lets be honest halloween

[Guest full_of_praise]

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.

Another good reason to stay home and celebrate reformation day instead .

[hmh]

I'll wear a suit and a tie and go as a decent human being. Actually the last time I wore such attire I was told, "Will the defendant please rise."

[Work in Progress]

Yes, of course my children will Trick-or-Treat if they want to (they are border-line age), as they always have and yes, of course I will hand out candy. I prefer enjoying all the liberties my God gave me, over legalism, but that is just me.

[Giaour]

I was listening to Dr David Jeremiah and heard a commercial for a couple of ladies (I'm sorry, I don't remember their names) who were discussing the origins of Halloween. They said it was created by the catholics to take the focus off of the pagan celebrations of the new harvest on Nov 1st. They called it all Saints Day and dedicated it to all who have been slain in the name of God. They made it on the day before the pagan celebration which made it Oct 31st. These ladies let their kids go out on All Saints day but they have to dress up as someone biblical and must tell everyone that asks about their costume the story of that person. What a great missionary tool. The ladies also hand out a scripture with the candy. Not a bad idea to me.

[keslc]

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 .

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That's just the thing, though, it's what you make of it. When I dress my children up and go out with them and greet neighbors and talk to people (yes, even use that time to witness) and tell people "God bless you", I am not paying homage to anyone but the one true Living God. We are not "celebrating" anything except getting to know our neighbors. In a different thread earlier this month, Artsylady made a very good point. Christians who pass out candy or let their children get candy are no closer to "pagan" gods than non-christians who give christmas presents and sing songs about santa are to Jesus.

[Shelby]

I posted this in another thread but it still seems to pertain. In that thread, it was discussing a school in Washington choosing, now, not to let the school celebrate Halloween due to it being offensive to Wiccan witches.

The part that I think is getting lost are the childrens' feelings. This is a big deal. Halloween, no matter the origins, is now just a night where the whole country plays make believe and share treats with each other. I don't prefer, and probably wouldn't encourage my children to dress like the more scarier creatures, but I remember when I was young, loving that my whole family, (more than 40 people) would come over, and even the adults played dress up, we gave candy to other kids, we went around the neighborhood gettting candy, and then came home to see the neat stuff we got. At school, it was a day to be anticipated. We got to celebrate imagination and creativity. NOT ONE CHILD ever, I am guessing, thought, well now I will follow Satan. Or later in life thought, well that holiday lead to my destruction.

I think just like the parent who sanitizes everything their child touches, makes them more suceptible to getting ill in the real world where they can't sanitize, THIS IS THE SAME, it is not about whatever myth this holiday originated, it is about giving a day to our kids where we join in and celebrate creativity and sharing with the neighborhood.

Why does something so superficial, and supported mostly by the retail industry have to be classified so harshly? Sometimes I think we as Christians can get a little too high and sensitive on our soap boxes.

So lets step down, and have some fun WITH our kids. It is important to them, so it should be important to us!

MHO

[Guest full_of_praise]

I have 3 little kids , all under 10 years old . We used to take them trick-or-treating . And now that we don't , they don't miss it a bit . We always do fun stuff in Autumn anyway . Like rolling in leaves , baking apple pies, making leaf molds and collecting all sorts of seeds . This is just as fun and doesn't rot their teeth . This is one thing that people will always dissagree about , let it up to your own personal convictions . As far as this night being just for kids , tell that to my ADULT neighbors , with no kids lol .

[Guest RN2B]

I used to celebrate halloween. And as a child that did and now doesn't and is old enough to understand why, I believe I have a testimony here.

I used to go trick-or-treating with my friends, my parents escourted us around our very nice neighborhood. Honestly, I have nothing but fond memories of those times. But my father (being the head of our household) felt a conviction in the Spirit about Halloween. He began to research it's origin, it's cover-up by the Church in the Middle Ages, and it's conotations today. We no longer celebrated Halloween. My parents said to me and my brother, "if it's about the candy, we'll buy you candy, but we're not going to celebrate this holiday in our home anymore."

I was only about 7, so I just accepted it. But now that I'm older I have done some research on that topic and have found it more disturbing that I had first imagined. Not only were the origins of Halloween extremely dark, Satanic and bloodthirsty, but many of the traditions of occultic and satanic, and wiccan groups still practice these traditions on Halloween night.

Why take part in something so blatantly evil. I can literally feel it in the air on the night of Halloween. I urge you to go and do your own research on historical facts about the holiday and then bring it before the Lord.

[Guest full_of_praise]

Amen rn2b . Well said .

[barnabas]

My family do not give praise to satan. We do not celebrate evil!

quote=IreneM,Oct 26 2004, 06:51 PM]

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

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