Should Christians participate in Hallowe'en

[Guest charlie]

I thought I might dress up as fat Elvis this year!

Yeah artsy, rip-off is the right way to describe those apples and oranges and yes we did go back to her house the next year. She gave us chocolate bars and lots of them.

My one son is diabetic so he didn't get to eat all of his candy when he went trick-or-treating. My wife let him have a little then give the rest to his friends; he still had a good time.

Edited September 14, 2004 by charlie

[artsylady]

My daughter should have won for her Snow White costume I made when she was four! 'cept I didn't enter her into a contest!

Actually I have a funny story about my daughter at a different Hallowe'en. My sister was working at a group home so I thought I'd drive my daughter over there. I hid behind the car and let her go to the house by herself and I peeked in and watched. My sister gave her candy and was wondering why Stacy just kept standing there. I was laughing to myself for awhile while my sister was saying 'ok, little girl, you can go now". I couldn't beleive she didn't recognize her - she was not wearing a mask, just a wig and makeup. Finally I showed myself, laughing of course. I guess she was actually thinking 'little girl, where is your mother?"

[Guest Liv4Him2]

Just because you allow your child to trick-or-treat does not mean that you will be paying homage to satan.

If the children's activities are considered to be linked to Paganism, then one must logically tackle Christmas next. :x: The Christmas tree, yule log, mistletoe, ivy, Santa Claus, the exchange of presents, the choice of DEC-25, and other traditions are all traceable back to ancient Pagan customs. They too would have to go.

[Guest shiloh357]

The Satanic side of Halloween exists

But children going around trick or treating has nothing to do with that.

It is a fun custom that has nothing to do with the evil rituals.

Something like extreme commercialism and Christmas :sweating:

Trick or Treating is very connected to evil rituals and was one of the most evil of all things done on Halloween.

It dates back to the Druids who would go from door to door along the English countryside and say "Trick or Treat." The "treat" they were demanding was the virgin daughter of the household who they would rape and sacrifice. If the owner of the home refused, the owner and all his household would be murdered. The murder of the whole household, maids, and pets included was the "trick."

If the owner complied then they would take his daughter, and after having their way would return to the house and place a "jack o' lantern lit with a candle rendered from the body fat of the sacrificed virgin. This was set on the porch so that other bands of roaming Druids would know that the house had already been visited.

[apothanein kerdos]

Christmas

Easter

Neck Ties

Staind Glass Windows

Those are some of the things we have ot give up if we give up Halloween.

Face it, Halloween is fun. I like dressing up and just going out and having a fun time. Nothing in the Bible speaks against it. It's one thing to be convicted and not to do it. It's entirely another to say all christians should not do it.

[artsylady]

It dates back to the Druids who would go from door to door along the English countryside and say "Trick or Treat." The "treat" they were demanding was the virgin daughter of the household who they would rape and sacrifice. If the owner of the home refused, the owner and all his household would be murdered. The murder of the whole household, maids, and pets included was the "trick."

If the owner complied then they would take his daughter, and after having their way would return to the house and place a "jack o' lantern lit with a candle rendered from the body fat of the sacrificed virgin. This was set on the porch so that other bands of roaming Druids would know that the house had already been visited.

Good thing these days it means that they're just getting candy. The way I understand it, if the child doesn't get a treat, he or she will do a trick like soaping their windows. Maybe this trick might be considered a 'sin' but I doubt it. It's all in fun, like when my church youth group toilet papered our youth pastor's house. I don't actually know of anyone who had the 'trick' happen to them anyway. Most times, if a person doesn't answer their door, the child just goes to the next house for the next treat, hoping it's not an apple or an orange.

[larryt]

Christmas

Easter

Neck Ties

Staind Glass Windows

Those are some of the things we have ot give up if we give up Halloween.

Face it, Halloween is fun. I like dressing up and just going out and having a fun time. Nothing in the Bible speaks against it. It's one thing to be convicted and not to do it. It's entirely another to say all christians should not do it.

Sin is fun for a season.

Heb 11:24  By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh

[Guest shiloh357]

Christmas

Easter

Neck Ties

Staind Glass Windows

Neck ties? Why do we have to give up neck ties? Peaked my curiosity a bit...

[larryt]

Christmas

Easter

Neck Ties

Staind Glass Windows

Neck ties? Why do we have to give up neck ties? Peaked my curiosity a bit...

They wer worn a phallic symbles

LT

[Guest shiloh357]

Christmas

Easter

Neck Ties

Staind Glass Windows

Neck ties? Why do we have to give up neck ties? Peaked my curiosity a bit...

They wer worn a phallic symbles

LT

Did not know that... somehow it does not surprise me though.