Here we go again!
I do admit that in the last 20 years, Halloween in American inner cities has been a disaster - called Devil’s Night. Of course, this Holy Day was never meant to be that. It’s simply a very European attitude towards honoring the dead. Which I do every Halloween. A candle for a loved one! And a bit of candy for a sweet child at the door dressed up in her finest.
Dude needs to get a life, there are important things to worry about!
Ah, the yearly “Halloween is eeevil” article.
When costumed kids come trick or treating to your door on halloween, what do you do?
Sorry, I only read the excerpt as that was plenty.
I was ruined as a kid? That seems odd as I have lived a long, happy and fruitful life. My daughter is quite well-adjusted too.
Obsession with evil gives evil the power to dwell in your mind. I suggest you turn away from evil and think positive.
Sounds like you're doing it wrong.
For the last few years, every October someone, who has forgotten their childhood, comes up with this crap. As far as I'm concerned, these are folks that feel that a smile or the laugh of a child is somehow an affront to our Lord. I shake my head and wonder at the smallness of some people.
Here we go again.
This is becoming as predictable as a political advertising and every bit as boring.
It’s harmless,but some lawn displays go too far with their fascination with death.
I never even considered having my kids involved in Halloween. I just saw the roots of it, the overtones of evil, and that was enough for me. Thanks, but no thanks.
I don’t make a big deal of it. It’s just something that never appealed to me. As well, my kids are just fine. In fact, as Christians, they appreciated my going against the flow and standing up against it. I was quite taken aback that there were only 2 other families in our little private Christian school who didn’t participate. To me it was a no-brainer.
Those heathens are goin’ ta HEY-Yell. They probably even go to a church that don’t a have an old lady playing organ music. (/sarc)
Some people are really bothered by the idea that other people might be having fun.
As they would say on a Geico commercial, “Halloween is stupid because it doesn’t have a brain.”
(Thank you! I'm here all week!)
These anti-Hallowe’en screeds always eventually get around to Catholic bashing.
It is preposterous to believe that people here on earth can pray for us, yet lose the ability to do so the instant they die.
Oh this is ridiculous. Kids in costumes hanging with family and neighbors and getting some candy.
No. The Bible is NOT against this in any way.
I HATE holloween. And I believe Jesus hates it, too. Knowing Satan it’s probably Jesus’ real birthday.
Halloween is a little harmless fun. It doesn’t have to be about scary things, it can be about the Fall harvest, pumpkin patches, etc. People do like a good scare too, it’s fun and makes most of us laugh.
So All Hallows Eve is not Catholic?
Trying to figure out where you got this erroneous information.
Just one person’s blog. He doesn’t even mention his religion; he just brags about himself.
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