On Oct 5, 5:14 pm, The old geezer <J...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> ...So when did this become "Satan's Holiday" as a number of Christian
> groups have proclaimed over the past 20 or so years??
>
> If they looked into their history they would see that this wuz an
> early Christian festival to celebrate the harvest & to ward away evil
> spirits(bonfires & such...there were no streetlights back then) on All
> Hallows Eve in preparation of the Holy Day on November 1st, All Saints
> Day.
>
> Some people have toooo much time on their hands! It's now just a
> simple celebration to have a party & carve a jack 'o latern & go trick
> 'n' treating! But I know a lot of parents that won't let their kids
> "celebrate" it because it's "Satan's Holiday"! Since when???? Who
> thought this one up???
>
> It just boggles the mind! I grew up in a strict Christian
> environment and we always celebrated Halloween with jack o' lanterns,
> skeletons, ghosts & such.
>
> I just guess every cause always needs a "bogeyman."
>
> the old geezer
>
> ND: Sam Adams Octoberfest Ale
> NP: Midnight Moon - Steve Roach
Churches cannot survive in the Age of Information without inventing
more enemies or threats to protect their flock against. I wish someone
would postdate "1984" and require everyone to read it. Add" Farenheit
451" to that too.
