[familyop]

The author of the posted article was talking to Jewish people. IMO, it’s also a good message for Noachide followers like myself. We believe in only One G-d, with no partners, associates, other additives or piles of metaphors about the issue. That’s the First Law for us all (of the Seven Noachide Laws).

Zionist Conspirator: isn’t it true, that we have no commandment to proselytize to or convert Chr*stians or others who believe in multiple deities, associates, whatever? At the same time, some of them shouldn’t be so pushy, publicly insulting and threatening about their Greco-Roman/European religion.

As for the USA, the first Americans (Puritans and other real Protestants) rejected Halloween and other beliefs of official European religion. There are also the First Amendment and various declarations from the first Americans against European religious edicts (see English Civil War, other conflicts).

[rbmillerjr]

There is only one Way to the Father.

[rlmorel]

I think I learned all I needed to know about this subject and this thread by reading to this point.

Pretty clear to me.

[muawiyah]

The first European immigrants to America did Halloween as a religious feast ~ 'cause they were from Spain. That idea stuck ~ then, as I'm finding out in great detail, there really were Jews here in the 1500s and they didn't do Halloween ~ 'cause they don't do that. But then there were members of every brotherhood in Europe, and there are variations in the ways missionaries do Halloween ~ and I haven't found all of them in effect at the time, but very importantly those missionaries were here because Juan Carvajal, a famous Spanish Cardinal gave up his threat of schism (that is, a sort of Protestant reformation in the ranks of the Spanish church) provided the King of Spain let all the brotherhoods in Europe send missionaries to America. His former subordinate also became pope.

So, it wasn't just Spaniards wandering around looking for gold.

By the time the Puritans wandered into Virginia Christianity, and Judaism, were well established, as such things go, in much of America that would never see a Puritan for more than 200 years later.

BTW, Martin Luther was not the only priest with thoughts of Protestantism ~