30
Oct
2009
2009
It’s hard to know what to say about this nonsense, so I’ll just let them speak for themselves. ‘Tis the seasons, after all, but it’s lunatics and not the dead and there is no veil between the worlds to protect us.
First up to bat, Pat Robertson. In case you thought he was dead, he’s not, and he’s proved it by claiming that demons lurk in Halloween candy. Yes, real live demons. See for yourself: Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network Warns Americans Of ‘Demonic’ Halloween Candy
Next up, something just as batty: The Danger of Celebrating Halloween Far as I can tell, the only thing dangerous about Halloween is that all the lunatics of the Christian Right come out of the woodwork.
Hrafnkell, Hrafnkell, don't you know? Of COURSE dressing up like Spiderman and eating candy will cause you to become possessed. How do you think it happens? Satan has a special little candy factory in the north pole where his elf helpers inject candy with liquid gargoyles (in the winter they inject "presents" with them, but most people don't know that).
They proved it along time ago when they decreed the earth is really flat. It was dog-eared in with that bill, so a lot of people (especially us heathens) missed it.
On a more serious note, though perhaps you should hand out Christian hosts for Halloween. At least then if people subscribe to the belief, they'll become possessed by "good" demons.
hehe I'm so naive! Of course I see it now!
All this just goes to show that these people really never did move beyond the 13 century. I wish I had a time machine so I could send them all back to their Utopia.
Hahahaha! I got a great laugh out of those articles – seems to me *someone* is just upset because they never got invited to the Halloween parties in sixth grade
Have a glorious Luciferian (?!?) Halloween!
Good point, Selkie! If I liked candy still I'd take a double portion just to spite them.
I'm interested in printing an excerpt from one of your posts in the Pioneer Press. If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible.
I can be reached at abrown@pioneerpress.com
Thanks,
Alleen
*sigh* I think the best thing to do is to ignore these poor souls… It even becomes funny in the end of the da, how creative and sick their minds can get.
Just stopped by to wish you a blessed Samhain!
Kisses from Nydia.
Thank you, Allen. I look forward to seeing your piece in the Pioneer Press.
Thank you, Nydia!
lol….this reminded me of my jehovah witnesses in-laws of mine…lol…thats what you get from people that think the fossils were planted by the Devil to lead us astray…lol
Maybe true, maybe not. But anything that is scary in nature – I don't let my children have anything to do with it. But "it's trick and treat", you say, it's just all fun… well, maybe we can think of something else that is funny & soothing & enjoyable to do as a family during that day…
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Mea Culpa: LOL Yes, I remember Mormon missionaries claiming that the fossils were already in the bits and pieces of material floating around that "God" used to make the earth. I guess at least the Mormons weren't implicating Satan in the process!
Dutch,
Maybe true, maybe not Obviously I'd argue "not", especially given that Robertson's ideas about demons are particularly Christian and therefore not part of "original" religion.
But anything that is scary in nature
You find nature scary? That's another Christian "hang-up" – even the Hebrew Bible finds nature "good" since YHWH is supposed to have made it and he can't make anything bad. The worst any Pagan philosopher can find to say about it is that it's corrupt/imperfect (Plotinus)
A person should certainly be free to celebrate or not celebrate as they see fit. Personally, Halloween isn't a Heathen holiday at all so I don't celebrate it as such, though I respect those who do. Also from my perspective, it's a shame that yet another originally polytheistic holy day should be corrupted.
Hi! Oh,I'm sorry… what I mean by anything scary in nature means "anything" scary… that's all. Pardon my english please… thanks.
Dutch, I'm sorry. I misread your sentence and apparently saw something other than what was there. I apologize for the mistake. No need for you to apologize as the error was mine.
lol…well, thats first that the Devil is not blamed for…lol….you should have seen the face of my mother-in-law when I told her I am pagan…I just had to, she kept on going saying that yoga is from the devil, pagans are evil….
I tried to explain the philosophy behind almost every pagan religion – dont hurt none, but she wouldnt have it…so I told her and asked if I am evil…lol…dumbfounded, jaw on th floor, lost look in the eyes…lol
Jasmina, surprisingly, my mother took it well, almost without a murmur. She was always a more moderate, progressive Lutheran anyway. My dad was only nominally a Christian and actually provided me with literature when I was searching for answers, including my introduction to ideas of a historical as opposed to theological Jesus. My mother's family has never had a problem accepting me for what I am – for them, religion is a private thing and between you and the divine, however you might see it.
I like your come-back…I think it's obvious we're just folks too, but conservative Christians can't get past the "Other" barrier.