tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post3270359219314073121..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Satan's Favorite Holiday!PersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-6465175502319915152010-10-03T04:24:48.899-04:002010-10-03T04:24:48.899-04:00Myra;
don't confuse crazy people with religio...Myra;<br /><br />don't confuse crazy people with religions. <br />points:<br />1. there has NEVER been a certifiable case of a "Satanic Sacrifice" anywhere in the US. *NEVER*. there have been things "disguised" as such, there have been pranks that copy-cat such a thing, but there has NEVER been a certifiable [read: provable] case of "Satanic Sacrifice".<br />2. there are crazy elements in ANY religion. the US is currently receiving a LOT of experience in two big types - Fundy Muslim and Fundy Christian. *FUNNY* how the NON-Fundy types disavow the fundy types. *ANY* religion can attract a crazy person and use/abuse elements of the religion in a way that conforms with the crazy - that isn't the RELIGION working, it's the CRAZY<br />3. the "cult" [the RELIGIONS] Halloween is based on did NOT have unwilling sacrifices. it WAS NOT DONE! it was evil, and treated as such by the various Celtic/Nordic/Germanic populations and religions. the CLOSEST one came to an "involuntary" sacrifice was sacrificing a WILLING POW [who would agree to being sacrificed to regain his or her honor, "lost" by being defeated and captured by enemies, and those POWs, by all accounts, were grateful for the opportunity. beats slavery, i guess]<br /><br />for points 1 and 2, i recommend http://www.religioustolerance.org/ra_none2.htm<br />and the articles connected to it - it covers not JUST "satanic sacrifice" but also "satanic ritual abuse" and "satanic kidnappings" and etc. that specific link is to one of the pages that lists all reasons it's not real [all the ways to show] there are SEVERAL pages. the ONLY thing that even comes CLOSE to a "religious/satanic cult kidnapping and sacrificing people" is the ONE case of a SINGLE CRAZY PERSON. there's lots and lots and lots and LOTS of ZERO evidence for "satanic" like baby sacrifice and etc, and even MORE evidence that it COULD NOT WORK.<br /><br /><br />"read; the truth shall set ye free"<br />or somethingdenelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-21778628056897023552010-10-03T00:05:12.212-04:002010-10-03T00:05:12.212-04:00I don't want to bash Halloween...my kids dress...I don't want to bash Halloween...my kids dress up and eat too much candy every year. But seriously, are you sure that there aren't ANY religious cult groups that EVER have kidnapped and sacrificed people in odd rituals? What about Mark Kilroy?myrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12018619566480612385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-64377739438222376652010-10-02T01:00:54.648-04:002010-10-02T01:00:54.648-04:00I'm hard pressed to figure out what's more...I'm hard pressed to figure out what's more hilarious, this woman's belief in her own stupid superstitutions, or the irreconcilable-with-her-own-beliefs belief in the amazing and indiscriminate powers of others' stupid superstitions.<br /><br />Witches dancing naked in the forest don't do any more of a goddamn thing than your empty prayers for them.<br /><br />It's the age old excuse: "Our all-powerful God wills the world to be a certain way. When we find that the world doesn't work that way, do we question our faith? Hell no! We make up stories about demons cock-blocking God at every turn. But OUR God is still all powerful, somehow, yeah... There, now it all makes sense."<br /><br />*headdesk*Big Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534995604187556023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-52769854469358967922010-10-01T20:20:10.673-04:002010-10-01T20:20:10.673-04:00Nymph beat me to it - Mabon has NOTHING to do with...Nymph beat me to it - Mabon has NOTHING to do with Samhain [or halloween]. fruits, nuts, etc aren't SACRIFICED - althought the Corn QUEEN used to [and some rare times still does] get an "effigy" - and...<br /><br /><br />i've never, ever, EVER "prayed" over a bag of candy. or sacrificed anything [other than sleep] as for the bonfires - i see that mostly for Ostara and Beltane - not Mabon [OR Samhain]<br /><br /><br />and now i'm gonna shut up before i actually RAGE...denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-44697265610437258772010-10-01T17:36:12.292-04:002010-10-01T17:36:12.292-04:00When my boys were about 5 or 6, we read Ray Bradbu...When my boys were about 5 or 6, we read Ray Bradbury's "The Hallowe'en Tree" together during October. They really enjoyed it, and now they know the origins of all the world's celebrations. (Although the book is scary, because it's about a kid who may be dying, it's really very life-affirming, about laughing at death.) So when their schoolmates started in with the "Satan's birthday" crap, they had enough real knowledge to argue back. Also, October 31 is my brother's birthday, so their first answer was, "No, it's my Uncle Joe's birthday!"<br /><br />When they were in high school, and they found the "Satan's birthday" Chick tracts in all the lockers, they told me who put them there. I damned near got the responsible kid suspended.mutzalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06720707287114630951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-39317946632802363702010-10-01T17:19:53.125-04:002010-10-01T17:19:53.125-04:00Don't forget Christmas was based on around pag...Don't forget Christmas was based on around pagan holidays too, pretty much all Holy Days were.<br /><br />The whole praying over candy is a lie from Pat Robertson. He made that up to go along with Warnke's Satanic Panic.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-49054231588813650052010-10-01T12:50:06.325-04:002010-10-01T12:50:06.325-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-31353033768493650862010-10-01T10:08:20.935-04:002010-10-01T10:08:20.935-04:00Boy, I can't wait for Easter to roll around so...Boy, I can't wait for Easter to roll around so I can read her take on how Christians ought not to celebrate that one. Considering it is almost entirely evolved from pagan celebrations.<br /><br />There is so much *headdesk* here that I think I may have just cracked my skull.<br /><br />Also, the baskets of nuts and herbs business she refers to is part of Mabon/Autumnal Equinox celebrations, but also for marking the end of the harvest for the year. Similar to baskets of eggs and flowers (i.e., newborn things) for the pagan celebrations that became Easter.<br /><br />And Halloween is analogous to Samhain in the pagan calendar, a point she seems to have missed entirely, considering that Mabon is over a month before Samhain......Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.com