Thread: Against Halloween......

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quote:Originally posted by Jack Reaper

On occasion, people have walked in the door of my friends' Halloween store just to tell us that we were going to Hell because we furthered the cause of Halloween!

What a shame that has to happen.

How arrogant that someone could think they "know" what happens to another's soul in the afterlife. Oh yeah, that was arrogance at its worst. I'm sure God has better things to do than damn store owners to hell for selling Halloween merchandise! And you'd think with all the psychologists out there today that people who seem unable to control themselves to do such things could get some professional help.



"In nightmares our screams are silent, yet all fallen angels hear us on their way down." --E. Riddle

"Autumn whispers to me. It always has." --E. Riddle

The Corridors: Where Halloween is Forever

You can't engage people like that in dialog because what ever you say they can counter, just as you can counter what they have to say. You'll never convert them and when you acknowlege them with a reply then they know that you read their stuff and now they have a chance to try to convert you to their point of view. I always give people with extreme points of view (religious or otherwise) a very wide berth.

No one can make you do anything you don't want to do, right?

Ok...just went to the landover baptist church website ..... can't...stop....laughing....I think I'm gonna die from lack of oxygen!!! That CANNOT be for real!! Whenever I get depressed I'll go to that website for a good laugh!



I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the sensitive skin of my throat, and the hard dents of two sharp teeth, there I closed my eyes in langorous ecstasy and waited, waited with beating heart-Bram Stoker

quote:Originally posted by Jack Reaper

On occasion, people have walked in the door of my friends' Halloween store just to tell us that we were going to Hell because we furthered the cause of Halloween!

That is ok, I was told by a nun I was going to hell for playing paintball with some friends. I was glorifying war afterall.

Growing up I was also going to hell for reading comic books, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and listening to heavy metal. Today they just stick just to my "lifestyle choice."

I am a bit depressed because I have yet been told by the clergy that I am going to hell because of Halloween.


I avoid Atrocity when I can,
but sometimes it seems as if
our paths are destined to cross.

I used to write to Chick Publications, and all the religious zealots that subscribe to that nonsense, but I've learned in all my years that most of those people made up their minds a lifetime ago and will not budge from what they believe. They are the sort who confuse fact and truth. The paramount reason for this is that their primary weapon, The Bible, is replete with double-standards and vague laws which are so open to interpretation, that no conclusions of theirs can be argued. Like the English language, every rule has an exception-in their favor.

I once wrote a calm, organized (and rather abridged) history of Halloween and offered it as a guest column in the local paper. I mentioned how it related to modern christianity, as well as the more recently established traditions. The next day, and for weeks afterward, I was innundated with truly ANGRY people, screaming about my earst-while journey to Hell and my corruption of the faithful... [}] It didn't matter what facts I presented, what sources I quoted, or what irrefutable logic I supplied. I didn't agree with them. And that means I must be wrong...hmm.

I have found the most effective way to combat these religious crusaders is to fight fire with fire. I offer the following passage to you as a stand-alone retort for any of their accusations:

Colossians 2:16-17 "Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ."

I find a little self-examination goes a long way. That or the under-the-breath comment "Don't you have some sins to confess?" []

Never criticize someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That way, when you DO criticize them, you are a mile away, and you have their shoes...

I replied to that Bellaonline chick. I was compelled to.

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wolf -- I looked really quick at the faux religious site. I had to close it cause I'm at work. I just gotta say, wouldn't you rather kids be called Trick or Treaters than Holyweeners. LOL that got me LOL Even better at the bottom there was a banner for "What would Jesus Do?" thongs.

Mrs. Myers
Purely and simply evil

Oh yea, WWJD thongs. With the little caption click here to grab yours. Sorry, gotta go, a little hungry.......now where did I put my leftover blood of Christian children?.....hmmm...it's around here somewhere. lol



I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the sensitive skin of my throat, and the hard dents of two sharp teeth, there I closed my eyes in langorous ecstasy and waited, waited with beating heart-Bram Stoker

quote:Originally posted by MrsMyers666

Even better at the bottom there was a banner for "What would Jesus Do?" thongs.

Mrs. Myers
Purely and simply evil

I'll get flamed for this, but who cares? lol At the request of a friend a couple of years ago I made WWJD condom ad. hehehe. I still have the jpg file too.

MINDCRIME: I'm glad you posted that bible passage. It reminds me of how most of the Christians I run across seem to edit the bible at will, and always to meet their needs.



"In nightmares our screams are silent, yet all fallen angels hear us on their way down." --E. Riddle

"Autumn whispers to me. It always has." --E. Riddle

The Corridors: Where Halloween is Forever

the point is stupid people will allways be around ..learn to see them for what they are

Lifes no fun without a good scare !!!