Halloween "a day for the good Lord, not for the devil"
 

Across the Bible Belt this Halloween, some little ghosts and goblins might get shooed away by the neighbors - and some youngsters will not be allowed to go trick-or-treating at all - because the holiday falls on a Sunday this year.

"It's a day for the good Lord, not for the devil," said Barbara Braswell, who plans to send her 4-year-old granddaughter Maliyah out trick-or-treating in a princess costume on Saturday instead.

Some towns around the country are decreeing that Halloween be celebrated on Saturday to avoid complaints from those who might be offended by the sight of demons and witches ringing their doorbell on the Sabbath. Others insist the holiday should be celebrated on Oct. 31 no matter what.

"You just don't do it on Sunday," said Sandra Hulsey of Greenville, Ga. "That's Christ's day. You go to church on Sunday, you don't go out and celebrate the devil. That'll confuse a child."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041015/D85O199O4.html

Fucking idiots. They're clueless.

thats the most ludacris thing i ever heard "its on sunday" fuck you what are a few little kids going haveing fun and eating candy doing to you ass holes. when i was little i lived for trick or treating and the thought of doing it on a different day is retarded. i usely have no prob with religous people except when they do shit like this.

well if people have the right to complain about morons...err i mean mormons going around their house on a saturday. people have the right to complain about this.. i suppose. but i don't see whats wrong with em doing both, cause really halloween has lost all relivance(?) to its pagan background, and is now really only a time for people to have some fun. not as if people are out killing cats to their god iggi boo boo or w/e. cause really who thinks about the old pagan gods on halloween..? its more to do with people out for a bit of fun. but who cares ..? i dont give a fuck really. cause we don't have halloween here and that sucks. and im so jealous i hope they ban it muhahahahahaahahaha

thank you

lol yes .. and you're right about how these people are just silly bastards who are nothing but killjoys. an im a catholic as well and if we had it here iwould be doing the same. its these idiots who make up prolly only 10% of the christian faith thats gives us all a bad name. gawd the world would be better of ifthey put as much effort into feeding the poor and housing the homeless, as they do in trying to ban something as innocent as this.

ya great point

Yeah, I'm taking my kid trick or treating in Memphis, and there's already talk of having it on Saturday night instead. That sucks but ... it is trick or treat. I guess quite a few folks will just have to accept being tricked Sunday evening if they refuse to dish out the treats.

ok, im a christian, but even i know how to distinguish reality from make believe. faith is great, and everyone should have faith in something, but i dont believe that god would want you to miss such an excellent chance to bond with your child. and lets face it halloween can be great fun for the whole family. every day of the week should be the lords day imo. and if you break halloween down to its basic origin, it was a chance for the farmers to get together and thank "god" for their bountiful harvest. they would celebrate, have fun, then hunker down and get ready for winter. it wasnt looked down upon until us christians associated satan with it.

dont even get me started:rolleyes: