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Thoughts on Helloween?

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Thoughts on Helloween?
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RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 11:39 am
It's older than your gawd and it's a lot of fun.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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Chad32 Offline
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#12
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 11:41 am
(October 31, 2015 at 11:36 am)Cinjin Wrote:
(October 31, 2015 at 10:39 am)TrueChristian Wrote: If you look at the history though, it makes sense that Halloween is such an awful holiday. Of all the main American holidays (Christmas, Valentines day, Christmas, Easter) Halloween is the only one with no Christian basis. BTW Thanksgiving does have a Christian basis, because it involved Christians giving thanks to the lord for the food they received from the natives.

Helloween on the other hand is purely a pagan holiday from before Jesus. It was invented by dumb savages who mostly spoke in babble rather than an intelligent language. It involved worshipping demons and shaking down people for treats. Samhain I believe it was called.
It really shows what a difference Christianity makes right?

Actually,
Christmas was a completely pagan ritual and most of the silly little things you still do at that time of year are a celebration of the winter solstice.  The catholic church decided to commandeer that part of the year because they thought if you can't beat it, join it.  
The Yule log, caroling, mistletoe, the christmas tree, on down the rabbit hole we go.  Christmas is very nearly completely pagan and I know of a handful of REALLY devout christians who will not even consider celebrating it.  For centuries Christmas was a time of debauchery and some churches would even outlaw it.  If you want to go ahead and get your head out of your butt and out of your Bible (often the same thing) you'd know that most of your religion is plagarized and that your silly rules are just stupid regurgitated rules thought up by primitives. 

Happy Halloween

Next you'll be saying Easter was originally a pagan holiday too. Tongue
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#13
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 11:57 am
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 12:10 pm
I'm with Chad.  I want TC to give us the historical story of Easter.
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#15
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 5:48 pm
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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#16
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 6:05 pm
Remember that time when I told you I cared about your opinion of Halloween?

Yeah, neither do I.

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#17
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 6:14 pm
Quote: It was invented by dumb savages who mostly spoke in babble rather than an intelligent language.
Wait. Are you claiming that you invented it?
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#18
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Damn, Christianity sucks the fun right on out of childhood. Between blanket training, frequent beating, complete compliance with parental wishes and jesus-ween, it must be so shitty to be a Christian kid! Even the Catholics let their kids dress up (or at least they did when I was a kid). 

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#19
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 6:32 pm
(October 31, 2015 at 12:10 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I'm with Chad.  I want TC to give us the historical story of Easter.

Heres the Christian story of Easter

(First and foremost, easter eggs are the devils testicles)

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But it's totally cool to celebrate zombie-jesus coming back from the dead

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#20
RE: Thoughts on Helloween?
October 31, 2015 at 6:39 pm
Halloween hasn't held any interest for me since they passed those laws making it a crime to parade round the village square with the severed heads of Christians who told you Halloween was a sin.

*goes all sniffle-y with nostalgia*

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