ect....strike three

prounion ~ I think the name you're looking for is "Yuri Rashkin". (The God of all God's)

Wis family - can you name the other gods that came before Jesus that were also of virgin birth, called the son, lamb, ect? Sacrificed to save humanity - ect?

prounion and "The Jesus story was made up"

Strike 1 and 2 right there......

Hey, the Koch brothers are having a last minute Halloween sale. Who cares if it's religious or not...costumes are 50% off. Candy too! Come one, come all.

Absolutely right, winter.
Costumes and candy, nothing more.
Anyone who sees more to it than that is either trying to manufacture a crisis or playing with a short deck.
Perhaps both.

Yes everyone knows Holloween was co-opted from an earlier pagan holiday, just like the Jesus story was made up from an earlier Egyptian sky-god story.

Ok, so the Christians co-opted a pagan holiday.
Why were they able to do this? Did the pagans put up a fuss? Why is this looked at as a bad thing?

Humans have always been kinda dumb.. and clearly will remain so for quite a long while. We are great story tellers, to the point where we believe our own stories. Those stories become important, and then we make up a holiday.

I'm not a Christian. I rolled my eyes for a minute when a local pastor objected to a trick-and-trunk event to be hosted by a charity he was involved with and it put a stop to all discussion (it was to be geared toward children in need). Shame on me. I don't agree with his position, but it is a sincerely-held belief for him, and I think we should leave each others' spiritual beliefs alone and not, for instance, poke fun at them in headlines of blogs.

If Halloween stirred up this much comment, Becky's Christmas blog ought to be a real blast!

Ho Ho Ho ;)

When I was young, a long time ago, Halloween was a time to dress up funny, and go out and get candy. It wasn't for or against religion for all I knew or cared. It was just a dark, scary and fun night. The next day was back to normal and a lot of the candy I got the night before disappeared (I don't remember eating that much). Oranges, popcorn balls, nickles and dimes and all. Why do adults have to completcate it? Don't like Halloween fine. Like Halloween fine. Why is it so much fun for some to spoil it?

"Becky came from a Lutheran upbringing."
-turboturd

Then I'm sure she's aware that on October 31, 1517 Marin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg Church. Happy Reformation Day everyone!

booradley, that's fair enough. You're right. As far as Becky Weber-Johnson goes, she's still a "firestarter".

I think Halloween has lost it's true meaning and has become a fun evening for kids. Just as Christmas has become all about giving/getting gifts for the majority of people in the U.S. Halloween is what you make it.

I am not against religions, but I am skeptical of their claims as all religions are of each others.
I am not an atheist and I do not appreciate being labeled an agnostic because I know just as much as anyone else.
I am just honest and foolish enough to admit it.

It's a pagan thing........

Acai- just admit it... his opinions are based on facts...
Halloween never had anything to do with "satan" until the Christians got involved...

garyprimer, ALL opinions are just "opinions" as well.

All religions are occult in nature.
All religions promote belief in the supernatural.
All religions promote superstition.

Becky, you're a "firestarter"!

westorbust-you apparently don't have expanded cable....the History channel has a program on the roots of Halloween. crunch_munch is right about Samhain and how the Christians hi-jacked Halloween to scare people into submission. It turns out we can know what happened in the past...

Maine2010- we now use the term BCE (before common era) or CE (common era)to describe time without religious significance.
And your sermon is best left for the funny papers....lol

It's all Obama's fault!!

Since some churches actually host Halloween parties, it is comforting to hear that there are others living in Janesville who are aware that celebrating Halloween amounts to opening a door to the spiritual world of the occult. So what is the occult and how does one open a door to it? The occult is evil, which no one who reads the news headlines will deny exists; and one “opens a door” (hence the term “to open Pandora’s box”) to the occult the same way that Eve did when she chose to obey the master of evil. She should have disobeyed him instead. Disobedience is programmed into human nature, so we have to choose who we will disobey.
That choice depends on our views of creation and evolution. The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article on dogs and evolution, and here is one related comment:
According to the principles of statistics, it is impossible for a random process or one based on "chance", such as evolution, to produce a 100% perfectly functioning, let alone sophisticated outcome, such as a dog or human. If dogs had simply evolved randomly and according to the principles of chance, they would be only very ordinary and have at least some defects. The fact that they are extraordinary and each one is unique in appearance and even in personality, proves that they are significant creatures created for a very relevant and special purpose. Dogs know this and so do statiticians.
Some people want to believe in and be a part of all that is truly significant and sophisticated, and as a matter of principle reject what they deem to be insignificant and unsophisticated. Significant can mean different things to different people. Some people consider the fact that the entire world, regardless of cultural heritage or religious belief, designates this year as 2011 A.D. = after the death of Christ, and that the beginning of the Roman Empire dates to 44 B.C. = Before the birth of Christ (not before Mohammed or Buddha) to be significant. On the opposite end of the spectrum you will find people who view the belief in random occurrence, the theory of chance, and human evolution from cells and animals, such as apes, to be meaningful and worth believing in.

Only church approved witchcraft is allowed in Christianity.

I guess I should expect that opinion from someone who only watches NBC, ABC, or CBS.
If you go along with her logic..."Anything you do can focus on good or evil, it's up to you"...it should be OK to pray in schools anywhere or anytime.

Of course it's poppycock. Most who claim to "know" any thing about the roots of Christianity and how it pertains to modern holidays have absolutely no clue as to what they are talking about. Have fun and embrace your pagan (and truthful) roots.

Well now... isn't that special. Seems like although little Becky is an expert on Christianity, she doesn't understand why Halloween is evil. Could it be, perhaps, because Godless and heathen parents carve pumpkins into unholy idols and dress up their little children to look like....

SATAN ???

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Halloween can be whatever you make it to be. We have some friends who also don't celebrate Halloween and that is their right. I remember it as a child as being the best holiday ever! It give kids a chance to dress up in fantasy costumes and have fun. That is how I chose to look at it. I have to admit I don't like to see hands coming out of the ground and tombstones,etc, the real foolish stuff but that is just me.