Satanic Tradition or Just Clean Fun?
Annually in October, Halloween decorations, costumes, and props begin to flood the entrances and isles of malls, departments stores, and grocery stores. Advertisements for haunted houses, themed parties, and other events start popping up all around us. As we are reminded of the Halloween season, the debate about Halloween festivities starts brewing. Is Halloween a wicked tradition based on satanism and witchcraft or is it a time to have some harmless fun with friends? The debate continues.
Halloween is celebrated annually on the evening of October 31st. Many people love Halloween and enjoy dressing up as their favorite character, taking their kids trick-or-treating, eating treats, and going to themed parties and think it is just good clean fun. However, others think of Halloween as an evil tradition based on satanic activities and should be avoided at all costs. This brings up an interesting discussion with heated and passionate arguments on both sides of the issue.
Good Clean Fun
If you are like many people, you have fond memories of Halloween . You remember picking out the costume of your favorite cartoon super hero or your mother making a cool ghost outfit made of a simple white sheet with some holes cut out for the eyes. With a little plastic jack-o-lantern or paper sack, you frolicked about the neighborhood with your friends going door to door quoting the famous phrase “trick or treat”. You couldn’t wait to see what kind of candy or other treat you would get. Sometimes you would eat some of the candy while you wandered the neighborhood even though your parents told you to save it until you got home where they could ration your consumption (as they picked through some of
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