I know a good number of Christians, usually fundamentalist, who object to Halloween. And, as your article points out, each year it seems like more and more do.
As a Roman Catholic of Irish descent, I have taught my children the historical basis for Halloween--that it is "All Hallow's Eve" and historically, people of of our faith and ancestry dressed up to scare the evil spirits away. My kids like the idea of scaring evil spirits away and by virtue of that, I don't think this behavior opens the door to evil but in fact reinforces that the door must stay shut and one must take an active role in shutting the door. Further, we are sure to go to church the next day on the holy day of All Saints, so I have no problem with Halloween.
That said, I respect the right of others to celebrate or not. The lady in this article should have simply done what I would have done, thrown the flyer away!
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. 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?
>Originally, All Hallows' Eve was one of the great fire festivals of Britain at the time of the Druids. In Scotland it was associated with the time when the spirits of the dead, the demons, witches, and sorcerers were usually active and propitious.Paradoxically, All Hallows' Eve was also a night when young people performed magical rituals to determine their future marriage partners. The youth of the villages carried on with much merry-making and sensual revelry, but the older people took great care to safeguard their homes from the evil spirits, witches, and demons who had exceptional power that night...
Can you guess my source here???
Poisoning the minds and bodies of your children is a Christian thing to do?