Posted on 10/25/2008 7:00:34 AM PDT by DouglasKC
It’s the truth too. :-)
The choice is yours. Have a good day.
I was a witch. See post 64.
Sorry, I meant to respond to this too. I don't see in scripture where a wise response to Satan is to mock him.
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
We are to be aware of the devil. To learn his ways. To keep our faith in God.
Jas 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Have faith in God is the key to resisting the devil. Not emulating and mocking his ways.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
"Wiles" are tricks, schemes. We are to do Godly thing, be like God, have faith in the Lord, to know what are tricks of devils.
Eph 4:27 nor give place to the devil.
The verse above was specifically about anger. But it means don't give a foothold to the devil. Don't give him an in. Halloween can do this.
What should you believe if you’re a professing Christian?
I believe you’re too cheap to buy some candy, and you hate little kids.
When my little brother and me were kids, we and about a thousand other kids would go from door to door in the war housing, get our grocery bags full, run home to get another and go out again. we never, ever heard or even thought about vandalism. Trick or treating is fun, harmless and I loved it. Now of course, it’s all psychoanlized and politically disected, including some church killjoy politics to the point of nausea, and of course, the kids might be poisoned, which has never been documented, just hyped.
Boo hiss curmudgeon party poopers.
Great. We are becoming like the Hell-bound Jehovah’s Witnesses. Denying our kids cupcakes because God hates fun.
“There is a vein of Calvinism that runs through many Protestant churches. I do not embrace it. While always remaining mindful that Satan is real and Satan’s demons can attack, I prefer to celebrate and take joy with the children.
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Oh, so well said! :-D Thank you.
I love candy and I have little grandkids whom I adore.
When my little brother and me were kids, we and about a thousand other kids would go from door to door in the war housing, get our grocery bags full, run home to get another and go out again. we never, ever heard or even thought about vandalism. Trick or treating is fun, harmless and I loved it.
The article addresses this line of thought.
i'm a Christian and Halloween is my favorite holiday... everyone who knows me is shocked when they learn that about me... my second favorite is Thanksgiving... i guess i am partial to autumn... i think if a Christian is not comfortable with it, or if they have some kind of baggage that would make Halloween dangerous for them then they ought not to take part... i love passing out candy to the kids... i usually put together goodie bags and hand those out... i love candy... i have acquaintances who think i'm flirting with the devil because i like Halloween... these are the same people who think CS Lewis was bad, bad, bad for writing The Chronicles of Narnia... and who won't let their children read The Iliad or The Odyssey...
God doesn't hate fun. Of course his idea of what we should have joy in and rejoice in is different than the that of non-Christians. Do a bible word study on "joy" and "rejoice". It's eye opening.
There is no biblical precedent for many things; since when does that make a prohibition?
I believe parents don’t pass out enough peanut M&M’s...trick or treat
Why?
That aside, the term “pagan” is taken from the Latin “paganus” meaning rustic peasant, or more succinctly, hick.
Some newer bible translations use "pagan", but nearly all of the older translations use "strangers" or "gentiles" or "nations" to generally describe those who don't worship the true God.
what is my choice?
It doesn't in and of itself.
Almond M&M's are better...
No way. You sir are mistaken. ;^p
I am mistaken about many things ma'am, but Almond M&M's are FAR superior to peanut. Far. :-)
Like you, we home school, teach our children logic and teach our children to think for themselves.
Yet in all we teach our children, our base is the Bible. Our children know about the freedom they have in Christ and not to flaunt their freedom. They know not to indulge the sinful nature. We train our children to be godly, to love discipline and to run in such a way as to get the prize.
We are by no means perfect and try not to make anybody else stumble. We press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God was called us heavenward.
What we don't want is to be mediocre in our Christianity and we try to best understand this freedom we have. We also try to accept those whose faith is weak and to not judge fellow saints on disputable matters.
For us and how we live our lives, we find Halloween harmless.
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