On Oct 19, 6:38 am, Bob Hughes <BOBHUG...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:10:05 -0700, LidsvilleNine
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> <LidsvilleN...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >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.
>
> The fact that it's an Irish (and therefore Catholic) holiday probably
> has something to do with it's unpopularity with the "Christian" (and I
> use the term loosely) Right.
>
> Bob Hughes
>
> "I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder." Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Well said.
An ultimate punishment would be a moment's realization of how large
the universe is and how insignificant each person and their religious
party is.
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