Posted on 10/22/2018 3:26:18 AM PDT by Patriot777
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpwfS980f_w
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.
Ephesians 5:7-21
Amen, bro.
... Or is could just be a bunch of kids who want free candy, as it has been for decades (I know! What a concept!).
It’s all great until some kid gets a rock.
I never cared for Halloween anyway.
You hope it’s little kids.
I stopped giving out candy when the trick or treaters turned out to be kids in their twenties.
just leave people be to have fun. It’s not a sin to just have fun. It must be exhausting to always look for the bad in things.
I detest Halloween and everything about it.
Geez....SSDY....It’s not Satan’s holiday....it’s roots are firmly in Christian religious doctrine.
All Saints’ Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November 1. The day is dedicated to the saints of the Church, that is, all those who have attained heaven. It should not be confused with All Souls’ Day, which is observed on November 2, and is dedicated to those who have died and not yet reached heaven.
Holy day customs vary around the world. In the United States, the day before is Halloween and is usually celebrated by dressing in costumes with themes of death commonly associated. Children go door-to-door in costume, trick-or-treating, that is soliciting candy from their neighbors. The holiday has lost much of its connection to its religious origins.
Although nearly everyone celebrates Halloween for the fun of the secular holiday, the following religious solemnity, is not widely practiced or acknowledged by most Americans unless they are Catholic.
Halloween is now simply a fun and happy secular holiday....
Enjoy!
Halloween is the day before All Saints’ Day in Catholic dogma. It’s been co-opted by horror fanatics. I don’t partake in the horror/fear aspect of the season, but I do love me some roasted squash!
Yup evil. Loved it as a kid.
Something to do with h those left over cherry bombs from July 4th.
I WAS the egg man coo coo cachoo.
I’m pushing 70 and look back at it with a smile.
Some folks need to get a life.
Halloween has changed since I was a kid. We always went out as an old woman or a hobo wearing our parents old clothes. A few times we got inventive and dressed as a scarecrow by stuffing hay inside our shirts. Costumes were never meant to be scary like some of today’s costumes. We went to about 8 to 10 houses in the neighborhood and then to a party at the village library. I got a prize once for dressing as Aunt Jemima. Costume was my Mother’s red petticoat, a shawl, and a scarf wrapped around my head. Today if one of my grandchildren wore that they would be accused of racism. There was never any association to the devil with us on Halloween, it was all about the few pieces of candy we got.
Halloween became harmless once it became a candy/costume event for the under 14 set. Then “adults” got back into it.
with apologies to H.L. Mencken
It might be Catholic, but it is certainly not Christian.
I do appreciate the respectful idea behind Mexicans’ Day of the Dead, (and even Canada’s silly “Mat Night,” which is simply infantile, like Trudeau) but I can’t stand this dark, sick holiday in the US. Thank goodness my children respect and appreciate my beliefs and, I can tell, will one day adopt them. I never jived with Halloween, even as a boy. Commercial, soul-less, ridiculous, and, plainly, sad.
I’m with you, l detest Halloween. These people who who fill thier lawns with displays of death and mayhem need to be watched.
Partying all night in Shibuya, as usual.
I was and am the opposite*, and so is my Missouri Synod church which is doing a Trunk or Treat thing on Halloween this year. This, my friends, is why there is butter pecan and rocky road.
*Though I notice looking for clown makeup tutorials on YT recently, scary and scarier clown schemes seem to be all the rage. :(
ff
People on the left work to wreck childhood traditions. Some people on the right desire to do just the same.
But go ahead and hide behind Jesus, and act like you are doing this for him.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.