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Came across this blog post by John Pavlovitz http://johnpavlovitz.com/2014/10/31/christian-stop-being-scared-of-halloween/, entitled "Christian Stop Being Scared of Halloween" which I'll link to for your perusal. It's so refreshing to hear the call to get real and enjoy life on this issue. My middle child has run into more than one friend denied the joy of trick or treating when inquiring about this year's costume, only to hear the reply that Mom and Dad think Halloween is evil. My wife posted this blogger 's article on her FB page and got this reply from one of her friends, notably a PhD in Psychology and a believer:
"Cause dressing up as witches and vampires proves that we are fundamentally different from the values and priorities of the world. I remember Dr. Jon Bonk saying that it was inevitable that institutions that start out as Christian gradually lose their identity and become utterly secularized. As usual,, he was right."
I won't share much of my response, but a sample, "Halloween is one of the few safe opportunities/traditions we have left in North America [I know HF is an international community] to visit and meet our neighbors, a segway to community in a time where technology is in some ways making interaction less personable. It’s about a good time for the whole family, about creativity and community, a celebration, as all good celebrations are, of life."
I know there are many in the faith community who "get it" and we enjoy the holiday together, but how the pious abstainer hopes to demonstrate the value of his/her beliefs and worldview to us by a disdain for fun and community spirit on Halloween, I don't care to know. Halloween evil? Pretentious nonsense.
"Cause dressing up as witches and vampires proves that we are fundamentally different from the values and priorities of the world. I remember Dr. Jon Bonk saying that it was inevitable that institutions that start out as Christian gradually lose their identity and become utterly secularized. As usual,, he was right."
I won't share much of my response, but a sample, "Halloween is one of the few safe opportunities/traditions we have left in North America [I know HF is an international community] to visit and meet our neighbors, a segway to community in a time where technology is in some ways making interaction less personable. It’s about a good time for the whole family, about creativity and community, a celebration, as all good celebrations are, of life."
I know there are many in the faith community who "get it" and we enjoy the holiday together, but how the pious abstainer hopes to demonstrate the value of his/her beliefs and worldview to us by a disdain for fun and community spirit on Halloween, I don't care to know. Halloween evil? Pretentious nonsense.