God will not be mocked al...Your intent does not matter to Satan..He is thrilled that you put your kids out there to celebrate HIS day
Would you just look at the "moral" lessons of Halloween?
Dress up ..be something you are not...then beg (threaten people ) to get your physical desires met..
"Trick or treat money or eats"....blackmail
Then look at the costumes...who do the children want to look like? Sexualized barbie? monsters? ahhhhh and the ever popular witches..
This is not a PAGAN day ..it is a witchcraft day....
The god of this world is worshiped and celebrated..lights are hung to welcome him..
I think many adults remember they "good time" they had on that day and they want their kids to have "nice memories" of the "fall" holiday too
God says this to you now al
Jos 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
The hardest thing I ever did after I became a Christian was to remove this stuff from our lives and home.But who ever said obedience was easy?
We're actually staying home. But even if we were going out, it wouldn't be to celebrate "his day." This question was asked yesterday ... What would happen if some satanic nuts decided to celebrate Jeffrey Dahmers murderers every year at a certain time by ritually killing and eating people? And what would happen if over the years more and more people joined in? And if after a thousand years or so it was considered quite fun to celebrate it. And after a while Christians join in and honor the day by having childrens parties on or near the day? Would it be okay? Or would the original founders of the holiday be glad that their observance had made such an impact on society?
Silly analogy, but in the case of Halloween, my answer would be ... Actually, I think the founders of the holiday would be quite angry that their celebration was turned into something else that left little to nothing of the original intent in place.
Not once to I recall ever dressing up as any of the above. The one childhood costume that sticks in my mind is Robin and my brother was Batman. Over the years, my nephews and niece have been Teletubbies (okay ... they're evil) beanie babies, a pickle, pilgrims, Star Wars characters, M&Ms, etc.
Yep. If a Christian for the most part does pretty much the exact same things as a non-Christian does than who is emulating whose behavior?