Posted on 11/03/2001 5:06:55 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood
It never ceases to amaze me that most Christians would criticize me for being an atheist, yet they will "celebrate" a macabre pagan holiday. They inculcate their children into the practice of it and feed them the most unhealthful things you could give a child to eat.
Likewise, many atheists criticize me for being a "right-winger." Most atheists are so caught up in their polemics, they have become nothing more than anti-Christians - or what I call the Religious Left (a collaboration of the Marxist religion, neo-pagan animal/tree/earth worshipper eco-fascists and general technophobes).
Why do you "celebrate" on certain "holidays," what are you celebrating, do you really know? Or have you been so lost in the conformity of it all to really take a look at what you partake in?
God?
November 1st is All Saints Day and the night prior to that is Hallow eve --so I consider Halloween as a Catholic Holiday--we are really honoring the dead and to be exact--the dead Saints. I love Halloween and I eat a bunch of candy!!!!
Whatever makes you happy paisano, have another drink, but you are still screwed up!!!Merry Christmas to you too, do choke on it! Have another Piesporter...
Exactly. Satan is the master deceiver. Does anyone really think that he would try to turn people away from God by doing things that are disagreeable to people? He does what he always does, appeals to peoples sense of greed and self.
This is part of what I call into question. Who is being "served" ???
A most delightful German wine...
My neighborhood : Trick or Treat families = 99.9% High rate of Pagan Holiday observing families. Most of these families are good, Christian families. Even the churches here in Cumming, Ga (including the good, old Southern Baptist ones) had Halloween parties for the children. [BTW, Santa Claus has been known to show up at the Christmas parties at the churches.]
Does Santa visit you home? Has the Easter Bunny has ever stopped by your house? The Tooth Fairy? Has Jack Frost paid a visit to your lawn on a crisp fall morning? Did you ever look at a rainbow with your kids and mention the pot of gold at the end? What about St. Patrick's day? The leprechaun wasn't a disciple. Did you or your kids ever dance around the Maypole at school? (am I dating myself?). You have never read your kids Fairy Tales (Hansel & Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella et al?--)
Face it, all of our religious holidays & most of our social customs have a pagan remnant. Somewhere along the way, the message became "And God said, let there be no fun in life." And having fun, innocent fun became a sin.
God judges us, not other Christians. Certainly, not atheists. My question was a valid one. Whether or not the children in a religious home go trick or treating should be a non-issue to an atheist. He doesn't have a dog in that fight so to speak.
My steak moos.
Mom for one...it is a standing policy in our house that Mom (me) gets the Toostsie Rolls. :-)
Love those too.
What ever it is I think I see, becomes a tootsie roll to me.
And of course you always know exactly how Christ would have behaved...
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