Question the Practice of Halloween... Or the Christian Practice of Satanism

The Sir Francis Dashwood Journal | 10-31-02 | Sir Francis Dashwood

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I'm wondering how many Christians will come here to defend their practice of Satanism...

[Aggie Mama]

I don't think that my son thinks of Satan when he is dressing up as Buzz Lightyear and going to our neighbors' to get some M&M's. Sure, there are tons of people out there that get off on the macbre, but for us, it's a time to bob for apples, dress up and eat ourselves silly on candy.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

...but for us, it's a time to bob for apples, dress up and eat ourselves silly on candy.

Poisoning yourselves. Fine with me. Satanism, like reading can be fundamental...

"Fantasy is, in general the medium of infinitization…"

[Aggie Mama]

So have no imagination at all, huh? That makes for a very boring life to have no fantasy. So please tell me how pumpkins and M&M's are turning my children towards evil.

As I implied before, it's all a matter of degree. Are there satanists out there that get their jollies on Halloween? Sure! But if we take the holiday to your extreme, then we should stop the celebration of Christ's birth as well, since we all know how abused and commercialized it has become.

You assume that ALL are corrupted by Halloween activites, when in reality, SOME of us just like to see our children have fun dressing up and eating sugary snacks.

[Bella_Bru]

You must be a real riot to hang out with. Tell me, are you just going to have your porch light turned off on Halloween or will you be one of those annoying fools in front of City Hall protesting that Halloween is "allowed"?

Me, I am taking some relatives trick or treating. I get 10% of all candy they receive.

[FormerLib]

Actually, we always looked upon it as our victory over the practices. Where once they terrified people, now they are merely children's games.

Speaking of which, my kids went the the local Halloween party dressed as a Kangaroo and a Cow--new, no big meanings there, ya know?

[FormerLib]

By the way, care to defend the wholesale slaughter of other human beings by atheist regimes (USSR, Red China, Pot Pot's Cambodia)?

[katnip]

I'm going to be the "Statue of Liberty" this year.

My husbands going to be Uncle Sam.

My 10 year old plans on being some kind of creepy guy.

Have fun.

[RnMomof7]

I have not "celebrated" Halloween since I was converted..It is a heathan hoilday that honors Satan

I find it interesting that so man that hang lights for the "bithday" of Jesus also hang orange lights for this "celebration"

[RnMomof7]

It really does not matter what he "thinks of" it is what is happening in the unseen spirit world that matters....

Halloween is a Satanic High Holy day..

[APBaer]

Why do you "celebrate" on certain "holidays,"
what are you celebrating, do you really know?

Simple, alternate side of the street parking
being suspended for the day.

[Pahuanui]

Søren Kierkegaard from The Sickness Unto Death:

"The fantastic is, of course, most closely related to the imagination [Phantasien], but the imagination is related in it’s turn to feeling, understanding, and will, so that a person’s feelings, understanding and will may be fantastic. Fantasy is, in general the medium of infinitization… (emphasis mine)

The fantastic is generally speaking what carries a person into the infinite in such a way that it only leads him away from himself and thus prevents him from coming back to himself.

Wow. This is a both a complete misundertanding and misrepresentation of what Kierkegaard was talking about.

It most certainly does not support your 'argument'.

[DouglasKC]

It really does not matter what he "thinks of" it is what is happening in the unseen spirit world that matters....
Halloween is a Satanic High Holy day..

I'm in total agreement with RnMom on this one. Isn't it amazing and predictable how Satan has made evil seem fun?

[Commander8]

Here's something Christians can do on Halloween.
http://www.chick.com/seasonal/halloween/default.asp

Halloween can be used as a soul winning event.

[RnMomof7]

People have a hard time understanding that what we call reality is but a shadow of the spiritual rhelm (sp) They look at the tangible

I suspect Halloween is a spiritually dangerous time for the kids..but then we live in a world where satan is the god

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Wow. This is a both a complete misundertanding and misrepresentation of what Kierkegaard was talking about.

Kierkegaard was the progenitor of existentialism. Elaborate for us professor...

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It most certainly does not support your 'argument'.

Fallacy of begging the question.

[Irisshlass]

I'm in agreement with her too..Thats why Christ calls us 'sheep'...without a Shepard we are lost...unaware of danger..

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

This is a both a complete misundertanding and misrepresentation of...

Thomas Hobbes?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

So have no imagination at all, huh?

Red herring, false dichotomy, weak analogy, ad hominem...

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That makes for a very boring life to have no fantasy.

ad hominem

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So please tell me how pumpkins and M&M's are turning my children towards evil.

argumentum misericordian

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Are there satanists out there that get their jollies on Halloween?

They get their "jollies" knowing you conform to it and inculcate others into the practice thereof...

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SOME of us just like to see our children have fun dressing up and eating sugary snacks.

Like I said, fine with me. Satanism is a lot of fun. Poison their bodies with sugar and their minds with phantasms. Free country.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

You must be a real riot to hang out with.

I'm not partial to standing on the corner downtown. Although, I do have a number of friends that put me at the top of the invite list for parties and other social gatherings...

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Tell me, are you just going to have your porch light turned off on Halloween or will you be one of those annoying fools in front of City Hall protesting that Halloween is "allowed"?

False dichotomy.
No to both. I'll be at a nightclub with someone like Gene Harris playing the piano or J.J. Cale playing those blues...