BakaPetal

See, this is why I am SO glad I found this forum!!! You guys have a sense of humor! The past Christian forums I have been on would have already ripped me a new one and told me I was bound for Hell just for asking the questions! THANK YOU for accepting this with a laugh and without judgement! And I know I was opening a can of worms... but I'll never get an answer to my question if I don't LOL! And while I'm no Drama Craver, what's life without a few can of worms? LOL Fresno Joe... I kind of get the giest... but I have a hard time reading old english. LOL! OldSheep, thank you for your response! That is the type of answer I was hoping for! Nebula- you make very good points! Thank you!!!

So, I have to say I have always been interested in ancient practices ususally pertaining to paganism... not necessarily the polytheistic aspect of it, but the practices. Things such as Samhain (Halloween), and things used to celebrate it (cleansing the house with incense, cooking traditional fall dishes that most people don't know about anymore, etc) for example. And I have always wondered what Christians view on the fact that all of our (and yes, I say OUR, I AM a Christian) holidays definately have meaning, but have been proven to have been derived from Paganistic holidays that were "melded" together to make it an easier converstion for the pagans when Christianity was introduced to them. I'd like to hear those.... So my 2 questions are: Is it wrong to practice ancient traditions while still giving glory to God for everything (and don't spend time "educating" me about the Samhain holiday- I was a Wiccan for 5 years and it would be a waste of your typing time if I didn't warn you of that )? And what are your views on the clear melding of the calender days AND practices of Christianity and Paganistic holidays?

Thank you all!

Thank you.

So, this may seem incredibly trivial, but here goes.... So I was at Disneyland (I have an Annual Pass), and my friend and I were sitting in a public area, but an hour after the park officially "closed" no one found us and kicked us out. So we walked out. But then we came up against secrurity. Intially, I planned on telling them, "Hey, dudes, epic fail. We were in plain sight and none of your guys didn't notice us"... but then my friend was like, "NO! Don't give up our hiding spot!!" So when we got to the line of security guys, they stopped us (Um... WHY? We are leaving, arn't we???), asked where we came from. I told them from Frontierland. They asked why we were still in the park an hour after "closing" (despite the fact that there were lots of people still in the shops), were we cast members or what? Then out of my mouth pops this stupid lie. I'm not sure why I even spit it out. I told them yes, we were cast members and just ogt off work (which I figured, for some stupid reason I'd be able to pull off because I DID work there about 3 years ago, and figured they'd tell us to just go on our way). But then the security guy asked for our cast memeber IDs, which of course we didn't have. And then wanted to know why I lied and what the real story was. So I fessed up and told them what really happened, and encouraged them to look at security cameras, because they were worried we had been backstage (which, overall, was the big issue), and I wanted to prove that we really hadn't been. Ofcourse the security gaurd for the area covered his own butt and said he check the area and never saw us. I explained that he had not seen us proabably because it is a platform area behind a bunch of heavy shrubbery. But over all, of course, it went on our records as AP holders that we had lied to security, and it will pop up if we ever have a run in with security again. Now, I know this seems like a silly thing, and thankfully, it was just a slap on the wrist, and we still have our passes.... but I feel HORRIBLE about lying. I have asked God to forgive me, and I know he does... but I just can't forgive myself. Now I've gone and ruined all the integrity I had built up for myself recently, AND I'm a bad Christian... not to mention now I'll be walking around Disneyland everywhere I go feeling like I've got a giant sign that says "Broke the Rules". Any suggestions of helping me feel better about myself and being a Christian. Sure, lesson learned, rubber burned so to speak... but I don't feel that "peace" people say your supposed to feel when you know God forgives you for something after confessing it in prayer...?

Haha I love Aussies!

I always wanted to see him catch that bird!

I just found my favorite new comedian!

Soooo true about the food and people saying "just" and "Father" during prayers!!! LOL

I've always thought this was a bit frightening as a child. LOL!

I love these videos!!!