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Halloween

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Several churches in my area (and a few I attended), during Halloween, would have a 'Fall Festival' party/gathering. Most, if not all, of their reasoning was 'Halloween is of the devil' or 'Satanic' or the like.


For discussion:
As christians (especially those with small children), how do you celebrate Halloween (for those that do)? If you don't, why not?

What's the proper way to celebrate it, as christian? Or is there no proper way to celebrate it? If not, why not?
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Re: Halloween

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As Jehovahs Witnesses we absolutely do not celebrate Halloween because we see it as having its roots in spiritism and the occult, something we believe to be contrary to bible law and principle.

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Re: Halloween

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Better keep the kiddies in that night...never know what they might be up to.

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Re: Halloween

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Roughly 90% Of Americans Have No Religious Objections to Halloween


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PRINCETON, NJ -- "Trick or treat" may be the most common greeting Americans will receive when they open their doors to little ghosts and goblins on Halloween night. A new Gallup Panel survey finds that roughly 1 in 10 Americans say they object to celebrating Halloween because of religious beliefs. More than 6 in 10 Americans tell Gallup they usually pass out treats to children on Halloween, and roughly the same percentage of parents usually dress their children in costumes. Few Americans report that they usually attend a Halloween party, wear a costume, or visit a haunted house or go on a haunted hayride."
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Re: Halloween

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Not that I'm a party animal myself or can face the idea of managing a roomful of kids, but I'd rather like to see Halloween parties Hogwarts themed (since both are Satanic, apparently). Though I can see one small girl's party being ruined as she was the only one who turned up with a Slytherin blazer on and nobody would talk to her.

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Re: Halloween

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To me, the drinking of the blood of Christ and eating his body is a far more creepy celebration than anything people do on Halloween.
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Re: Halloween

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brunumb wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:09 pm To me, the drinking of the blood of Christ and eating his body is a far more creepy celebration than anything people do on Halloween.
Almost as creepy as having a holy image of a man being tortured. I always found it perverse while chatting to a pretty chick in a black cocktail dress at a party to see that she has a little silver torture scene hanging round her neck on a chain.

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Re: Halloween

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TRANSPONDER wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 11:01 pm
brunumb wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:09 pm To me, the drinking of the blood of Christ and eating his body is a far more creepy celebration than anything people do on Halloween.
Almost as creepy as having a holy image of a man being tortured. I always found it perverse while chatting to a pretty chick in a black cocktail dress at a party to see that she has a little silver torture scene hanging round her neck on a chain.
Just before the pandemic started I took my partner to the hospital for minor surgery. In the waiting room they had a former nun volunteer walking around talking to folks supposedly with the purpose of helping us not worry about our loved ones. All she did really was talk about her career as a bride of Christ which was creepy enough. At one point she said to me that she found it very comforting that every room in the hospital had a crucifix. I just gave her a blank stare and wondered why a bloody corpse hanging on a cross would provide comfort.

Contrast that with a Halloween in the early sixties when as a kid I wore a "Casper the Friendly Ghost" outfit to go trick-or-treating. Sure, dressing up as a carton character and asking neighbors for candy is demonic, but having the image of a bloody corpse on a cross in every room of a hospital is comforting.


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Re: Halloween

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Clownboat wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:34 pm We called it Satan's birthday, like we did Christmas for Jesus.
(I don't think we were meant to believe it was literally his birthday though).

We went to 'hallelujah parties' at church instead of trick or treating with the sinners.
What yall called it is irrelevant.

If someone dresses up like Superman for Halloween, that has absolutely nothing to do with Satan, does it? Which makes what the holiday is called irrelevant.

And it is funny, because you guys went to hallelujah parties at the church instead of trick or treating with the sinners...yet, some of those sinners are the ones at the church.

Foolishness, and over-zealousness.
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Re: Halloween

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nobspeople wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:56 am Several churches in my area (and a few I attended), during Halloween, would have a 'Fall Festival' party/gathering. Most, if not all, of their reasoning was 'Halloween is of the devil' or 'Satanic' or the like.


For discussion:
As christians (especially those with small children), how do you celebrate Halloween (for those that do)? If you don't, why not?

What's the proper way to celebrate it, as christian? Or is there no proper way to celebrate it? If not, why not?
Christians dress up in their favorite costumes, go apple bobbing, and eat lots of candy. Not really worthy of a discussion and certainly no need for making news of the un-newsworthy.
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Re: Halloween

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We_Are_VENOM wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:09 am
Clownboat wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 2:34 pm We called it Satan's birthday, like we did Christmas for Jesus.
(I don't think we were meant to believe it was literally his birthday though).

We went to 'hallelujah parties' at church instead of trick or treating with the sinners.
What yall called it is irrelevant.

If someone dresses up like Superman for Halloween, that has absolutely nothing to do with Satan, does it? Which makes what the holiday is called irrelevant.

And it is funny, because you guys went to hallelujah parties at the church instead of trick or treating with the sinners...yet, some of those sinners are the ones at the church.

Foolishness, and over-zealousness.
I just love it when the schismatics fall out. Saves the atheists a heck of a lot of work.

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