HALLOSCREAM

 
Yes, my dear friends, it's that time
of year again ... and I thought for
a moment, should I really blog on
this, or just skip it. I seriously
considered just skipping the blog
altogether and just say "have a
happy FUN DAY" or something like that.
BUT ... no, I decided to include a post
I wrote way back in 2005, which was
supposed to have been on the web somewhere,
but not sure it was ever published
(at least couldn't find it anywhere).
With some necessary editing, I present it to you.
And My Comments will be below the asterisks.
Trust Me, you may disagree with me.
And that's perfectly fine.
But, I think it points out some finer details
of Halloween that some may overlook.
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 HALLOSCREAM


   
  Halloween is quickly becoming a day, or rather, a night of unbridled mischief and unlimited mayhem. It's not really a celebration of fun, as much as it is an "anti-celebration" of all
that is good. Why is it on this day, and this day alone, that all
rules can be broken, and all guidelines can be relaxed? 
Do we really have to have a special day, like Halloween,
to dress up, load up on candy and have tons of fun and a real good time?
      Today, October 31, 2005, (Kansas)
      this is how it
      all went down.
A spook house in the area lures all kinds of people, but especially
the youth. The older ones are fascinated by it, and everybody thinks it is good, clean fun. However, some of those kids are
cramming the spook house, and terrorizing the inhabitants, and even the "monsters" within.
Parents then come along and FORCE their babies and infants to go inside, most against the child's will. Children, especially little ones, are very sensitive to evil vibes and images. Most
parents would not let someone evil enter their house and scare their child. But parents, every year, are "causing their child to pass through the fire" by subjecting them to FEAR, and spirits
of fear. And then when they are older, they have been sufficiently
de-sensitized to evil, not realizing that it is wrong.
In the Old Testament, parents who worshipped other gods made their children "pass through the fire" in sacrifice to those same gods. And so, at the spook house, the children were being tormented. And my daughter, who works at the particular
establishment where the spook house sat, was feeling tormented in her spirit. 

She said it felt like 'hell'.
One 6 or 7 year old child, was coerced into the spook house by her mother ... the child came out clearly traumatized. There seemed to be noone present to comfort and console her, although some  who were there tried to do so. Where did the mother go?
Oh ... she went to get some burgers ... she wasn't far, just right inside the restaurant where the spook house sat. When she came out, she was laughing. Right. People laughed. The management/owner laughed. Those who were with the child were not laughing.

And thus it doesn't really matter what people
do on this day, because it is all in "good clean fun", and it's for
"the kids". Wow. And when we get home, if we're christians, we
run all the strife out, all the mayhem out, yell at our kids when the music is too loud, tell them not to read certain books, and watch certain movies, not play certain video games, and positively stay away from strangers.

And what about the spook house? Well, it is small, but still forboding. Its images inside and out represent ages of wickedness and evil.  Tiny children should not be forced to enter such a structure against their will ... no wise and good parent would
want any harm to come to their child!

 What are we doing to our children, and what kind of mixed messages are we giving them? That one day of the year it is alright to  celebrate death & darkness, 

but the rest of the year it is not alright?
I won't give space here to discuss the origins of Halloween, that
is not my purpose here. I do believe there have been dark energies involved which alone may affect the atmosphere of a community. And we glorify and give massive amounts of attention to demons, witches, ghosts and worse -- without even realizing what we are
doing ... it is de-sensitizing our youth to actual darkness, and then
causing a blurring of lines between good and evil.
     
Most godly parents do not want their children to be rebellious. They go to great lengths to train them and discipline so that they turn out well.  So why should we train our children to become enamored with images and objects that only represent
rebellion. "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft", it states in the
Scriptures.   There were  definite signs of rebellion in the youth that night, and nobody standing up to correct the problem. But then I ask myself, how can they, when the adults themselves are celebrating -- for years now --
the same kind of rebellion.
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Well, as you can tell, this happened
several years ago, and the truth is,
I was present. I was asked to visit
the "spook house" upon request,
and I was there also to console the scared child.

As believers in Christ, we are free to
observe days however we choose.
I simply put forth this concept:

Redeeming the month of October:

Throw out all "Judgment Houses"
Throw out all "Heaven's Gates/Hell's Flames"
Throw out all Horror flicks.
Throw out all Spook Houses, and anything
... else that torments, traumatizes, terrorizes or instills
the spirit of fear in people, especially little children.
Throw out anything that glorifies death & darkness.
After all, the majority of us have "thrown out" HELL.
Hmm, makes sense to me.

Have a "happy halloween"
TONY 

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Art Image:

"The Scream" by	Edvard Munch
Year	1893	Courtesy of Google Images