. It seems more on topic to me than some of the other (admittedly hilarious) posts.


Thank you, Jesus. I was about to give up hope.
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