Halloween comes from the ancient pagan festival of Samhain that was practiced by the Celts and is celebrated by today's neopagans. The Celts believed that from sundown on the last day of the year to sunrise on the first day of the Celtic new year the veil between the land of the living and the land of the dead was at its thinnest, and thus the dead could enter the realm of the living. People wore masks and costumes to ward off the dead or keep them from recognizing the living. The Catholic Church adapted this holiday as All Saints Day, which honors dead people whose souls are supposedly still alive. This spurious idea has opened the door for much of the devilish activity associated with this holiday. Christians should either ignore Halloween or use the occasion to hand out Scripture verses door-to-door, or find some other way to share their faith amidst all the witchcraft, etc. that is promoted in conjunction with this day. [For further study read “The Dead Are Dead Until the Rapture or Resurrection” and/or listen to our free online seminar “Death & Resurrection to Life.”

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frosbel: It is not fun, stop them immediately !

Omo Alata:

Coming from frosbel Thanks dude

frosbel:

Well, I am not perfect, nobody is

Omo Alata: Thanks everyone.

I'll tell the kids it's staying banned

inurmind:

What memories would they be able to share with others and even your grand kids except ''Momma banned me from doing it. Never understood why.''

inurmind: You might as well lock them up in a roman catholic boarding school.

eddy1977:

So, sister Omo Atala, you are the mother of your beautiful children, do what you judge right for them. You are still a great mother.

Omo Alata:

God bless you

Omo Alata: Every year, my kids go trick or treating. I didn't mind as I thought it was fun stuff for children and they usually came back home laden down with sweets and treats.

Anyway, I've banned Halloween in our house this year as I think it's 'dark'. The kids say "it's only harmless fun, mum" but I'm not budging. What do you lot think?

Thank you

obadiah777: where did you get that gargantuan emoticon ? i need it

Rich4god: Nothing is wrong in celebrating halloween... But if you decide to det boundries to your kids, its up to you.

Omo Alata:

My mum banned us from playing out in the snow when we were younger. We would be watching longingly at the other children all having snowball fights & building snowmen with our noses pressed to the windowpane. We're still here and still alive. It hasn't marred me in anyway. KMT

Omo Alata:

I'll make a confession frosbel. I thought you batted for the 'other side' I've not been reading most of the threads you start on here as the topics are things like:

Jesus Christ IS NOT God

What If Jesus Didn’t Fully Die?

Let Us Discuss The Pre-existence Of JESUS

I just assumed ........... so when you posted on this thread condemning Halloween with a link, I checked out some of your threads and thought, "you really shouldn't judge a book by it's cover"

So frosbel, my bruv, I apologise

Logicboy03:


Would Frosbel and Omo Alata want to participate in the thread?

frosbel:

and you are comparing snowball fighting to halloween

Lord have mercy

Omo Alata:

Go on

ijawkid: What is halloween??

Where did it come from??.....