Vatican warns Halloween is Anti-Christian

[Douger]

Fuck those inbred, child molesting, Nazi idiots.
The dumb fucks that claim to be Krisstiun even believe that those assholes are Krishtyun.
What a bunch of brainwashed idiot.

 

[Diuretic]

Some of us flog the leaders of other religions mercilessly California Girl. We even like to quote their revealed texts and their other writings when we do so. You can find plenty of attacks here on the words of revealed texts such as the Qu'ran and the Hadith. And Tanakh of course.

I have no doubt we'd get around to the Vedas given time.

 

[California Girl]

Some of us flog the leaders of other religions mercilessly California Girl. We even like to quote their revealed texts and their other writings when we do so. You can find plenty of attacks here on the words of revealed texts such as the Qu'ran and the Hadith. And Tanakh of course.

I have no doubt we'd get around to the Vedas given time.

I'm aware, and have no issue, with people who choose to denegrate the religious beliefs of others, I just find it odd that - when this edict gets issued every year - why it's a topic worth discussing. There are so many actual issues that impact on us as citizens that should actually be debated but I guess we all march to our own drums.

 

[Si modo]

Some of us flog the leaders of other religions mercilessly California Girl. We even like to quote their revealed texts and their other writings when we do so. You can find plenty of attacks here on the words of revealed texts such as the Qu'ran and the Hadith. And Tanakh of course.

I have no doubt we'd get around to the Vedas given time.

I understand. Though there is a difference between thoughtful criticism and heckling, the latter of which involves little intellectual effort yet seems all too common.

 

[The T]

Vatican warns parents that Halloween is 'anti-Christian' -

The Vatican is warning parents not to let their kids dress up as ghosts and goblins this weekend for Halloween, calling it a pagan celebration of "terror, fear and death," Britain's Daily Telegraph reports in a dispatch from Rome.

The newspaper's Rome correspondent, Nick Squires, notes that the Roman Catholic Church has become alarmed in recent years as the traditional U.S. celebration spreads to other countries, particularly Britain and Italy.

The Vatican issued its warning through its official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, in an article headlined "Halloween's Dangerous Messages."

It quotes a liturgical expert, Joan Maria Canals as saying, "Halloween has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian."

I wonder what their stance is on Christmas, and how it is celebrated with all the commercialism that surrounds it? Thanksgiving?

I fail to see how it is 'anti-Christian'.

 

[Ravi]

The Pope has not issued this edict every year. In fact, the Pope has never deemed Halloween anti-Christian.

 

[California Girl]

Vatican warns parents that Halloween is 'anti-Christian' -

The Vatican is warning parents not to let their kids dress up as ghosts and goblins this weekend for Halloween, calling it a pagan celebration of "terror, fear and death," Britain's Daily Telegraph reports in a dispatch from Rome.

The newspaper's Rome correspondent, Nick Squires, notes that the Roman Catholic Church has become alarmed in recent years as the traditional U.S. celebration spreads to other countries, particularly Britain and Italy.

The Vatican issued its warning through its official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, in an article headlined "Halloween's Dangerous Messages."

It quotes a liturgical expert, Joan Maria Canals as saying, "Halloween has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian."

I wonder what their stance is on Christmas, and how it is celebrated with all the commercialism that surrounds it? Thanksgiving?

I fail to see how it is 'anti-Christian'.

Christmas is acceptable, as is Thanksgiving - neither are connected to paganism. Halloween is. As a kid, I listened to lectures year in and year out in Church about Halloween. Always went trick or treating though - Mom always wanted me to dress as a pricess but Dad always let me be myself.... a devil. LOL.

 

[The T]

Vatican warns parents that Halloween is 'anti-Christian' -

The Vatican is warning parents not to let their kids dress up as ghosts and goblins this weekend for Halloween, calling it a pagan celebration of "terror, fear and death," Britain's Daily Telegraph reports in a dispatch from Rome.

The newspaper's Rome correspondent, Nick Squires, notes that the Roman Catholic Church has become alarmed in recent years as the traditional U.S. celebration spreads to other countries, particularly Britain and Italy.

The Vatican issued its warning through its official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, in an article headlined "Halloween's Dangerous Messages."

It quotes a liturgical expert, Joan Maria Canals as saying, "Halloween has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian."

I wonder what their stance is on Christmas, and how it is celebrated with all the commercialism that surrounds it? Thanksgiving?

I fail to see how it is 'anti-Christian'.

Christmas is acceptable, as is Thanksgiving - neither are connected to paganism. Halloween is. As a kid, I listened to lectures year in and year out in Church about Halloween. Always went trick or treating though - Mom always wanted me to dress as a pricess but Dad always let me be myself.... a devil. LOL.

Thanks for the reply. Sounds sensible. A 'devil' eh?

 

[Douger]

I don't agree with the Vatican or the churches that frown upon halloween activities... but I understand their stance and don't damn them for it

Hey. If it wasn't for Halomas how would the Jooz sell their pumpkin patches ?
Pumpkin prices are pumped | News from The Post-Standard -

I get 15 cents a pound for something that is actually edible

 

[California Girl]

I wonder what their stance is on Christmas, and how it is celebrated with all the commercialism that surrounds it? Thanksgiving?

I fail to see how it is 'anti-Christian'.

Christmas is acceptable, as is Thanksgiving - neither are connected to paganism. Halloween is. As a kid, I listened to lectures year in and year out in Church about Halloween. Always went trick or treating though - Mom always wanted me to dress as a pricess but Dad always let me be myself.... a devil. LOL.

Thanks for the reply. Sounds sensible. A 'devil' eh?

Personally, our family has always treated Christmas as a religious festival - we've never gone overboard on the presents thing. That's what Birthdays are for. Last Christmas, because both my brother and I were in the UK instead of at home, we spent Christmas working with homeless people. It was fun - and grounding. Although, technically, of course, Christmas is connected to paganism, it is seen as the time of the birth of Jesus so that's what we celebrate.

Thanksgiving doesn't count because it's not a religious thing - that's a celebration of the pilgrims so no harm in that one.

I personally see no problem with Halloween - it's just a fun holiday but the Church likes to remind Catholics about the evils of such things. I still don't see that it's anything for non-Catholics to get their panties in a wad about.

 

[The T]

"I Should'a listened to the POPE! You Pegan!"

 

[Ravi]

I don't agree with the Vatican or the churches that frown upon halloween activities... but I understand their stance and don't damn them for it

Hey. If it wasn't for Halomas how would the Jooz sell their pumpkin patches ?
Pumpkin prices are pumped | News from The Post-Standard -

I get 15 cents a pound for something that is actually edible

Our pumpkin patch is run by a Catholic church...go figure.

 

[bodecea]

Halloween is the High Holy day of Satanism.

No follower of one the three major monotheistic religions should celebrate this devils holiday.

Actually, if you knew anything (which you don't), Halloween comes out of the Celtic Festival of Samhain. It's a festival held at the end of the harvest season. In the Northern Hemisphere it starts October 31 and ends either November 1st or November 11th.

Exactly.

 

[rightwinger]

Vatican warns parents that Halloween is 'anti-Christian' -

The Vatican is warning parents not to let their kids dress up as ghosts and goblins this weekend for Halloween, calling it a pagan celebration of "terror, fear and death," Britain's Daily Telegraph reports in a dispatch from Rome.

The newspaper's Rome correspondent, Nick Squires, notes that the Roman Catholic Church has become alarmed in recent years as the traditional U.S. celebration spreads to other countries, particularly Britain and Italy.

The Vatican issued its warning through its official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, in an article headlined "Halloween's Dangerous Messages."

It quotes a liturgical expert, Joan Maria Canals as saying, "Halloween has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian."

I wonder what their stance is on Christmas, and how it is celebrated with all the commercialism that surrounds it? Thanksgiving?

I fail to see how it is 'anti-Christian'.

Christmas is acceptable, as is Thanksgiving - neither are connected to paganism. Halloween is. As a kid, I listened to lectures year in and year out in Church about Halloween. Always went trick or treating though - Mom always wanted me to dress as a pricess but Dad always let me be myself.... a devil. LOL.

Christmas is a pagan festival celibrating the winter solstice. Christ was actually born in March, but Christians adopted their Christ-mass to coincide with the pagans existing holiday

 

[Si modo]

Our pumpkin patch is run by a Catholic church...go figure.

The overly literal are often confused.

 

[Sunni Man]

No Christian should ever celebrate Halloween

The Bible is very clear that people who are involved in witchcraft and sorcery are going to Hell.

 

[AllieBaba]

Well, my kids don't practice witchcraft or sorcery, so I think they're pretty safe from eternal damnation for wearing a princess & batman costume.

I didn't take them as babies, I thought that was over the top. They couldn't eat candy, they usually had runny noses, what's the point?

It is what you make of it. I think it's a little absurd to huddle in your homes with lambs' blood on the door jambs as the Jews did during the first passover, when God took the life of every firstborn Egyptian...at the same time, if people don't care to observe it for religious reasons, why does anyone care?

And the whole "Christmas and Easter are pagan holidays" thing is so old. They may have started out as pagan holidays, but they are what you make of them. If people are now celebrating the birth and re-birth of Christ instead of winter solstice, I guess it's not a pagan holiday anymore.

 

[Colin]

No Christian should ever celebrate Halloween

The Bible is very clear that people who are involved in witchcraft and sorcery are going to Hell.

As opposed to followers of your religion who go to paradise with a bunch of virgins for blowing up innocent men, women and children. And you have the audacity to preach to us!

 

[The T]

No Christian should ever celebrate Halloween

The Bible is very clear that people who are involved in witchcraft and sorcery are going to Hell.

And going out knocking on doors to solicit for treats is practicing 'Witchcraft"? "Socery"?

I fail to understand your point. Elaborate.

 

[Sunni Man]

Muslims do not celebrate the Pagan holiday of Halloween

We want nothing to do with satanism and witchcraft