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Originally Posted by Flutecrafter
Do you really hate halloween?
or do you hate the things you've been told that it is?
there is a serious difference.
Are there more workings of magik this time of year? Yes.
Are they confined to Oct 31? No.
Do they have anything to do with the commercialized holiday of halloween? Not really.
Admittedly there are some seriously nasty costumes and decorations out there
these days, as well as some fools that want to use the excuse to engage
in very poor judgement and behaviour, that has nothing to do with the
day itself either.
My son said it fairly well in his 'this is the day' thread.
It is a day that God has made, same as the other 364 days of the year.
The followers of Jesus can either get off of their soap boxes and
engage the folks that are coming to their door, or they can cower in the
back rooms of their houses and pretend that no one is coming by at all.
Tracts and prayer and even conversation with them and their parents if
they are with them and have the time.
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When I was young, I participated in Halloween all the time. We grew up in church and thought nothing of it. When I was older and married, we started researching it and realized that everything about the day is based on the "dark" stuff of evil. It seems like on Halloween, Christians accept things that God calls abominations - just because we say it's in fun. Well I just can't imagine God laughing at that.
The movies that come out around this time of year are HORRIBLE, and they are directed at people's fascination with the evil things of the season. The ones this year called "Devil" and the one about the Last Exorcism - they are so evil that the previews made me literally sick. Also, the Halloween store that comes to our town every year is called "Spirit". Wonder why?
I'm not condemning others - like I said, I took part in it for years. But it's not something that I can conscientiously do anymore.
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