Halloween - why do some reject it?

[crimson117]

I have a friend whose husband thinks halloween is evil, unchristian, and doesn't plan on letting his kids celebrate it. My friend and her husband are both just about finished with divinity school in Iowa.

So why do people think this about halloween? I haven't really asked them about it.

 

[spidey07]

some reject the most "pagan" of rituals.

even though they're pagan themselves.

 

[moshquerade]

it is teh evil

 

[eigen]

Because it is evil and unchristian. That is why I love it. HAIL.

I am going as anton lavey this Halloween.

 

[ohtwell]

Because they believe that Halloween celebrates ghouls and goblins, which are evil and satanic?

I honestly don't know!


: ) Amanda

 

[MartyMcFly3]

I guess they see it as being based around satan... I dunno I think people who dont like Halloween are messed up... That's just my opinion though.

 

[DAGTA]

Halloween is "All Hallow's Eve" and is a pagen ritual dedicated to the dead and spirits. As such, it is considered 'bad' by Christianity and most other religions. To me it's just a day to dress up and have fun.

 

[Gurck]

Halloween is such a fun holiday, I can't believe anyone can still be so ass-backwards in this day & age...

 

[yhelothar]

No one celebrates goblins and ghouls..
It's a tradition to have fun more than anything now.

 

[biostud]

because it's american and therefor t3h Evil!!!111

 

[minendo]

It is the holiday of satan and satan is a bad, bad being.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: minendo
It is the holiday of satan and satan is a bad, bad being.

you would know demonseed.

 

[nageov3t]

because getting dressed up and going door-to-door begging for candy is pretty lame.

 

[daveshel]

Not all of us are lucky to have an extra debauchery event like Mardi Gras (a Christian concession to the previous religious traditions of Catholic Spanish America) or Gasparilla Day (celebrating a pirate of the high seas), so we need Holloween. Seems most of our holidays encompass some remnant of their pagan predecessors.

 

[her209]

Santa Claus is not real. Jesus is. :roll:

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: her209
Santa Claus is not real. Jesus is. :roll:

The only Jesus I know sells fake Rolex's down on 3rd street.

 

[IEC]

I'd just say that if I had kids I wouldn't want them out in the streets after dark.... some people do some CRAZY things on Halloween (Like shooting at your car with a paintball gun, yes it really happened) :|

 

[Bulk Beef]

I did think it was kind of ironic when I saw a church sponsoring a Halloween paraphernalia sale.

 

[Skiguy411]

Its the devils holiday!

 

[jadinolf]

Keep talking like this and I'm not going out trick or treating this year.

 

[Schadenfroh]

no one i know rejects it, and i live in the center of the bible belt. Heck, all the children at my church participate in trick or treating dressed as various monsters. Parents and adults participate by dressing up in various costumes and give candy.

 

[brigden]

Most people are idiots.

 

[Leetman]

I had a friend when I was in elementary school whose parents wouldn't let him celebrate halloween, always thought that was pretty lame.

 

[AreaCode707]

I reject Halloween because I am morally opposed to inhumane slaughter of innocent pumpkins.

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

When i was in middle school two christian kids said i was going to go to hell for trick or treating.

EDIT: Funny thing is that I saw one of them in college recently and he is all goth/punk, its halloween for him everyday now!