Halloween

Dakota Bud · Post by **Dakota Bud** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:03 pm

Pippin wrote:Running around in a silly costume and begging for candy, IMO is not devil worshipping. Yet, that's getting off topic.

when you are participating in the appearance of evil, the devil is pleased & God is mocked

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:33 pm

Dakota_Bud wrote:
Pippin wrote:Running around in a silly costume and begging for candy, IMO is not devil worshipping. Yet, that's getting off topic.
when you are participating in the appearance of evil, the devil is pleased & God is mocked

ahem, yeah, just b/c someone goes trick or treating doesn't mean they are dressed as something...well, evil, and it doesn't mean they are mocking God.

And I'll throw this in as credentials---I don't condone the celebration of Halloween. There. I'm on your side.

But your argument is kinda weak, and extreme to the point of turning people off before they can even consider where you are coming from.

Stubborn · Post by **Stubborn** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:40 pm

>.< We have this discussion every single year! *sigh*

I like pumpkins?

Azariah Ben Yaakov · Post by **Azariah Ben Yaakov** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:44 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Dakota_Bud wrote:
Pippin wrote:Running around in a silly costume and begging for candy, IMO is not devil worshipping. Yet, that's getting off topic.
when you are participating in the appearance of evil, the devil is pleased & God is mocked
ahem, yeah, just b/c someone goes trick or treating doesn't mean they are dressed as something...well, evil, and it doesn't mean they are mocking God.

And I'll throw this in as credentials---I don't condone the celebration of Halloween. There. I'm on your side.

But your argument is kinda weak, and extreme to the point of turning people off before they can even consider where you are coming from.

I agree with Jon here, Because who is to say what the appearance of evil is? Did the bible not say that The Devil was a beautiful fallen angel? Surely that does not mean he looks terrible, like a ghost, or a generalized view of a demon

.

However I do not agree with Halloweens concept either.

But this is rather off topic

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:16 pm

Ryan wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Dakota_Bud wrote:
Pippin wrote:Running around in a silly costume and begging for candy, IMO is not devil worshipping. Yet, that's getting off topic.
when you are participating in the appearance of evil, the devil is pleased & God is mocked
ahem, yeah, just b/c someone goes trick or treating doesn't mean they are dressed as something...well, evil, and it doesn't mean they are mocking God.

And I'll throw this in as credentials---I don't condone the celebration of Halloween. There. I'm on your side.

But your argument is kinda weak, and extreme to the point of turning people off before they can even consider where you are coming from.
I agree with Jon here, Because who is to say what the appearance of evil is? Did the bible not say that The Devil was a beautiful fallen angel? Surely that does not mean he looks terrible, like a ghost, or a generalized view of a demon .

However I do not agree with Halloweens concept either.

But this is rather off topic

Offtopic again, but the Bible said that the devil was beautiful before the rebellion, not after.

Azariah Ben Yaakov · Post by **Azariah Ben Yaakov** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:17 pm

Jonathan wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Jonathan wrote:
Dakota_Bud wrote:
Pippin wrote:Running around in a silly costume and begging for candy, IMO is not devil worshipping. Yet, that's getting off topic.
when you are participating in the appearance of evil, the devil is pleased & God is mocked
ahem, yeah, just b/c someone goes trick or treating doesn't mean they are dressed as something...well, evil, and it doesn't mean they are mocking God.

And I'll throw this in as credentials---I don't condone the celebration of Halloween. There. I'm on your side.

But your argument is kinda weak, and extreme to the point of turning people off before they can even consider where you are coming from.
I agree with Jon here, Because who is to say what the appearance of evil is? Did the bible not say that The Devil was a beautiful fallen angel? Surely that does not mean he looks terrible, like a ghost, or a generalized view of a demon .

However I do not agree with Halloweens concept either.

But this is rather off topic
Offtopic again, but the Bible said that the devil was beautiful before the rebellion, not after.

But did it note any changes?

lol. Its awesome how offtopic we get $\:D/$

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:40 pm

Lucy wrote:>.< We have this discussion every single year! *sigh*

I like pumpkins?

Liking pumkins isn't wrong. They aren't a Halloween decoration, they are a fall decoration that people sometimes use as a halloween decoration.

Personally, I love pumpkins.

And the discusion of weither halloween is evil or not isn't necessarily off topic, because we are still talking about halloween.

My brother believes that halloween and trick-or-treating is bad, but I think it really depends on how you do it.

Everyone here does know what the definition of Halloween is, right?

Stubborn · Post by **Stubborn** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:54 pm

Garfield wrote:
Lucy wrote:>.< We have this discussion every single year! *sigh*

I like pumpkins?
Liking pumkins isn't wrong. They aren't a Halloween decoration, they are a fall decoration that people sometimes use as a halloween decoration.

Personally, I love pumpkins.

That... was actually my point. But yeah. Anyway. $\:D/$

Hakeber BC Rathbne Doyle · Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:26 pm

I don't do halloween.

Most of you know it has demonic and spiritual undertones.

I have no need to spicify.

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V-lady · Post by **V-lady** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:26 pm

Rosie Cotton wrote:Same here! Though I like to eat candy! Just because you don't celeabrate Halloween doesn't mean you can't eat candy!

Yay for after Halloween candy sales!!!

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:53 pm

I don't like Halloween, but I will admit I will dress up because it's one of the few times I don't have wear my work uniform.

Dakota Bud · Post by **Dakota Bud** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:16 pm

Gandalf the Grey wrote: Satan = Santa

You just rearrange the letters.

Thus Christmas is evil, too.

Christ mas is not evil it is Christ's Birthday

Santa has nothing to do with Christmas

Stubborn · Post by **Stubborn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:18 pm

Dakota_Bud wrote:Santa has nothing to do with Christmas

Doesn't he? Saint Nicholas? Or, whatever... The spirit of giving, and all that?

PJ · Post by PJ » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:32 pm

Halloween, what's that?

Am I supposed to know of it?

To participate is to condone. It should be ignored. We should pray in private for the occult and the victims though.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:37 pm

See I'm not going to say that Halloween is a good thing, but in the 80's a bunch of Christian leaders listened to a bunch of weirdos like Mike Warnke who made all sorts of claims of being a high priest of Satan and knowing about all this Satanic ritual stuff that went on at Halloween... human sacrifices and stuff... but it eventually came out that all the stuff was made up, and while certainly there is a Satan and he has his followers, there really isn't the organized evil organization that some Christians would have you believe, because a lot of them are still going off the wacky things made up by people trying to make money with sensational stories! $\:D/$ Also a lot of the history with druids and stuff has been greatly exaggerated and completely made up.

jasonjannajerryjohn · Post by **jasonjannajerryjohn** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:43 pm

I like the movie "Nightmare Before Christmas."

H Tide · Post by **H Tide** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:10 pm

My family usually hands out hot chocolate to the kids that come to our door. Some years we just refuse to answer the door.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:21 pm

I put poison or little razor blades in candy and hand it out! $\:D/$

Sometimes broken glass if I don't have any razor blades lying around.

darcie · Post by **darcie** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:04 pm

Wow... H Tide, I was going to say I was surprised that you could still hand out something homemade, but it appears Top has already provided the reason why it isn't done anymore in the US! And people used to make yummy popcorn balls too...

Dr. Watson · Post by **Dr. Watson** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:45 pm

We always closed the drapes and hid a back room.

Of note: Halloween rearranged, spells Whale Noel.