tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post7069944267626851559..comments2024-03-27T06:28:06.962-05:00Comments on Homeward Bound: Can Christians Observe Halloween?ChrisBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-16346218537570727312008-10-31T10:32:00.000-05:002008-10-31T10:32:00.000-05:00Indeed--the proof is in the pudding!It depends on ...Indeed--the proof is in the pudding!<BR/><BR/>It depends on what one is celebrating! Now if one is celebrating the darkness, death, and fear that are common to Halloween, I would take issue with that.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://nathanbriscoe.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/i-hate-halloween/" REL="nofollow">Here is why this Christian doesn't celebrate Halloween. Maybe my reasoning will resonate with you!</A>Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08453989032709820386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-46109979977443895782008-10-30T15:28:00.000-05:002008-10-30T15:28:00.000-05:00I shared stories and fairy tales with my children ...I shared stories and fairy tales with my children and they always knew the difference between pretend and reality. So that is not my objection with Santa and the Bunny either...tying them to Christian Holidays or more correctly taking pagan holidays and trying to make them Christian... there's the problem. If we have chosen to use the particular dates that correspond to the pagan celebrations for Christian observances...we should especially take care to eliminate the pagan traditions.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I didn't understand the connection while my children were young, but we did take a strong stance between the real and the imaginary.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127927719002627674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-8603215185702020162008-10-30T13:29:00.000-05:002008-10-30T13:29:00.000-05:00I'm glad you're consistent. Those who poo-poo Hall...I'm glad you're consistent. Those who poo-poo Halloween and go to "Harvest Festivals" seem a bit hypocritical (or is it just Christian fadish?) to me. <BR/><BR/>I have lots of issues with Santa Claus, but it's about materialism (and distracting from Jesus) not magic.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611311820554248004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8196630391794341478.post-10402008417480881762008-10-30T09:46:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:46:00.000-05:00I think the title question should be...*Should* th...I think the title question should be...*Should* the Christian Observe Halloween...IMHO it is no. And as to the question about the "Harvest Festivals" I also think these are for me and mine, off limits. And.. yes...so are Santa and the Bunny! These I think are gray areas and if the Holy Spirit has not brought you to the same conclusion... wait a while...I think it will happen.<BR/><BR/>It is a hard thing to pull back from the world in these areas, especially when it appears that your children are missing out on "fun".<BR/><BR/>I also question why you would be watching the "scary movie". The vampire hysteria that is rampant in the teen and young twenty somethings today, possibly would not be happening if Halloween had been avoided generations back...It's the old...camel with his nose in the tent axiom...In my generation there was Bewitched...I Dream of Genie and Three is Company...These shows led the way for other TV greats that have put many evils into the everyday mind.<BR/><BR/>Philippians 4:8<BR/>Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you still can find virtue in this celebration...This is not for me to judge...As for me and my house...we will not be participating.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127927719002627674noreply@blogger.com