Atheist Questions the Practice of Halloween...

Sir Francis Dashwood | 10-31-01 | Sir Francis Dashwood

[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?

[dighton]

They inculcate their children into the practice of it and feed them the most unhealthful things you could give a child to eat.

Candy? The horror!

[america-rules]

Who really cares?

[Int]

Peer pressure?

[DallasMike]

Or have you been so lost in the conformity of it all to really take a look at what you partake in?

So that's where I've been! I thought I was in Milwaukee.

[LJLucido]

They inculcate their children into the practice of it and feed them the most unhealthful things you could give a child to eat.

Candy? The horror!

He must be referring to Circus Peanuts and Marshmallow Peeps.

[jlogajan]

I'm an atheist an right now I am worshipping all the excess candy left over because the Trick-or-Treaters were scarcer than normal this year. Mmmmmm, candy (in Homer's voic.)

[yooper]

Lighten up, Francis.....

[Gimlet]

Agreed...celebrating Halloween the way we do is very unChristian. Perhaps even blasphemous.

[Darheel]

Not surprisingly, most Libs can't tell the difference between a party, respect for the dead, or a real Holy Day. Getting 'advice' from these kinds of 'friends' is the scariest halloween i could imagine. Tell them to go suck eggs.

[CARTOUCHE]

I would think the most unhealthy thing our kids could be eating is the carcasses of atheists. With a second most unhealthy meal being leftist political crap at schools all over this nation.

[Max McGarrity]

Oh, horse puckey. Halloween is an excuse to have a party or for little kids to dress up and get candy. It's not a deep, dark eeeeviiiillll celebration, but making too much of it could certainly make it so.

[dighton]

Someone here described a microwave trick -- I forget what -- using Marshmallow Peeps. Of course it's ultra-hazardous.

[redhead]

Truly. We celebrated by going to church. In the Catholic Church, the last day of October and the first day of November are holy days, when we pray for all who have gone before us, including the saints. No costumes. No parties. Some candy (blush...).

[Imperial Warrior]

Maybe we don't accept your interpretation or assessment of the practice, which in fact I don't.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I find it interesting that the more Bible based Christian Conservatives who normally oppose some of my views, agree with me concerning this one.

While I will leave most people with no doubt I am on the "right-wing" side of things, the opposition and criticism for my expression from my conservative allies is indeed most interesting.

[SoDak]

Ask the average Joe what the origins of Haloween are, and what will he say? Likely you'll get shrugging shoulders. Ask the average kid collecting candy, and you'll get some storyline about monsters. Big deal. It's become the modus operandi of the left to research to find things to be offended about.

Someone did sufficient research to find that the actual origins of the word "Sioux" actually means snake in some obscure tongue from the Canadian frontier. So, now the formerly Sioux people in my state want all the things named "Sioux" (including my city) erased. It became offensive because some jerk dug far enough to find a reference.

Well, Haloween surely was a pagan holiday, but it's not now. Right now it's just a fun excuse for kids to dress up. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

[jlogajan]

Why do you "celebrate" on certain "holidays,"

Following your logic, celebrating birthdays is right out. Celebrate for any reason you like or none at all, or for reasons obscure and bizarre. Who cares?????????

[CARTOUCHE]

Maybe it's your limited and restrictive view of what is and isn't conservative. Get over it. Move along.

[farmfriend]

Can you smell the cheese?