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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What we’re really arguing about here is immigration. Schools with a significant majority of immigrants from Central America and Africa are cancelling Halloween because their families think it’s Satanic. Which is ridiculous. I work at one of these schools and I spent a lot of time today mediating discussions between kids who seemed to think their classmates were literal devil worshipers. This is a lie and we teachers should teach them otherwise.[/quote]

It is Santanic.  You are wrong, you offer an alternative.[/quote]

This is what we are up against. People who are ignorant yet somehow absolutely certain.

“Satanic” would mean an activity that involves worshiping the Judeo-Christian incarnation of evil.

Halloween doesn’t worship anything. It is an ancient pagan festival that was co-opted by the Christian church 1000 years ago.

Halloween is not a religious holiday at all anymore. It’s not Christian, it’s not anything. But you can’t call it Satanic unless you really believe that any holiday that’s not Christian — say, Rosh Hashanah or Diwali or Eid — is Satanic.
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For some people, it is and you need to be respectful of their beliefs.  Thats like saying Christmas isn't religious.[/quote]

What? Tell me someone for whom Halloween is religious.[/quote]

Jehovah's Witnesses.[/quote]

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