promise5 17 #1 October 26, 2015 Is Halloween really that offensive??? Holy crap!! It just got ridiculous!! Our Fire Dept. always has a big "Halloween" party for kids it's a big success. It's free for one thing, unlike other places. The kids play games and end up with tons of candy. Everyone dresses up and it's a lot of fun!! Now to this year. A few people made a big stink over celebrating "Halloween" and the council changed the name to "harvest" party. This is so ridiculous !!No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #2 October 26, 2015 What are they harvesting? See you in SC in a bit..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #3 October 26, 2015 No!! Really??? No way this can become political !!!No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #4 October 26, 2015 Generally, those that dislike the word Halloween dislike it because it makes them butt hurt about their religious beliefs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #5 October 26, 2015 Ridiculous!! I'm a Christian and people need to get over such petty silliness!!No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #7 October 26, 2015 Promise5, you are correct. Christians like to forget that humans were celebrating harvests and changes of seasons thousands of years before the prophet Jesus was born. Jesus was only born 2,000 years ago, while the human race is hundreds of thousands of years old. Brighter Christians co-opt older traditions to fit the Christian calendar. Look up the English Christian tradition of "All Saints Day" or the Mexican tradition of " Dia de los mistype" (Day of the Dead). Tell your local Christians to pull the pickles out of their butts and celebrate a few-hundred-year-old Christian festival at the end of October. Note that Christian churches routinely celebrate Thanksgiving (mid October in Canada and mid-November in New England) which are "harvest festivals." And if this is purely a matter of "political courtesy" they should dig up Jewish "harvest festivals," Hindu "harvest festivals," Bhuddist "harvest festivals," etc. Any excuse for a party! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 53 #8 October 26, 2015 riggerrob Promise5, you are correct. Tell your local Christians to pull the pickles out of their butts and celebrate a few-hundred-year-old Christian festival at the end of October. Would that be a pickle harvest festival? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #9 October 26, 2015 promise5Ridiculous!! I'm a Christian and people need to get over such petty silliness!! You can always run barefoot through the harvest fields.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #10 October 26, 2015 Does going through the zombie maze at the Rheindeer farm count?No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #11 October 26, 2015 Just remember, you can't run in campgrounds. You can only ran. Because it's past tents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiggerLee 61 #12 October 26, 2015 If this is the first you've heard of this then your lucky. Forget all the fun and traditions you had as a kid. Many schools have banned Halloween. Students are forbidden to wear costumes or bring food to school. Schools have banned Christmas. It's all for fear of... offending some one. Hell, atheist can be offended by any thing. Examples, I pulled these from Starns articals just because it was easy to find. He's a far right christen activist but he comes up with some funny and frightening stuff. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4570246090001/starnes-dover-afb-disavows-endorsement-of-christian-charity/?#sp=show-clips http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/10/09/lawsuit-baby-jesus-doesnt-belong-in-christmas-play.html http://video.foxnews.com/v/4545697269001/starnes-jesus-haters-launch-war-on-christmas--in-october/?#sp=show-clips http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/10/05/school-cancels-america-day.html http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/12/15/ho-ho-no-school-bans-santa-from-winter-concert.html Couldn't find the one about schools banning students from bringing food to school. Forget parties or bake sales their in the past. For the record I'm not religious but I fondly remember Halloween, Thanks giving, Christmas, Valentines day and others being celebrated back when I was in school. But I guess the next generation wont have any of those memories. LeeLee lee@velocitysportswear.com www.velocitysportswear.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #13 October 26, 2015 You mean it's not about a boatload of candy and French Maid outfits!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #14 October 26, 2015 promise5Is Halloween really that offensive??? The problem I have with "Harvest" is it's also code for "Christian." If people want to bitch about a "war on Christmas", then they don't get to have flipping' "Harvest" festivals on October 31.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #15 October 26, 2015 Actually people are wrong about that. "Harvest" has its roots in Pagan celebrations. They're being silly if they think that it's based in Christianity.No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #16 October 26, 2015 Whoever decided Harvest was a more appropriate name than Halloween is a stupid fucker. The holiday is STILL HALLOWEEN. God Damn... Politically correctness gone amok. Now go get your Michael Myers fix in front of the TV. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #17 October 26, 2015 muff528 You mean it's not about a boatload of candy and Promise5 in a French Maid outfit!? FIFY "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #18 October 26, 2015 promise5Actually people are wrong about that. "Harvest" has its roots in Pagan celebrations. They're being silly if they think that it's based in Christianity. I'm not saying that's not its origin. I'm saying that's what it has come to mean as a code word. https://www.harvest.org http://www.ocschools.org/blog/harvest-festival-2015/ http://chcus.org http://www.yelp.com/biz/city-harvest-church-irvine-4quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #19 October 26, 2015 What is "spring break" code for in re: schools? Oh wait, that's the drunk nekkid college season of balcony jumpers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #20 October 26, 2015 normissWhat is "spring break" code for in re: schools? Oh wait, that's the drunk nekkid college season of balcony jumpers... I'm not sure that's ever been a change.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #21 October 26, 2015 When I was a kid, we had easter break. The only "special" thing about that I recall was the easter bunny, dying eggs, chocolate, and a ham dinner. And NO SCHOOL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #22 October 26, 2015 It's camo this year not French maid.No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #23 October 26, 2015 promise5It's camo this year not French maid. Ooooh camo, nice.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #24 October 26, 2015 That's not how you spell "commando". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #25 October 26, 2015 I'm not that big a blonde that I don't know the difference. Camo!! LolNo matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
