Posted on 10/22/2006 10:37:57 AM PDT by DouglasKC
Do you realize that some pagan cultures used to sacrifice their children in worship rites? Or that ritualized sex practices were often part of pagan worship?
Satan may indeed be promoting his agenda, but not through Halloween. Rather through religious fanatics reactions to Halloween and their damning of people that celebrate it.
I've "damned" nobody that celebrates it. My belief is that those who are celebrating have not yet realized that what they are doing is not appropriate but that someday they most assuredly will.
As an aside, I think it would be hilarious to dress up as Dutch 'toon Mohammed, maybe make the bomb out of paper mache and somehow afix it to the turban and glue some cotton painted orange and yellow to the wire "fuse". Unwise but undeniably hilarious.
And you call me sick? Suicide bombers indiscriminately kill children, babies and others in a gruesome fashion and you think it's "funny" to dress up as one?
I don't. I observe the same holy days that Jesus Christ observed. They're listed in Leviticus 23.
LOL!
Sure I wear a wedding ring. The bible doesn't prohibit it. In fact, the parable of the prodigal son involved the placing of a ring on the hand of the son when he returned. This could be taken to represent the marriage of the church to Christ:
Luk 15:21 "And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
Luk 15:22 "But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;
Luk 15:23 and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate;
Luk 15:24 for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
Halloween is an entirely different matter though. It is supplanting God's true holy days and replacing them with false days dedicated to false gods.
A silly question. But if you want statistics, I would say that 90% of those who celebrate Halloween are being deceived by a system instituted by Satan. But maybe 10% are actively worshipping Satan and doing darker deeds than trick or treating on Halloween. But both ways Satan's purpose is served. As the article says:
Frankly, Halloween is anything but harmless. It focuses one's attention on witchcraft and demonism, which flies in the face of the holy God Almighty! When parents not only allow but also encourage their children to celebrate witches and goblins, they are teaching them that it's acceptable to deal in demonism.
And we have seen what God thinks of that. God is a God of light and truth (1 John 1:5). Satan, "the god of this age" (2 Corinthians 4:4), is a very real being—a being of darkness, deception and death (Revelation 12:9; John 8:44). We are to have nothing to do with his ways. (To learn more, request our free booklet Is There Really a Devil?)
Do not assume that Halloween is a harmless holiday. God hates mankind's dabbling in the spirit world of Satan and his demons!
If there were no other reason available, that should be enough. But there are more reasons. Halloween keeps humankind, and many Christians, confused, disoriented and separated from the one and only true God.
God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33). Nor is He the author of Halloween or any other "Christianized" pagan holidays (Amos 5:21). Why would the only true God who loves mankind support any worldly holiday that blinds human beings to Him and His truth and that holds men, women and children captive to deception?
*Really? That sounds like you are turning the Prodigal Son Story into a gay marriage. Jesus is the Spouse and His Church is the Bride. Male and female not male and male like the Prodigal Son and his father.
Halloween is an entirely different matter though. It is supplanting God's true holy days and replacing them with false days dedicated to false gods.
*It doesn't supplant God's true Holy Days. It DOES increase the number of days especially set aside and devoted to the Worship of God, but, as a Christian, I would think you'd consider an increase in days devoted specifically to the Worship of God a good thing
*Show me in the Bible where God prohibits Halloween.
Show me in the Bible where God prohibits His Disciples from increasing the numer of days devoted to His worship.
This whole anti-Halloween thing started with Jack Chick. Think about it.
I always thought it rather hypocritical for the same people that told me that Halloween was so evil to also let their kids watch witches on Disney movies and think nothing of it.
LOL!!!
Dungeons and Dragons was another satanic evil that the same Baptists warned against. Playing D&D was exactly the same as performing a satanic ritual and people that did it were just begging to become possessed.
That would be one hell of a barbeque!
Oh brother. Did the deeper meaning of the parable escape you? And when Christ returns to take his bride, we won't be male or female.
*It doesn't supplant God's true Holy Days. It DOES increase the number of days especially set aside and devoted to the Worship of God, but, as a Christian, I would think you'd consider an increase in days devoted specifically to the Worship of God a good thing
God didn't create holy days nilly willy. He created them for specific reasons, to be celebrated at specific times, to show certain events and to teach certain lessons.
These days, Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, The Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the feast of Tabernacles and the last great day are not (with the possible exception of Pentecost) are not observed by Catholics. They have been replaced by days that man created. Easter, Christmas, Halloween and whatever other created feast days there are on the liturgical calendar.
And I don't think there's anything "wrong" with adding worship days to these days provided that they're not continuations of abhorrent practices and that we keep in mind that they're not "holy" and that they're merely customs created by men.
Are you sure you didn't change your mind because the same people also say Dungeons and Dragons is evil too? Sorry. Just noticed your nick. :-)
This whole anti-Halloween thing started with God. Think about that!
Oops! You apparently beat me on the D&D post.
*From the Bible show me where you are its authoritative interpreter.
These days, Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, The Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the feast of Tabernacles
*From the Bible show me where Jesus taught we must keep those specific days Holy.
Yes. I remember that commandment quite clearly. "Thou shalt not Trick or Treat."
You're hilarious PJ.
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