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A Bible Believer Asks Should Christians Be Celebrating Halloween?

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The cute jack-o-lanterns on your front porch were first used by the Druids in their human sacrifices.

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.” Ephesians 5:11,12 (KJV)

The Bible says that the Christian is called to liberty, that we are under grace and not under the Law. New life in Jesus Christ has given us freedom to live as we choose to live. But with that freedom comes the awesome responsibility of living our lives in such a way that we are prepared for the Judgment Seat of Christ. Good choices, Godly choices made here on earth will reap crowns in Heaven. But using that same liberty as an occasion for our own selfish desires results in the loss of those crowns. Choose you this day whom ye shall serve, the Bible says. God allows us to make the choices.

All through the Bible we read about Satan, the Devil, whose only goal in life is to trip us up, cause us misery and sorrow. The Bible says that he only comes to seek his victims, kill his victims, and destroy as many lives of the saved and unsaved as possible. He is a constant force luring us astray, and never-ending downward pull to the dark side, and he uses any means possible to complete the mission.

HALLOWEEN IN AMERICA IN 2015 IS ONE THE MOST-CELEBRATED “HOLIDAYS” ALL YEAR, AND CHRISTIANS PARTICIPATE IN IT NEARLY AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE. PARENTS DRESS THEIR LITTLE DARLINGS IN PRINCESS AND COWBOY COSTUMES, KNOCK ON DOORS FOR CANDY, AND DECORATE THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOUSES WITH FESTIVE JACK-O-LANTERNS, HANGING GHOSTS, ADORABLE WITCHES AND WARLOCKS. BUT WHERE DID THIS DAY ORIGINATE? LET’S TAKE A LOOK.

Many Christians celebrate holidays, such as Halloweenwithout thinking about their origins or true meaning. It is impossible to separate Halloween from the Druids because they originated the “holiday.” For several hundred years before Christ, the Celts inhabited what is now France, Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland. Celtic priests were called Druids. These people were eventually conquered by the Romans. Information about the Celts and Druids comes from Caesar and the Roman historians, Greek writings from about 200 B.C., and very early records found in Ireland. Greek and Roman writings about the Druids dwell heavily on their frequent and barbaric human sacrifices. The ancient Irish texts say little about human sacrifices, but detail the Druids’ use of magic to raise storms, lay curses on places, kill by the use of spells, and create magical obstacles.

The cute jack-o-lanterns on your front porch were first used by the Druids in their human sacrifices. After they killed their victim, they drained the fat from their body and filled the gourd or pumpkin with it and put a candle wick inside. A sinister face was carved on the outside face of the pumpkin and the wick was lit, burning the fat as fuel. This was done to appease their gods, the dark spirits, Satan.

October 31st was celebrated by the Druids with many human sacrifices and a festival honoring their sun god and Samhain, the lord of the dead. They believed that the sinful souls of those who died during the year were in a place of torment, and would be released only if Samhain was pleased with their sacrifices.

Irish records tell of the fascination the Catholic monks had with the powerful Druids, and Druids soon became important members of their monasteries. Pope Gregory the Great decided to incorporate the Druids’ holiday into the church. He made the proclamation, “They are no longer to sacrifice beasts to the devil, but they may kill them for food to the praise of God, and give thanks to the giver of all gifts for His bounty.” Pope Gregory III moved the church festival of October 31st to November 1st and called it All Hallows or All Saints’ Day. Pope Gregory IV decreed that the day was to be a universal church observance. The term Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve.

The founding fathers of America refused to permit the holiday to be observed because they knew it was a pagan holiday. Halloween was not widely celebrated in the U.S. until about 1900. In the 1840’s there was a terrible potato famine in Ireland which sent thousands of Catholic Irish to America. They brought Halloween with them. The modern custom of going from door to door asking for food and candy goes back to the time of the Druids. They believed that sinful, lost souls were released upon the earth by Samhain for one night on October 31st while they awaited their judgment. They were thought to throng about the houses of the living and were greeted with banquet-laden tables. People greatly feared these spirits and thought that the spirits would harm and even kill them if the sacrifices they gave did not appease Samhain. They carved demonic faces into pumpkins or large turnips, placing a candle in them to keep the evil spirits away from their homes.

The modern custom of going from door to door asking for food and candy goes back to the time of the Druids. They believed that sinful, lost souls were released upon the earth by Samhain for one night on October 31st while they awaited their judgment. They were thought to throng about the houses of the living and were greeted with banquet-laden tables. People greatly feared these spirits and thought that the spirits would harm and even kill them if the sacrifices they gave did not appease Samhain. They carved demonic faces into pumpkins or large turnips, placing a candle in them to keep the evil spirits away from their homes.

The tradition of bobbing for apples and giving out nuts came from a Roman addition to the Druidic New Year’s eve. The Romans worshiped Pomona who was the goddess of the harvest. They combined their harvest festival to Pomona with Halloween. Very little archeological evidence of the Druids has been found, but there is excellent agreement between the Roman and Irish documents. Both clearly state that the knowledge of the Druids was never committed to writing but passed from generation to generation by oral teaching. This was to protect their secrets. Nothing is put into writing. The Druids continue on secretly with much the same traditions.

When we, the Christians, participate in Halloween we are continuing the Druid tradition that was begun in human sacrifices and worship of the gods of the underworld. The Bible tells us to not merely avoid evil, but to also avoid anything that might appear evil. We are called to be “salt and light” to a lost and dying world. We are called to be a “peculiar people”, visibly different from the world around us. Participating in the Devil’s holiday, at the very least, is a bad testimony and sends confusing messages to our children.

Use your liberty in Christ any way you chose this October 31st, just remember that one day Jesus will ask you about it at the Judgment Seat.

What answer will you give Him in that day?

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    • Just me

      A true Christian believer does NOT celebrate Halloween in any shape or form. Churches who do haunted houses or trunk or treat are just offering the people ANOTHER way to celebrate satan’s holiest day.

      • b4

        the bible is the book of wrath and judgement,satans best tool ever–god has no wrath nor judgement–only stupid small minded,petty immature humans have judgement,wrath-god does not read the bible–never has–never will–was not written by god either–some insane homeless dudes in a cave wrote it,inspired by satan,not god–the word of men,not god–god is never like us–god is way above the petty life of a human–god loves all his stupid human babies–in the spirit world we are little babies–god knows what we are,who we are,what we do–no need for judgement on god’s little babies–salvation is for all,no hail marys or asking for forgiveness needed–even evil,judgeMENTAL bible thumpers,christians get to go to the other side–all of us do but not all will want to pass–they will get another shot at being a stupid human…take this jackass yes2truth…just your average insane shithead,judgemental bible thumper–zero relationship with god–the only relationship is with the insane thoughts rolling around in their empty skull–preach on asshole! god’s not listening…

        • Firmament Does Exist

          Same ole rant.

      • Anonymous

        ———– Google–Avoid- Banquetings and Revellings , not just Halloween, celebrations promote peer pressure , yes and even Religions promote their special holidays, again to pull you into their belief. Religion man made, Spirituality God given. If you must party stay in your own back yard . F off. AMEN .

    • yes2truth

      ANYONE celebrating Halloween is NOT a Christian – period – full stop – end of!

      https://isthefathercallingyoutohisson.wordpress.com/

      • Anonymous

        Don’t respond shit head you just gave power to Satin. Judge not lest ye be judged, on your knees you not so humble child of God, Mr. perfect. SToooooooooooooooooooP AMEN

    • yes2truth

      YOU Said: “The Bible says that the Christian is called to liberty.”

      Not so, we are called to FREEDOM. Liberty is not FREEDOM. Liberty is a benefit privilege granted to slaves.

      https://isthefathercallingyoutohisson.wordpress.com/

    • Theoferrum

      Actually, Christians should observe Halloween in it original form – it is the one Holy Day celebrated by every culture on the planet in one form or another proving one original festival and it was originally the anniversary of Noah’s Flood…

    • Funk-nonymous

      I’ll bet Jesus would like free candy.

    • Pink Slime

      Like Christmass and Ishtar (Easter) these are all based on PAGAN rituals. Catholics, themselves, are immersed in pagan rituals, and so are all her daughter churches known as Protestants.

      Now that is SCARY!! :twisted:

    • Eli the Enduring

      No. If you read the Bible, Christians should not be celebrating Christmas either.
      Jeremiah 10King James Version (KJV)
      10 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
      2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
      3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
      4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

      That describes a Christmas tree.

    • allendaves

      2Thess 2:10..because they received not THE LOVE of the truth,… 11. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

      123′s of the most popular & damndable heresies

      #1 “ANOTHER JESUS”:
      “ONE” not triune: Mark 12:28…Which is the first commandment of all? 29. …Hear, O Israel; THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD: 30. And ………..this is the first commandment….. 31. And the second is….. IF YOU CAN’T GET THIS “FIRST OF ALL COMMANDMENTS” RIGHT, ALL THE REST OF YOUR “FAITH” AND PREACHING ON LOVE & SIN IS MOOT….. (NOTE: And yes, the specific Greek and Hebrew words used also and only define one person contrary to the ridiculous obfuscation attempts of some!?!)
      PART 4 & 5 HOW MANY GODS ARE THERE FOR THE ONE GOD TO TALK TO?? Who was Jesus praying to??!?…. The real question should be … How does having multiple different persons keep this one God/being/entity from praying to himself?! (The trinitarian “schizophrenic” “god-head”) The Trinitarians want to have their cake and eat it too as the saying goes. On the one hand they need to say they only worship one indivisible God being/ entity but on the other hand they feel the need for some reason to keep Jesus or God from praying and talking to himself by dividing him up into different persons!?! It never occurs to them that that since there is only one indivisible God to pray too and Jesus is that indivisible God come in the flesh that he would need to talk to himself as to show us how to live, suffer, pray and die for our/ flesh) benefit not his!?!….. So while Trinitarians are quick to complain that God was not talking to himself at Christ baptism or in Gen “let us” they ignore the logical demands of their own theology! If Jesus is the ONE GOD in flesh and the Father is the SAME ONE GOD in heaven then Trinitarianism demands THE ONE GOD is talking to HIMSELF! Claiming that God is multiple different persons as the reason for why God is not talking to himself (because God is three different “selfs”) only demonstrates that what they really worship is in fact not a ONE GOD who talks to himself but three different god “selfs”/ and they all talk to each other! When they speak about who God was talking and praying to, they are quick to say “the other person, NOT HIMSELF!” But if you ask them how many gods do they pray to then they will say “ONLY ONE”!?! They expect you to believe that those three different persons are THE ONE GOD-BEING” which is like calling three different cars “THE ONE VEHICLE” (text book examples of prov 26:12)

      PART 6: THE ANTI CHRIST….WHERE? WHERE?….EVERYWHERE!!! …..IT”S YOU O TRINITARIAN! “WHO” it was (what person) that came “IN THE FLESH”, IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “ANT-CHRIST”! Even Islam claims Jesus was the Jewish messiah/Christ who was to come in the flesh) they all deny “WHO” it was (what person) that came (to be the Christ) in the flesh!?!…….To deny the father is to deny the son because they are one and the same person that came in the flesh! Trinitarians confess & preach literally …”ANOTHER JESUS” 2 Cor 11:4

      JOHN 14: 8-20 ….[Note Isaiah 9:6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: …: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, … the everlasting Father] ….The son, father/Holy Spirit are all the same person, NOT like two different persons working together even as “one flesh” ….The “oneness” between Christ and the father is not comparable to a man & his wife, for only a fool would say “When you have seen me you have seen my wife, how sayest thou then, Shew us your wife?” Notice they asked to see THE FATHER and the response was Jn 14:9 ..“HAVE I BEEN SO LONG time with you, and yet hast THOU NOT KNOW ME, Philip…..Now image some fool trying to claim that statement if you asked to see his wife!?!!? You want to see the FATHER but have I been with you but you don’t know me!?!?!
      Jn 14 continued….…………..17. Even THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; (Jn 14:6 I AM the way, THE TRUTH,) whom the world cannot receive, .. for HE DEWLLETH WITH YOU, (present tense/standing next to them in the flesh) and SHALL BE IN YOU… (future tense “In them”) 18. I will not leave you comfortless: I WILL COME TO YOU (future tense “In them”) Jesus himself here makes the point that the same person who was the HOLY SPIRIT that would come was standing next to them but lets them know “I will come to you again to be Inside of you”

      The whole point to Gal 3:20.a mediator is NOT A MEDIATOR OF ONE, (HEIS) but GOD IS ONE. (HEIS) again, point blank, identifies the number of persons of God! The “but” points out the contrast between multiple persons in a mediation party v the “one” of God. God is not like a mediation party with multiple different persons. …..”the express image of his person” ( the person of God; singular not plural) Any attempt to lay claim otherwise is willful ignorance and delusional nonsense

      Like a thief in your house caught stealing your things insisting he was not there stealing “I CONFESS I am NOT stealing”. You just do not “properly understand” what he is doing/saying. Further, since you never had a “proper understanding” of what he is doing/saying you have no business accusing him since you do not even know what you are talking about in the first place. It is with and in your own ignorance that you base your “false accusations” & “ad homonym attacks” against him…… Ridiculous of course it is ……2Thess 2:11; Titus 1:16; 2Tim 3:5; TRINITARIANS CONFESS JESUS /THEY ARE NOT POLYTHEIST BUT ARE MONOTHEIST LIKE A LIAR & THIEF WHO “CONFESS” THEY DO NOT LIE OR STEAL The simple fact is that just because you confess or deny that you are in an adulterous relationship and denounce all forms of adultery has nothing to do with whether or not it is in fact adulterous! .. …A rose by any other name is still just a rose AND calling it a water lily does not change the definition of what a water Lilly or a rose is either!…

      This should have given you a hint, harking back to Satan in The garden…God said you will die…Satan comes along and states no you will be more WISE……Today .God said He is one; but Satan’s children come along and say no three is more WISE and humble in the face of God’s grandeur only “a mystery” that can be understood “in faith”. God uses head and right arm to explain the distinctions between father and son.. However, the Trinitarian heretics say to the effect: “NO, that is just a figure of speech, or that is not what God really means. What God is really saying is that God is three different persons”. Fools, hypocrites and blind guides, God said he was One and by your traditions have taken the words of God and made them of no effect, refashioning God into the image of your vain imaginations!
      You can download the complete FREE book from
      https://www.scribd.com/doc/305367608/The-Trinity-Heresy
      OR
      https://www.academia.edu/23463667/THE_TRINITY_HERESY
      OR
      http://www.globethics.net/gtl/10920799

      #2 “ANOTHER GOSPEL”:
      If you ask most people what the Good news or Gospel is they will probably tell you about the virgin birth or Christ death burial and resurrection. This would be rather humorous if it was not so sad considering that for the three and half years of Christ ministry he does not mention hardly ever. However, Christ does spend a lot of time preaching out of the OT scriptures. Now imagine given a report or manual to read and understand, that makes reference to and even quotes other source material and then ignoring that source material when it comes to defining the context and meanings of words in the report or manual you are trying to make sense of. If that seems dysfunctional that is because it is. This is, however, what most people are doing when it comes to understanding sound NT doctrine and or even what the Gospel message of Jesus was. The mystery of the gospel was not the death, burial and resurrection although it is part of it. In fact, death, burial and resurrection was the sign, the only sign, that Jesus gave to validate that the gospel message he was preaching all that time was true……and yet most deny it!?!?!
      The “2nd coming”… “I come quickly” so “Hold fast till i come”… NOT …“in another 2000 years I might be coming soon any time now, so hold fast”!?! …those that deny the second coming of Christ in the war of AD70 (in their lifetime) are practicing a damnable heresy in denying the Lord that bought them ( 2Peter 2:1-2 ;2Tim 4:8/ you cant love an appearing you deny& the context is the 2nd coming not the first)… Mat 7:23..”I NEVER KNEW YOU” …..Mat 10:33. But whosoever shall deny me before men……..sound familiar?…. If I said I am coming to your house in this generation when these things happen but no one knows the day or hour what fool would think I might be coming in 2000 years latter!?!? ..2 Tim 4: 4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be TURNED UNTO FABLES. The “idea”/ doctrine that Jesus has not yet returned but “soon any day now soon” does not just make God out a liar; it is not just ridiculous but makes Christianity a mockery, A pathetic “ship of fools”!?!
      The following example excerpt from Bertrand Russell: sometimes quoted by atheist et al and from his published work “Why I Am Not A Christian”
      Defects in Christ’s Teaching
      Having granted the excellence of these maxims, I come to certain points in which I do not believe that one can grant either the superlative wisdom or the superlative goodness of Christ as depicted in the Gospels; …. I am concerned with Christ as He appears in the Gospels, taking the Gospel narrative as it stands, and there one does find some things that do not seem to be very wise. For one thing, he certainly thought that His second coming would occur in clouds of glory before the death of all the people who were living at that time. There are a great many texts that prove that. He says, for instance, “Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of Man be come.” Then he says, “There are some standing here which shall not taste death till the Son of Man comes into His kingdom”; and there are a lot of places where it is quite clear that He believed that His second coming would happen during the lifetime of many then living. That was the belief of His earlier followers, and it was the basis of a good deal of His moral teaching. When He said, “Take no thought for the morrow,” and things of that sort, it was very largely because He thought that the second coming was going to be very soon, and that all ordinary mundane affairs did not count. I have, as a matter of fact, known some Christians who did believe that the second coming was imminent. I knew a parson who frightened his congregation terribly by telling them that the second coming was very imminent indeed, but they were much consoled when they found that he was planting trees in his garden. The early Christians did really believe it, and they did abstain from such things as planting trees in their gardens, because they did accept from Christ the belief that the second coming was imminent. In that respect, clearly He was not so wise as some other people have been, and He was certainly not superlatively wise.
      https://www.scribd.com/doc/305366745/Revelation-the-First-Gospel-of-the-Kingdom
      OR
      http://www.globethics.net/gtl/5455069
      OR
      https://www.academia.edu/23464127/REVELATION_THE_FIRST_GOSPEL_OF_THE_KINGDOM
      Amazon/Barns & Nobel et al
      978-1-4907-0590-3 (SC ISBN)

      #3 God loves everyone; Jesus Died for “you”…… Just “come as you are”
      Does God love you?….”Probably” NOT!….and NO Jesus did not die for everyone!?!……There is a sharp contrast between THREE groups : A. The predestined damned B. the “many” called C. The “Few” Chosen
      Predestination….its true..its all true… God does NOT love everyone:
      Prov 8: 17. I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME …………
      1John 5:3. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:
      (1) “PREDESTINED DAMNED” who were NEVER written in the book of life ………..Rev 17: 8 WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, …as contrasted …EPH 1: 4. According as he hath CHOSEN US in him BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
      (2) “MANY CALLED”= ONLY and ALL SAINTS (those who come to Christ) are written in the book of life … Philippians 4:3… ……Rev 21:27; (Only saints are Called and elect; Rom 1:6-7 et al) This is THE CHRUCH and ONLY these can have their names blotted out of the book of life ….….Heb 12:23 to the general assembly and CHURCH of the firstborn … WHICH ………are WRITTEN in heaven,
      (3) THE FEW CHOSEN: Those saints who were alive in group #2 who are now physically dead. They died “faithful” these are the FEW that were chosen faithful…….Rev 3:5. ……; and I
      will not BLOT OUT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, (Ps 69:28) …. These are the FEW that are CHOSEN and now that they have died and are saved then “once saved THEY CAN NEVER BE LOST”
      PS: “The world” that God so loved was not the Roman world nor the world of the Maya nor the world you imagined in your head that God specifically told them NOT TO LOVE!?!
      https://www.scribd.com/doc/306868420/Most-True-Christians-Go-to-Hell
      OR
      http://www.globethics.net/gtl/10920800
      OR
      https://www.academia.edu/25217564/Most_True_Christains_Go_to_Hell

      Col 2:12 “……though the operation(work) of God” CAN ANY MAN BE SAVED WITHOUT WORK?

      The thief-baptism-grace& the name-Lord & LT

      “whosoever shall call on THE NAME OF THE LORD shall be saved”
      ………So WHAT “NAME” did you “CALL UPON”?……
      Rev 19:13. .. and HIS NAME IS called THE WORD OF GOD
      Ps 138:2. praise THY NAME … for thou hast magnified THY WORD ABOVE ALL THY NAME -
      NOTE: God placed His “THE WORD” ABOVE all of God’s various NAMEs – and Jesus NAME IS called “THE WORD” no other name saves. The MOST important name we should KNOW and CALL UPON is “THE WORD”; Not letters that spell “word” but the sayings/ doctrine/commands. It does NOT say “thy word is given a name above other names because here THY WORD is identified as the name that is placed above all other names.
      Isaiah 52:1. . 6. Therefore MY PEOPLE SHALL KNOW MY NAME: ..What NAME do you “KNOW”.?
      1Jn 2:3. And HEREBY WE DO KNOW that we KNOW HIM, if we KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS./ Titus 1: 16. They profess that THEY KNOW God; but IN WORKS THEY DENY him…
      “AT the name OF JESUS”…..Jesus has a name that belongs to Jesus…just like the name OF GOD means a name that belongs to GOD but it is ridiculous to suggest that the letters G-O-D is that name…likewise the name OF JESUS is NOT the letters J-E-S-U-S. Why would anyone think that you could pronounce THE HIGHEST NAME OF GOD letter by letter…. (ie Judges 13:18; 2Cor 12:4 but God’s name is not as great and or “unspeakable )
      Rev 3:8 kept MY WORD, and hast not DENIED MY NAME; …
      .Jn 17:6. I have MANIFESTED THY NAME And they have KEPT THY WORD.;
      THE WORD is THE NAME above every name that saves us 1Pt 3:21 The ONE baptism(Eph 4:5) is into THE WORD ( which is also baptism in the Holy spirit Jn 6:63the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit ) ..ALL the sayings doctrines and commands….what did THE WORD that became flesh command? (Mat 28:19)…..what did THE WORD exemplify? (Mat 3:15/ Jn 4:1)………among other things…..YES .water baptism is just as essential and necessary for much a part of salvation (1Pt 3:21) as is keeping one self away from works of the flesh (Gal 5:21)….In fact obedience to the command of water baptism is specifically identified as the act of calling on the name of the Lord (Col 2:12 “……though the operation[work] of God” CAN ANY MAN BE SAVED WITHOUT GOD WORKING ON HIM?) …..THE WORD OF GOD is the name of God that men call upon OR…OR ..they DENY with their disobedience
      The scriptures tell us almost nothing about the thief’s life. However, the scriptures tell us a great deal about Christ life……Jesus had been around for 3.5 years before the cross and was Baptizing (Jn 4:1-2 in fact He instructed his disciples to do so and did many more then John the Baptist ever did) …..Those who try to appeal to the thief on the cross assume the thief had never heard of Jesus preaching and had never ever been baptized….The burden of Proof is on those who say baptism is not essential! ………..You can’t claim a logically valid “non-essentiality” doctrinal argument on ANYTHING based on what the scriptures do not say and in spite of the things it clearly does state to the opposite effect!…That is like looking at the constitutional law and then basing a argument against a constitutional principle in law based on the fact that history did not record for us what some unknown cattle thief did or did not do a 150 years ago?!?! What??..Who cares?? We know what the constitution did say 150 years ago. I don’t know of any Law school that bases its teaching on constitutional law based on what history does not tell us about unknown cattle thieves!?! ..Jesus command, preached & practiced Baptism so did the apostles ….To build one’s theology on the fact that the scriptures do not tell us ANY detail(s) of the thief’s life before the cross (we know almost absolutely nothing about the thief!!) it is quite foolish and willfully ignorant of what the scriptures do say about baptism…….so those who try to use the thief are in effect building their house on the sand of what scriptures do not say about a thief in spite of what the scriptures do specifically tell us about baptism!?!… “Their damnation is just” comes to mind…
      https://www.scribd.com/document/326686356/Thief-Cross-3D OR https://www.academia.edu/23846490/Thief_and_Cross_3D

      Assertions and descriptions no matter how vivid and or emphatically employed demonstrate nothing.

      • MyTwoCents

        Stop spamming every article on BIN. So annoying.

        • AXLE FOLEY

          Maybe we should all drive to his house and beat the shit out of him for an hour or two.

          Won’t that be fun?

    • Cousin_Jack

      So wheres the turnip/swede come into it?

    • Everette

      The devil always takes GODs day and makes a party of evil out of it . Example Christmas ! Do we stop celebrating Jesus set aside day by the vatican for His birthday because pagans have decided to take it over ? NO ! Easter ? Do we stop celebrating Jesus resurrection because the pagans put the Easter bunny in on our same day ? NO ! The Sabbath ? Do we stop worshipping GOD on the day HE completed the earth and creation because pagans got into it too ? Well now ! Seems this one we have ! The day GOD rested was Saturday . The day Christains worship GOD is Sunday . In the old Testament GOD told Moses the covenant made to show that we truely loved GOD would be to honor the Sabbath and keep it Holy . Then HE told Moses that the Sabbath was forever . To prove this fact Ezekiel 44 and 46 tell of the Prince of GOD that will walk into the Eastern Gate ( which has been closed sunce Ezekiel ) to worship GOD with sacrifice on Saturday ( Sabbath ) which will be durning the 1000 year millennial reign of Christ ( an anointed man who will be of the sperm of King David ) . Jesus spoke in Matthew 24:30-31 of this son of man that will come as Daniel states after He has been called up to the ANCIENT OF DAYS and is given a Kingdom and power and glory ! Jesus in Matthew 24:5 and Luke 21:8 states He is not the Christ ( son of King David , but Revelation states He holds the keys of David ) In Matthew 24:30-31 Jesus says He ( not I ) will come with His ( not MY ) angels and gather His ( not MY ) elect . All other verses in chapter 24 Jesus uses I , My or Mine . John chapter 1 tells us Jesus was GOD who become flesh so HE could pay the price for mankinds sins as HE stated HE would in the old testament . Jesus was not born because of mans sperm ! Jesus was the son of Woman as Genesis tells us about . Jesus was also not of the Tribe of Judea . Joseph was ! But Joseph was not Jesus dad . Mary was Jesus mother who was a Levite . Elisabeth was Mary’s first cousin . She was a Levite who was married to the High Preist . Elisabeth had to be a Levite by law to marry the High Preist . So Jesus does not fit the Son of David ( sperm of David ) standard . GOD also called Ezekiel son of man thru many chapters of his writings . Son of man means one who is born because of the sperm of man . The seed of the devil which now walks the earth and is in many high offices of the worlds elites is not of GODs making . Jesus addressed then as son of the devil , vipers , serpents . Science states that negative blood types are from reptilians and are not the same as the human race . OK back to the Sabbath . The Sabbath was the day after GOD had finished making HIS creation . So what was the day GOD completed the creation ? I ran across some writtings that the Hebrews claim it to be October 31 . On this day all spirits were commanded to stand before GOD and give an account of what they had been doing for the year . The book of Job bings this out as the son of GOD and the devil had to answer to GOD , not once but twice . It appears that after GOD challenged the devil with Job being so righteous , the devil goes form reporting to GOD to working on Job’s life . A year later The devil again gives an account of his actions . GOD again provokes the devil to consider Job because after all the testing and trying of evils towards Job , He still loved GOD . So again the devil seeks to turn Jobs faith from GOD . But fails ! Then we have King Saul going to the witch of Endor to call up Samuel the dead prophet . When she does she sees spirits ascending and descending . Here we have the claim as has many thru out history seeing spirits ascending and descending on Oct. 31 . Going to give an account to GOD and returning to do better either towards their evils or their good . So from what I understand the day Halloween goes back further than the Esau Edomite Vaticans spiritual holiday . The word holiday comes from the Hebrews Holy Day . Seems the luciferian Vatican changed that also . These are the ones that GOD states will seek to change times seasons and laws . Here is proof ! They changed Jesus original birthdate ( in spring ) to their sun god worship day December 25 ( summer soloist ) they changed the worship day the Sabbath to Sunday ( first day of the week ) there worship day of the sun god ( lucifer the light barer or morning star ) . The verse they use to justify the Sunday worship was the disciples gathered on the first day of the week ( Sunday – look at your calendar ) , but they don’t finish the verse . The reason was to count the money they had gathered the day before on the Sabbath . The Sabbath was a day of not working . They considered counting money as working . GOD also states in Malachi 1:1-4 that HE hates Esau and in other verses and their descendants . And in other books of the Bible they will be totally destroyed after they set up the NWO ( world domonation with lucifer leading ) which they are setting up and getting it ready even today . So back to Halloween . Who’s day is this again ? Do we give it over to them because they have made a party of evil out of it ? I think not ! We do what we know is right and in our conviction towards GOD . You celabrate Harvest day ! The day the crops have completed their baring of fruits and remember who gave the yield of the harvest unto you ! The day GOD HIMSELF Finished the creation of the earth and it’s substance and the universe and mankind ! You don’t give the devil credit for anything . It’s GODs day of completion ! The next day is rest day ( Sabbath ) !

    • raburgeson

      I know that children are the poorest class of people. I attach no religious meaning to Halloween. I celebrate the children at the door seeking treats. That is the beginning and the end of the celebration for me. It was a poor Halloween this year because of the cold. I do not put needles and razor blades in what I hand out. I give a can of soda pop every year that the child can open (factory sealed) while they are waiting for the candy to be checked. Our fire fighters go out and slow the traffic and I appreciate that and give them a half case. Why the people that make costumes make them black so drivers cannot see them as well is deplorable. I do not like the way a minority approach the celebration. Well I have cases of pop to move into the basement, it was cold and the numbers were down this year. May be the Legendary Chicken Fairy wants me to have something to drink if they shut down the energy loop.

    • Funk-nonymous

      Why don’t you just trick or treat dressed up as Jesus or Mary or the Pope? That cancels out the bad, right? Who wouldn’t go for a little hellfire and damnation if there’s free candy involved?

    • CTrent33

      “Pope Gregory III moved the church festival of October 31st to November 1st and called it All Hallows or All Saints’ Day”

      The Church has never had a festival on October 31st. All Saints day was on may 13 with all souls day on the following day. Both days were moved by Pope St. Gregory III to November. In fact the entire month is dedicated to the poor suffering souls in purgatory.

      “Irish records tell of the fascination the Catholic monks had with the powerful Druids, and Druids soon became important members of their monasteries.”

      Yet another lie. Catholic monks dedicate their lives to Jesus Christ. They would not be “fascinated” with satanic priests.

    • stock

      yes its pretty pagan but a lot of fun so go for it.

    • jknbt

      sort answer: NO

      you worship demons when participating in Halloween. What does the first commandment say again? Look it up.

      • b4

        being christian is anti christ–no way jesus would have anything to do with the evil hateful judgemental bullshit the bible thumpers,christians throw out from the bible that satan wrote–the bible is the book of wrath and judgement–god has no wrath nor judgement–only love for his stupid humans,even shithead bible thumpers,christians–god does not read the bible–never has–never will–was not written by god either–some insane homeless dudes in a cave wrote it,inspired by satan,not god=the word of men,not god–god is way above the petty,immature world of humans

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