Comments on: Monday October 31, 2005

By: osubeth

osubeth — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:49:00 +0000

on thin ice here, i guess. i am not part of the 30%. my whole family dresses up for tabitha's birthday and the xa costume (not halloween) party. we go trick or treating. but we do carve JESUS into our pumpkin. and we don't hang ghosts and witches and the like in our yard. evil is evil and we should not jest about it. the devil is real. demons are real. hell is real. it is just not a laughing matter to me. i am not obsessed about the origin of our current traditions necessarily. but i am not going to just blindly follow cultural customs either. halloween brings images of the dead roaming the earth, witches casting evil spells on innocent people, of ax murderers running amok. i don't find any of these things entertaining, funny or charming. so, we don't "celebrate halloween" in my household. is that worthy of ridicule? even if i'm dead wrong, my convictions are worthy of respect. our culture is reacting to years of legalism and hypocrisy and other crazy christian dysfunctions. i don't want to be part of that. i'm angry about how the church has messed up our nation. how can we turn the tide? i want to respond with love and patience and grace.

our relationship is never on thin ice. i so love you.

By: runningnoodle

runningnoodle — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:54:00 +0000

i’m evil as hell.

By: Lovegrove

Lovegrove — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:32:00 +0000

If we take the "halloween is satanic" motif any further, Christmas overlays YuleTide, a pagan mid-winter festival and Easter overlays a festival celebrating the rebirth of Spring. And why not the many pagan things through our culture? Shaving is a Greek/Roman habit which countermands a biblical command. How about trousers - introduced by pagan horsemen from the steppes. The whole thing gets out of hand.

That said, I would think that American christians would need to study and understand the connection between Halloween or (All Witches Night) and All Saints Day, which Halloween leads up to.

By: mosnarb

mosnarb — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:17:00 +0000

I said the same thing in my blog….

By: ChildOfZion_1984

ChildOfZion_1984 — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:55:00 +0000

my parents are part of that 30%. I never once celebrated Halloween growing up because they thought it was evil. We usually had friends from church over in our basement for a Halloween party of our own, and they were always a lot of fun.

So I guess that I did celebrate the holiday back int he day, just in a different way.

By: guardian_eve

guardian_eve — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:11:00 +0000

++!

Besides which, TAG!

By: SuedeKnight

SuedeKnight — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:50:00 +0000

Esther…we must plot something to do to Nick this weekend :)

I’ll be working at a UWM soccer game on Saturday. You’re both welcome to come!

By: sillogizomai

sillogizomai — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:41:00 +0000

Good post. Funny - just this weekend I met a family who does not celebrate Easter or Christmas because of the pagan roots. I have to respect them, they're consistent, and they don't condemn those who do celebrate (they mostly avoid the topic because people are usually offended by their non-participation).

Somehow, Grace and Holiness coexist. That's what baffles me.

By: tree25

tree25 — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:35:00 +0000

Yeah, so, who else is excited that it was Reformation Day? Anyone…anyone….*crickets chirping*

By: SuedeKnight

SuedeKnight — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:42:00 +0000

I didn’t hand out any candy
I didn’t talk to my Mandy
I sat here like a goon
Listening to “Thriller” since noon
And I tell ya, I feel fine and dandy