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"What is this some kind of conservative reverse political correctness?"

You spam me three times with the same question.

So no doubt you've been diligent, in your own way, to speak out against evil, no matter how matter how attractively it is packaged.

Elaborate, please on your own efforts to act on your own convictions. Whatever they really are.

I can sort of understand what you're saying. We are blessed and I've taught my son that every good thing is from God. To him right now, candy is a VERY good thing. :o) (probably because he doesn't get it as often as he wants)

We're Christians, lovin' the Lord and all that, but we still do the silly halloween stuff. My husband and son have already bought their costumes and we've already done one pumpkin (a cat!) because my son couldn't wait. :o) It's just one day out of the year when my son can dress up and act silly and go beg for candy and get to eat a ton of it! My husband and I have already talked about this, and when my son (and other children we may have) get older and candy doesn't hold the same appeal that it does now, we'll do something else together halloween night. I was thinking of those bowling parties where the bowling balls and pins glow, with the black lights and music and pizza and all that. When he's older we can explain to him the mean-spiritedness (is that even a word lol) that happens on halloween sometimes, and how we can let it be for the little ones to get candy.

This year my son is going to go as a Doctor, my husband is riding an ostrich, and I haven't decided what I'll be yet. :o)

We're not celebrating death, satan, witchcraft or anything like that. The adults here make it so fun for the kids....everyone who's giving out candy does their garage up like a mini haunted house, but nothing scary, just really neat. I think it's a mistake to get bogged down in the details and "religion".

Don't sit in judgment of parents who want to take their kids out. If I'm wrong, then I'll be convicted on it. We've been to fall festivals at churches and it's not so different. The kids still dress up any way they want, they get candy...etc. I always thought the festivals in churches were to keep the kids safe from poisoned candy and "stranger danger" and things like that. We don't have to worry about that here.

We're not participating in evil. Our kids here have to worry about the evil that their parent's are currently overseas fighting. We deal with deployments and TDY and training and etc....let them have their fun, I say. These kids have to grow up fast, they fear seeing a chaplain's car...let them have fun and be little still and silly for a night.

If I'm wrong, then God Himself will give me a "spiritual slap-down". :o)

Elaborate, please on your own efforts to act on your own convictions.

Eat the preachers! Rrrrooooowwwrrrrr!!!

The "sapmming was an accident I asked the moderator people to correct it. I just think the kids should have the same fun we did. I enjoyed Halloween and it should be left as it is. Of course it has pagan roots so what! So does Easter and Christmas.