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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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I'm not making a big deal of it this year. Indeed, since the Madagascar cockroach incident of a few years ago, that closely followed a python incident, I no longer get all that much traffic anyway. This is good. I will get to eat the just-in-case candy myself. Sometimes it pays to not just look, but actually be scary.
Hallowe'en has the usual history of a pagan celebration co-opted by the Catholic Church. But unlike Christmas & Easter & the rest, the Church never managed to get it away from it's origins; a celebration of the dead.
So now, in the spirit of the evening, I'm going to do something a little different. I'll let Answers in Genesis tell you the story. Mr.Ham, if you please sir, the podium is yours...
What About Hallowe'en?
A Night When Evil Is Celebrated
It pays to be scary, sometimes. And who knows, these cute, little tykes just might show up at my place some evening, and I must greet them appropriately....
Happy Hallowe'en!
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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moakley
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 Posted - 10/31/2008 : 04:37:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
It pays to be scary, sometimes. And who knows, these cute, little tykes just might show up at my place some evening, and I must greet them appropriately....
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This is some kind of sick parody site. Right?
8. When trick-or-treaters come to your door, tell them you are no different than the Lord Jesus when it comes to playing host to sinners. Then, take them into your basement (where the heater is set as hot as it will go) and torture them.
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tomk80
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 05:35:54 [Permalink]
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Number 1 didn't give it away for you, Moakley?
| 1. Wait for unsaved children to come to your door and hurl a bucket full of warm lamb's blood (goat or dog blood can be substituted later in the night if you run out) all over their hair and faces. |
Yes, it is a parody site. A classic one even. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 06:33:12 [Permalink]
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Since I just bought a house, I am doing more for Haloween this year. Got a black light which really shows the fake spider web off, and I have a skeleton costume where the bones really glow. Made a scary Jack-O-Latern too.
I love Halloween because of the idea of mocking those things which give us irrational fear. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 07:04:13 [Permalink]
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I love Halloween. Today I will be carving a pumpkin, which usually takes me from 4 to 6 hours. We well shlep over to Michelle's parents house because the supply of kids in this neighborhood has dried up. No fun if there are no kids.
Anyhow, I also love Dia De Los Muertos or Day Of The Dead. Much of the art around my house was made for that celebration of remembering dead loved ones. Whenever we drive down to Mexico, I buy something. Michelle loves religious folk are so we have lot's of crucifixes and Mary's around too, also mostly from Mexico. Our living room alone would scare most kids and at least some adults.
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 07:26:55 [Permalink]
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 07:28:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Originally posted by filthy
It pays to be scary, sometimes. And who knows, these cute, little tykes just might show up at my place some evening, and I must greet them appropriately....
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This is some kind of sick parody site. Right?
8. When trick-or-treaters come to your door, tell them you are no different than the Lord Jesus when it comes to playing host to sinners. Then, take them into your basement (where the heater is set as hot as it will go) and torture them.
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A Landover newbie! I didn't know there were any left in here. Thought we'd converted 'em all to the Righteous Path or sent the unbelieving & therefore unsaved to a well-deserved perditon, there to howl & gnash their teeth for the exquisite pleasure of God and His flock of the saved that follow with adoring blindness in His grace.
Check it out and you too, might be saved.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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pleco
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 07:31:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
I love Halloween. Today I will be carving a pumpkin, which usually takes me from 4 to 6 hours. We well shlep over to Michelle's parents house because the supply of kids in this neighborhood has dried up. No fun if there are no kids.
Anyhow, I also love Dia De Los Muertos or Day Of The Dead. Much of the art around my house was made for that celebration of remembering dead loved ones. Whenever we drive down to Mexico, I buy something. Michelle loves religious folk are so we have lot's of crucifixes and Mary's around too, also mostly from Mexico. Our living room alone would scare most kids and at least some adults.
Happy Halloween!!!
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My long-time girlfriend is Mexican (from Mexico City) and we have done the Day of the Dead before. Not doing it this year. Minus the religious aspect, I like the idea of remembering those who have died. I am going with her to Mexico in December...can't wait! (first time going) |
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moakley
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 10:55:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by tomk80
Number 1 didn't give it away for you, Moakley?
| 1. Wait for unsaved children to come to your door and hurl a bucket full of warm lamb's blood (goat or dog blood can be substituted later in the night if you run out) all over their hair and faces. |
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Not really. Fred and his family are such wack jobs that pre caffiene I only wondered where someone would get buckets of goats blood.
Originally posted by filthy
A Landover newbie!
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Yep. A newbie to the parody site.
edited to add: Pre caffiene. I was thinking westboro, not landover. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 10/31/2008 : 15:51:13 [Permalink]
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some encouraging news; some spiritual folks are encouraging the Brits to at last come to their senses.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Hallowe'en.....
