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Originally Posted by n david
Go ahead, tell her about Jesus, but your views on Halloween, Christmas, Easter and the rest should be left to her parents. Tell her the Gospel story, that's fine. But leave the rest, and your opinion of it, out of the discussion.
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My grandparents, who were not 'religious' by any stretch, had NO problem telling ANYONE what they thought. Little kids, grown adults, you name it. If they had an opinion, and felt you needed to know it, then you heard it.
I think we're blowing things out of proportion here... I've had to deal with 'grandma' telling my kids Halloween was just fine... they asked me, I explained things to them, and they learned that Grandma's opinions on religion are irrelevant. Not that I told them THAT, but over the years, studying scripture on their own, they all came to that same conclusion.
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It's not your place to tell her you don't like Halloween, and especially to tell her it's the devil's night.
I'd have been really upset if I wasn't in church and was planning on taking my daughter out to get candy on Halloween, only to have some family member tell her it's the devil's night.
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Of course you'd be upset, just as if (in the same situation) some family member told your child they needed to be saved by the Lord Jesus or wind up in hell.
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The girl mentioned Halloween, then was told her GG didn't like it. Of course the girl is going to ask why. IMO, that statement should have been left out. It doesn't matter whether she likes it or not. It's not her place to tell her. And it's especially not her place to talk about it being the devil's night and how the devil likes to kill people.
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Thankfully, none of my grandkids will ever do the Halloween thing, as all my children believe we should avoid pagan holy days.
IF, tho, one of my grandkids were to come visit and ASK ME what I thought about Halloween, I would have no problem telling them I didn't 'do' Halloween, because it's pagan and not of God. They'd get a history lesson (suitable for their age) from Samhain to All Hallow's, from druid to pope, from then to now.
Truth is applicable to all, the only difference age or person makes has to do with the method of delivery.