OK...who wants to place a bet on this?

[Khephra]

I bet that I can find an anti-Halloween rant by someone on the RW within 3 minutes of someone accepting this challenge.

I haven't looked yet, but I know I can and I know it will be LOL material.

[wryter2000]

1. I'm not taking that bet

I like my money too much. I'd love to see what you find, though. :)

[Khephra]

3. damn...I want some money

ok...I'll go looking anyway.

[DrWeird]

2. I'll bet you a billion dollars.

Now go, my pretty!

(cackles)

[Langis]

4. I'll bet one brownie I just made

These are good too, I just recomend you don't eat more then one :evilgrin:

[Khephra]

5. Some choosing church activities instead of trick-or-treating

Some choosing church activities instead of trick-or-treating

This evening, as many local children transform into superheroes and cartoon characters to beg for treats, some families will choose organized church activities over traditional trick-or-treating.

Oolitic Baptist Church is playing host this year to its first Neewollah party for children 12 years old and younger from 6-8 p.m. tonight.

“Neewollah” is Halloween spelled backwards, and organizers say the idea is to “turn things around on Satan.”


http://www.tmnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=16&SubSectionID=39&ArticleID=5746

God backwards is Dog, you know....

[wryter2000]

9. Get thee behind me, fundie

Isn't speaking backwards a sign of possession by the devil?

[foo_bar]

10. they hand these out

http://www.testamints.com/

[youngred]

6. Put it in a form they can understand

The wondrous idiocies of Jack Chick
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0063/0063_01.asp
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0032/0032_01.asp

[geniph]

7. I found one within 30 seconds!

so I'm sure as hell not taking your bet:

http://www.cjf.org/pages/hallween.htm

[geniph]

8. Actually, I found TWO

From: http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallo_ev.htm#ha

Most conservative Christians correctly link together present-day Halloween celebrations, ancient Celtic Paganism, and modern Neopaganism. However, many go further and link these practices with Satanism.

Some examples:
A Christian Broadcasting Network essay: "Every act around Halloween is in honor of false gods, which are spirits in the realm of the Satanic. Thus, Halloween is seen primarily as a Satanic holiday."

Albert Dager: "Children...shouldn't have anything to do with the celebration that glorifies the power of God's enemies."

William Schnoebelen, "...the difference between witchcraft or Wicca and satanism is actually non-existent."

David L Brown, "modern day witches and Satanists still worship demon gods & goddesses, practice bizarre & immoral sexual rituals, and certain groups offer animal and human sacrifices."

David L Brown, "Though witches like to make a distinction between themselves and Satanists, there really is NO DISTINCTION biblically speaking...but the power behind Satanism and Witchcraft is the same-Satan... and his demonic hoards."

Christian Youth Alliance, "Satan loves Halloween because it glamorizes the powers of darkness, drawing little kids into his realm. And it is paying off, witchcraft is exploding among teens today."

Light the Night is an Evangelical Christian outreach to evangelize trick-or-treaters. The sponsors note that Halloween night is "an excellent opportunity to take back ground in which the enemy has controlled for too long." (The webmaster clarified that the "enemy" being referred to here is Satan) They say that by "...allowing our 'light' to shine on a very dark night, it is a very simple way to combat that darkness with the love of Christ."


No difference between Wicca and Satanism? What an ignorant fuck.

And I hate when people spell it "hoards" when they mean "hordes"! Gah.