Big Bubba - The Holidays Threads Merged

[Buzzardhut]

People who performed acts of goodness in their lives are transported across the path in speeds according to their deeds
What foolishness :rolleyes
Just another religion of works :tsk

[Paoshing]

Here's the reason I asked:

As-Sirāt (Arabic: الصراط‎).also called Sirat al-Jahim (English: The Bridge of Hell) is, in Islam, ...

Ah, Wikipedia. :thinking ... Yeah, I will change my screenname. Thanks so much for the information! :thumb

Now I hate my screenname! :lol2

[Paoshing]

Or if I cannot change my screenname, ignore it. I just scrambled the phrase, Jesus my Messiah to form "Jahim Essu Myess." It didn't come into my mind researching that name on the net. Again, thanks for the info!

[I'mready]

Quote from wikipedia

In North America, Christian attitudes towards Halloween are quite diverse. In the Anglican Church, some dioceses have chosen to emphasize the Christian traditions of All Saints Day, while some other Protestants celebrate the holiday as Reformation Day, a day of remembrance and prayers for unity. Celtic Christians may have Samhain services that focus on the cultural aspects of the holiday, in the belief that many ancient Celtic customs are "compatible with the new Christian religion. Christianity embraced the Celtic notions of family, community, the bond among all people, and respect for the dead. Throughout the centuries, pagan and Christian beliefs intertwine in a gallimaufry (hodgepodge) of celebrations from October 31 through November 5, all of which appear both to challenge the ascendancy of the dark and to revel in its mystery."

Many Christians ascribe no negative significance to Halloween, treating it as a purely secular holiday devoted to celebrating “imaginary spooks” and handing out candy. Halloween celebrations are common among Roman Catholic parochial schools throughout North America and in Ireland. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church sees Halloween as having a Christian connection. Father Gabriele Amorth, a Vatican-appointed exorcist in Rome, has said, "If English and American children like to dress up as witches and devils on one night of the year that is not a problem. If it is just a game, there is no harm in that." Most Christians hold the view that the tradition is far from being "satanic" in origin or practice and that it holds no threat to the spiritual lives of children: being taught about death and mortality, and the ways of the Celtic ancestors actually being a valuable life lesson and a part of many of their parishioners' heritage. Other Christians, primarily of the Evangelical and Fundamentalist variety, are concerned about Halloween, and reject the holiday because they believe it trivializes (and celebrates) “the occult” and what they perceive as evil. A response among some fundamentalists in recent years has been the use of Hell houses or themed pamphlets (such as those of Jack T. Chick) which attempt to make use of Halloween as an opportunity for evangelism. Some consider Halloween to be completely incompatible with the Christian faith due to its origin as a Pagan "festival of the dead." In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a "Saint Fest" on the holiday.
Some Wiccans feel that the tradition is offensive to "real witches" for promoting stereotypical caricatures of "wicked witches". However, other Neopagans, perhaps most of them, see it as a harmless holiday in which some of the old traditions are celebrated by the mainstream culture, albeit in a different manner.


Happy Halloween:falsep:devil

[Buzzardhut]

making pagan days holy days has always been their m.o.

[pegmo]

Buzz, you beat me to it. If you check, almost all of the Catholic Holy Days have a pagan holiday as their base. Paganism with a very think Christian veneer.....

[His Bride]

making pagan days holy days has always been their m.o.

Yes, and a pig that has been washed is still a pig.

[ZeldaCA]

I seem to remember November 1 being a holy day of obligation for the Catholics..."All Saints Day" or something like that? It was a day which honored the dead, and I believe some cultures thought the dead could actually walk the earth for the 24 hours around this day (which would mean starting around Halloween night....).

Gotta love that Roman Catholic Church for providing its flock with truly meaningful holy days....NOT. :tsk

[His Bride]

I seem to remember November 1 being a holy day of obligation for the Catholics..."All Saints Day" or something like that? It was a day which honored the dead, and I believe some cultures thought the dead could actually walk the earth for the 24 hours around this day (which would mean starting around Halloween night....).

Gotta love that Roman Catholic Church for providing its flock with truly meaningful holy days....NOT. :tsk

Growing up Catholic, we kids would trick or treat on October 31st, bring in a haul of candy, and spend the entire next day, because we had no school in honor of All Saints Day, eating our stash! What a concept!:lol2

[Buzzardhut]

Yes, and a pig that has been washed is still a pig.

with lipstick! :fear


Growing up Catholic, we kids would trick or treat on October 31st, bring in a haul of candy, and spend the entire next day, because we had no school in honor of All Saints Day, eating our stash! What a concept!:lol2

Ishtar has lots of candy too!