On Oct 18, 4:10?pm, LidsvilleNine <LidsvilleN...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Oct 5, 5:14 pm, The old geezer <J...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > ...So when did this become "Satan's Holiday" as a number of Christian
> > groups have proclaimed over the past 20 or so years??
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> > 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.
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> > 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???
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> > 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.
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> > I just guess every cause always needs a "bogeyman."
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> > the old geezer
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> > ND: Sam Adams Octoberfest Ale
> > NP: Midnight Moon - Steve Roach
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> 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!
Plus "The Glory Of Their Times" by Professor Lawrence Ritter. To show
how America once worked & will again one day...
The old geezer
ND: Saranac Octoberfest Beer
NP: Midnight Moon - Steve Roach
