Halloween and the Church

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-10-19 10:01pm

I just realized earlier that the Christian fundies should denounce Halloween as an evil holiday. After all, traditionally people dressed up as demons and other creatures of Satan. Doesn't that lead the way to moral corruption and whatnot?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-10-19 10:03pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:I just realized earlier that the Christian fundies should denounce Halloween as an evil holiday. After all, traditionally people dressed up as demons and other creatures of Satan. Doesn't that lead the way to moral corruption and whatnot?

A good portion of them do.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-19 10:14pm

Not me or my church, tho. I'm going out as a Jehovah's Witness.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-10-19 10:16pm

I believe last year, the mayor in a nearby town banned Halloween, but I don't think it because it's "evil". I think it had to do with feelings after 9-11. If Halloween has "evil" roots, then the holiday has lost it's meaning, like Easter. Who cares if Christ is risen when you can fatten yourself up on chocolate bunnies!

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2002-10-19 10:22pm

Halloween is an essential holiday to use candy to passify children's natural urge to hock eggs at those bastards that don't have the common sense to turn off their lights if they don't want to hand out candy.

Ofcourse parents forgot these urges and keep those they consider too old from trick or treating, and thats when we come up with ideas like TPsooka or egging houses from three blocks away with a potato cannon.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-19 10:38pm

Who cares if Christ is risen when you can fatten yourself up on chocolate bunnies!

...I do

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-10-20 01:53am

Do you think that fundies would still denounce Halloween if the costumes did not cover demons, and evil entitites?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-20 02:06am

neoolong wrote:Do you think that fundies would still denounce Halloween if the costumes did not cover demons, and evil entitites?

Of course! JW's denounce fucking birthday parties.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-10-20 02:23am

Darth Wong wrote:
neoolong wrote:Do you think that fundies would still denounce Halloween if the costumes did not cover demons, and evil entitites?
Of course! JW's denounce fucking birthday parties.

What the hell? That I did not know. What's their problem with birthday parties?

Dumbasses.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-20 02:37am

neoolong wrote:What the hell? That I did not know. What's their problem with birthday parties?

They see it as "self-worship".

Dumbasses.

Yup.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-10-20 02:49am

Darth Wong wrote:
neoolong wrote:Do you think that fundies would still denounce Halloween if the costumes did not cover demons, and evil entitites?
Of course! JW's denounce fucking birthday parties.

*shakes head at the thought of the stupidity of fundies*...

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-20 09:48am

idiots! they worship themselves all the time with saying that only 144000 people will gain access to heaven which of course are JWs.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2002-10-20 05:24pm

neoolong wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
neoolong wrote:Do you think that fundies would still denounce Halloween if the costumes did not cover demons, and evil entitites?
Of course! JW's denounce fucking birthday parties.
What the hell? That I did not know. What's their problem with birthday parties?

Dumbasses.

They denounce ANYTHING that isn't specifically approved in the Bible. Furthermore, since Herod celebrated his birthday, and he was a bad guy, birthdays MUST be evil by association.

They have only ONE holiday and that is the anniversary of Christ's death when the remaining of the 144000 still alive take the Lord's supper and all the faithful who will live forever in paradise on earth watch. Everyother holiday throughout the year is strictly forbidden as 'pagan'.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-20 05:47pm

The other 364 days of the year, they celebrate Door-to-Door Salesman Day.

MattTheSkywalker · Post by **MattTheSkywalker** » 2002-10-20 07:31pm

As you probably know, "Halloween" is a contraction of "All Hallows Eve".

"All Hallows" is the traditional name for the Catholic Church's "All Saints Day", celebrated November 1st.

Halloween activites/costumes are designed to 'commemorate' (by non churchgoers) thoe who are not in heaven.[/code]

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-10-20 07:33pm

It was originally a pagan holiday in Britain, and the Christians tried to stamp it out. Guess they're still trying.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-10-20 07:38pm

Christians try to stomp out anything that isn't their holiday. Funny how they let the commercialization of Christmas continue.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-20 07:43pm

Perhaps we should say "re-commercialization". In Ancient Rome, people gave gifts at the Winter Solstice (which coincidentally happens to fall around Christmas). People have short memories, and it is commonly believed that gift-giving is some kind of moder "perversion" of Christmas, when it is actually a return to the original spirit of the Winter Solstice celebration of life and gift-giving (mind you, the Romans also drank a lot and had orgies to celebrate the Winter Solstice; we do the drinking part, but not the orgies ... yet

).

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-10-20 07:46pm

Winter Solstace is also a Pagan holiday. Henceforth why the Christians have stricken it from our minds.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-20 07:47pm

Darth Wong wrote:Perhaps we should say "re-commercialization". In Ancient Rome, people gave gifts at the Winter Solstice (which coincidentally happens to fall around Christmas). People have short memories, and it is commonly believed that gift-giving is some kind of moder "perversion" of Christmas, when it is actually a return to the original spirit of the Winter Solstice celebration of life and gift-giving (mind you, the Romans also drank a lot and had orgies to celebrate the Winter Solstice; we do the drinking part, but not the orgies ... yet ).

However, some people say that it is to commemorate the gift-giving at Christ's birth (which actually fell on the EPiphany, Jan. 6...I digress). It was meant to have the gifts for the birth (hence, birthday gifts). So, we have three new holidays in one: birthdays, the Epiphany, and the gift-giving Christmas.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-20 08:32pm

Winter Solstace is also a Pagan holiday. Henceforth why the Christians have stricken it from our minds.

Not quiet sure what you mean by that; ppl still learn about it in school, and if IIRC, it was a festival to Saturn. Do you worship Saturn?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-20 08:37pm

Cyril wrote:
Winter Solstace is also a Pagan holiday. Henceforth why the Christians have stricken it from our minds.
Not quiet sure what you mean by that; ppl still learn about it in school, and if IIRC, it was a festival to Saturn. Do you worship Saturn?

It could be that, but it didn't have to be that. Winter solstice celebrations are common in many northern-hemisphere cultures because they all noticed that this was the time the Sun was lowest in the sky. Let's not be fooled into believing that it was somebody's unique idea to start celebrating that event.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-10-20 08:48pm

Darth Wong wrote:
neoolong wrote:Do you think that fundies would still denounce Halloween if the costumes did not cover demons, and evil entitites?
Of course! JW's denounce fucking birthday parties.

Fucking hell, are you serious?!

Wow, no blood if you're hurt, shunned by family if kicked out, and no birthdays. Freaky.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-10-20 09:08pm

Actually, in 7th grade my somewhat slighly less vehement religion teacher then I , tried too say Halloween was a Druid Baby Killing Holiday, and all that crap. It was, weird looking back on it now. I would too know what I was on cause that must of been some good shit. I won't lie I still have problems with the residual remnants of Christain Programming. Something still feels sort of missing, though I can never even go back too being agnostic. Perhaps it's just lack of Big Man in the Sky Syndrome. *Shrugs*

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 2002-10-21 11:47am

Most Christian traditions are of pegan origin, the only problem with Haloween is that ole papa in rome isn't getting his 15% of the haloween takings. Christians are by-in-large stupid and their leaders are money orentated, and as such the leaders will declare anything that can't milk for money evil and watch the sheep attempt to destroy it. Kinda like the mob u always see in the Simpsons

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