[Faith-talk] Halloween

[Amy Ragain]

I would have to do some digging to find the articles I would like to talk bout here!...so I will say this for now...
My dad didnt let us participate in any holloween activities...sometime we felt left out because we didnt get to dress up like our friends did...
I have participated in school dress up/trick or treat activities...I never dressed as anything gory...I have dressed as a star a costume that my mom made for me...and a movie theater floor also made by my Mom...my entire class dressed as pumkpins 1 year...
now our church does what they call trunk or treat. everybody decorates their cars and the kids go from 1 to the other asking for candy...no gory decorations or costumes are allowed...
some of the churches I have worked with have also done fall fest or holloween out reaches...with games, costumes/costume contests, activities, food, mazes, balloon animals, face painting, etc...
1 church took everybody on a trick or treat for canned goods walk...everybody dressed in clean/nongory costumes and picked a neighborhood and walked from house to house asking for canned good for the local food pantry...that was pretty cool!
I dont have kids but if I did I'm not sure I would let them go trick or treating in todays culture! you just never know what some crazy person might put in the candy these days! *frown* but I like the trunk or treat idea...
parties are the same way...I believe as a parent I would have to know who is hosting the party, who is attending it, what kinds of activities will take place, what kinds of foods will be served, etc. before I would attened or let my kids attened...
I also thought the day had christian/catholic roots too. believe it was called something like all hollows eve or something...I wish I could quote some articles here for you but maybe some of our catholic friends on this list can help here... *smiles*
I guess this didnt really answer any of your questions but hopefully maybe it helped even if only a little bit...

On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:58 PM, Nikki wrote:

>        Do you have kids? 
> Do you celebrate it? 
> Do you allow your kids to dress up and attend any school parties? 
> What is your take on this?
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> Note the Halloween is a High Holy day amongst the Wiccan (Witchcraft) religion.
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> Death
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> Gravestones, skeletons, gruesome undead themes. So much though that it seems Halloween is a worship of death and the grave. Why the fascination with that?
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> Do we not serve the king of Life, who has over come death, hell and the grave? Should the children of life participate in a celebration of death?
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> The Philipians 4:8 Test is a doctrinally sound application of scripture Lets us apply that to Halloween (You Answer Them!): 
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> Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
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> lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 
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> 1. What is true about Halloween?
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> 2. What is Just About Halloween and it's trappings and traditions?
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> 3. Is there any purity in participating in a day of celebration with so much that is blatantly wicked about it?
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> 4. What is lovely about costumes portraying axe murderers, or gravestones with skulls on them?
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> 5. Is there a good report to be had in overt occult representations?
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> 6. What virtue is available in taking part in a day of sinful reveling?
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> 7. What is praiseworthy about these activities? 
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> FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE THE FOCUS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. ESPECIALLY ON HOLIDAYS LIKE HOLLOWEEN.
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> Thanks for any input.
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> God bless you.
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