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To: proud2bRC
Hey, the beauty of Catholicism is it's ability to convert heathens using imagry that they already understand...
Leave the changing of Halloween to the goofy Taliban/Shiite Christians they know who they are.
To: proud2bRC
Our family doesn't celebrate Halloween. Haven't for nearly 20 years. Making Halloween "palatable" to a Christian is like putting a yamulke on Osama bin Laden and telling me somehow he's a changed man.
Unfortunately, the Church (and I'm not just speaking about Catholics) seems quite content in accomodating the worldly practices of it's followers. It's been doing this since Constantine conquered Rome. I don't suppose it will end anytime soon.
To: proud2bRC
I am a bit disappointed that your history of Halloween left out the Celtic and agrarian origins of this fall festival. To the Celts, that is pre-Christian Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Bretons, "Halloween" is their ancient "New Years Eve". The eve began at sundown and the "underworld" could interface with the upperworld on that one night a year. The "Ghosties and Goulies and long legged beasties and things that go bump in the night" could appear. Childrens Holloween costumes originate from this Celtic custom.
The Mexican, "Day of the Dead" is celebrated on the 1st. and 2nd. of November to honor and reconsecrate the dead. For ancient and agrarian societies to dedicate a time for religious activity around harvest time encouraged community effort and participation that helped prepare all for the comming hardship of winter. Happy Holloween.
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10/19/2001 10:14:16 PM PDT by
elbucko
To: proud2bRC
Don't make me start bustin' out the Jack Chick pamphlets ;)
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