lets be honest halloween

[IreneM]

How many of you plan to let your kids go trick or treating or plan to leave light on and allow kids to knockon your door ????

Alot of Christians see nothing wrong with kids trick or treating

so just wanted to know how you feel

In Christ

IreneM

[Ovedya]

We used to put a sign on the door that read "Sorry, no candy." This year we'll be answering the door. We don't let our kids trick or treat mostly because of the number of creeps that are out there - and kids who's parents don't care if they ruin the fun for the rest. Halloween these days is just an excuse for kids to cut loose a little and get a bag full of candy in the process anyway. There's about as much spirit in Halloween as there is in the marketing scheme behind Christmas.

[Ovedya]

what a great idea, maybe throw this twist in...

silently pray for and bless all the kids that come to your door, dedicate your treats to God, that all who consume them would be somehow marked, or recognized for God, His angels, and the Holy Spirit to reach out to them, for most of those kids' parents can't do that themselves.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yup! We used to throw tracts in the bags too. But my kids got tired of getting the stink-eye from the kiddies holding out the bags. Just give 'em some candy and send them on their way with a little prayer and a "God-bless you."

[jesussaves]

I was watching the news a few days ago. They spoke of the police checking up on the three hundred child molesters in the area before halloween. Three hundred! That alone should send a message to parents to keep their children off the streets...but it won't.

I personally do not believe Christians should be involved with anything that promotes evil as being harmless or good. It may seem cute to see little Susie dressed up like a witch, or little Tommy looking like the son of Sam, but I doubt it is pleasing to the Lord. If we compromise and let little Sally go all dressed up like a Pooh Bear, we are still sending our children the wrong message, and allowing them to be in harms way for a bag of candy.

[IreneM]

alot of churchs have bibile chart. night instead of halloween

kids dress as bible charts. they have a party cake candy games etc. What about that >>

In Christ

IreneM

[apothanein kerdos]

I dunno, I never understood the concept of dressing up as bible characters. On Halloween you can dress as a ficticious character that hasn't really done anything evil. As a Bible character you can dress as a person who has probably:

* raped

*Murdered

*Stolen

*Lied

*Committed adultry

*Gotten drunk and naked

And the list goes on....

If I had kids I'd take them trick or treating. I couldn't answer the door because I'd be out with them. Especially with some of the neighborhoods around here, they give out whole sized candy bars. I'm all about that.

[keslc]

Here we go again, lol!

anyway, we are taking our kids trick or treating....notice said, "taking them" we are not about to let our kids run the streets by themselves, even when they get older, we will go with them. We see it as an opportunity to get out and actually meet the neighbors (lay a relational foundation with them so we would have greater opportunity to witness to them). I think that if you feel convicted about not doing anything that night, then don't, but I personally feel convicted to get out there and combat satan in trying to claim that night as his own.

I also have to admit, I enjoy dressing my kids up and taking their pictures (my 7 year old girl is a ballerina, my 5 year old son is a dinosaur, and my 2 year old girl is a ladybug, they look so cute!) and I love watching them have fun and the candy is a bonus that we put up in a big bowl and it usually lasts until January! (we don't let me pig out on it right then and there, we ration it)

[other one]

I've been thinking of dressing up like moses and give away big candy bars....

don't know yet.

[Guest full_of_praise]

I really can't stand Halloween . We do not celebrate it period . It's a day to give homage to the pagan God Samhain . Lord of death . I am sure there are alot of other valid reasons to not celebate it , but I for one will not give any kind of homage to any God but the living God . Theres alot of good info here on worthy news at http://www.worthynews.com/halloween.html and at www.exposingsatanism.org . This is one topic that needs to addressed for more reasons than one . Please read the info and pray about it . Thank you all and have a blessed day in Christ .

[pretzelperson]

I will be dressed up in a red suit and carry a pitchfork like a devil--I even have little red horns to put on my head. I think my wife is going to go as a witch or cat woman, but I don't remember what she picked out at the Halloween store. I think my daughter picked out a Britney Spears costume or something like that.

We really decorate our house up quite a bit. We have some spider webs in the windows and a black light on the porch. It is really cool because in the front room I built a small coffin and I have a smoke maker there too. There will be a flashing strobe light in this room also. It looks pretty scarry. We really carve our Jack-O-Lantern up quite nicely. We use it as the head of the "person" we have sitting in a chair on our front porch. We put the basket of candy in the lap of the jack-o-lantern person so the kids are scared to take candy--Most do though.

Should be fun.