You already lost your argument with hyperbole. None of them have their orgins in pagan/occultic religion. Bowling, football, badminton, etc don't celebrate demons, vampires and death.
or you could look at it the OTHER way. lots of churches do a hallelujah night/ trunk or treat.
safe place for the kids to have fun, get candy and evangelise. invite your children’s schoolmates/ neighborhood kids.
Or sit out on your porch and pass out tracts, or bible verses attached to candy.
the best way to evangelise is to go where God is needed most. God didn’t give the great commission saying, “hang out in church and hope the sinners come to you” he said “go into all the world preaching the gospel.”
Then you better stay away from Christmas trees too.
Well, there is the rub... Many things we do today come from questionable roots. Who cares? What matters is what we do now, and where our hearts are now. If my daughter sees this as a chance to dress up like Alice in Wonderland and run around the neighborhood getting a bag of candy, then so be it. Just because it's Halloween doesn't mean we're in the back yard sacrificing an animal to some pagan god.
Next I'll get slammed for letting her dress as Alice, who was obviously contrived during an especially strange acid episode. Therefor, she is obviously promoting illegal drug use.
Now, as far as dressing like a little whore, that ain't gonna happen. That's in the here and now.
Oh get off it man. Halloween celebrates candy.