I have to say that Halloween is one of my favorite "holidays". It is so much fun to dress up and pretend and hand out candy. I recall when I was little I went trick-or-treating and saw a sign on someone's house that stated that they didn't "believe" in Halloween, that it was evil and that they do not partake, so don't bother knocking on their door. I have to chuckle. Of all the things there are to boycott based on screwed up man-made doctrine, why would it be costumes, candy or ghost stories. Evil? Hardly.
I love costumes as they allow one to be creative, to nurture their inner-child and have fun. They bind us in parties and bond us in the fellowship of sharing an event with friends and family and community. There is nothing in the Bible that says one should not have fun - particularly just dressing up.
I love candy - we are truly blessed to live in a "land flowing with milk and honey" and so we should enjoy those sweet blessings in moderation. God blessed us with taste buds that allow our brains to go "YUM!"...if He didn't intend for us to enjoy the taste of 'sweet' we would not be designed with such taste buds.
I love ghost stories (they remind me that there's more after this life) - to stimulate our sense of wonder and sometimes fear is not a bad thing. How can we be comforted by the idea of life unless we take a moment to grasp the idea of death?
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I caught the "Reaper" episode last night where the devil was lamenting the commercialization of Halloween and how the evilness has been lost in all of that. Maybe the sign hangers should rejoice in the that and give out a friggin' snickers bar. :-)
Mev
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