you know, whatever miss charlotte
I think you are making a big deal because it is a big deal to you personally...so that is your world...not the world of everyone else
when I was kid...halloween was not the big thing it is today
everybody went out...Christian or not
now everyone questions everything...it's all the devil, it's all wrong and everything is pagan
motives should not be judged however, and I think that is all too often a line that gets crossed in some of these discussions
and that just keeps the anger going...that is why I have said maybe just stop your nitpicking
whatever...I guess we can just ignore it
it is just silly...how many have been convinced to do other than what they had already planned to do?
That is true,when I went out trick or treat,I did not think it was of the devil,for my whole life I never gave one inkling to even think about the devil,and never give him place,whether I thought he was real or not,for my attitude was screw the devil,pardon my expression,and always yea God,even before I knew him,my whole life,for I always liked to be a decent person.
Not everybody looks at Halloween in the same aspect as other people,and the truth is 99.99 percent,or even better than that,they do not look at Halloween in that concept,but children having a good time,to dress up,and get some candy,nothing more and nothing less,and they are not even thinking of any pagan roots associated with it,but children having a good time.
Which it does not mean that Halloween is good for the general concept of what people thinks it mean,but the vast,vast,vast,majority,and I mean the vast majority,do not look at it that way,but children having fun on a night that is special to them.
And that is the thing,Halloween,Christmas,Easter,they have to blend the occult,with Christianity,which Halloween is the eve of All Saints Day,but not everybody observes it according to the occult way,even people that do not believe in Christianity,but we ignore the occult way,and what I think about is the children,that it makes me sad that they cannot participate and have fun,as children like to do,for they say we cannot participate in it,but the children that are young do not understand,and what do we do about that.
This is something that is hard for me personally,for I do not like the way the nature worshippers look at it,but I think about the children wanting to have a good time,that obviously do not look at it from a pagan view,and their parents,but like to dress up and have fun,and it makes them feel special as they can have their own individual identity to be the character they want,like being in a school play,and people dish out candy to them.
To me I say we should forget Halloween,but in the eyes of children,it is hard to deny them something that they view as special and fun,and why can't they have fun like all children,like on Christmas,forget Santa,but why can't the children have fun,and like on Easter,forget the easter bunny,but why can't the children have fun.
I suppose we should teach them the true meaning of life,and let them have fun along with all the other children,but in the right aspect of reality,and say dear children we look at it from a different point of view,mostly of Easter and Christmas,and let the children have their fun.
Which that is a hard thing of parents that believe in Christ,that how do you deal with the children,when other children participate in those things,and you love your children so much,and want them to be happy,that you cannot bring yourself around to deny them that joy,even if you think it is wrong to observe it,which I am talking about Easter and Christmas,for surely Christian parents would not want to identify with Halloween is of the devil,but they might say Santa,and Easter bunny,and that is because they love their children,and want them to be happy.
And the love of the children,and their happiness,is what may cause parents that believe in Christ,to put forth things that are not true,and not compatible with Christianity,for the children's sake.