HALLOWEEN

WHAT’S WRONG WITH HALLOWEEN?

A. THE HORRORS OF HALLOWEEN

1. IT DESENSITIZES OUR CHILDREN TO ACTS OF EVIL.
Lie – Freddy Kruger, Jason, and zombies are just harmless spooky make-believe.
Truth – It is a shocking reality that people actually do the horrible things shown in the movies.
Truth – It deadens the shock effect of real atrocities.
Truth – It cheapens the value of life.

2. IT MINIMIZES THE FORCES OF EVIL AND THE DEVIL’S DEVICES.
Lie – Halloween is just harmless fantasy. The devil is only mythological and not a real being.
Truth – It trivializes dabbling in witchcraft.
Truth – It reduces the devil to a cartoon figure.

3. IT LEGITIMIZES THE AGENTS OF EVIL.
Lie – Ghosts and witches are good; there is a difference between “white magic” and “black magic”
Truth – Dealing in the spirit world is NOT harmless.
Truth – Witchcraft is an abomination to God. Deut.18:10-12 “For ALL who do these things…”

4. THE WHOLE THEME IS FEAR AND DEATH.
Lie – We should live in fear and try to manipulate spirits.
Truth – 2Tim.1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear...” 365 “fear nots” in the Bible
Truth – 1Cor.15:55 “O death, where is thy sting? O death, where is your victory?

B. THE HOAXES OF HALLOWEEN

1. SATAN IS IN CONTROL OF THIS WORLD.
Hoax – Giving treats can stave off evil and mollify evil spirits. Luke10:19 “Behold…over all the power…”

2. DEATH IS TO BE FEARED.
Hoax – Watch out for the Grim Reaper!

3. THE DEPARTED CAN RETURN AS GHOSTS.
This is the false thought behind séances; it is popularized in “Whisperer” TV series.

4. THE OCULT CAN TELL THE FUTURE.
Hoax – Your fortune can be discovered by Ouija boards, séances, reading palms, etc.

5. THE FORCES OF EVIL MUST BE APPEASED.
It is the whole idea behind “trick or treat”.

6. WITCHES ARE PEACEFUL PAGANS.
Hoax – They’re just Wiccas that keep close to nature. Paganism is an alternative to religion.

7. EXTREME EVIL CAN KEEP YOU FROM HEAVEN.
Hoax – Ghosts are spirits of the dead that can’t leave the earth until some issue is resolved.

8. ITS ALL RIGHT TO GLORIFY TERROR/FEAR IN FUN.
Hoax – “Spook houses” are just fun experiences.
Hoax – “Horror movies are nothing bad.

9. HALLOWEEN IS A DAY TO BE CELEBRATED.
Hoax – It’s just a seasonal excuse to wear costumes and party to have fun.

10. HALLOWEEN IS A DAY TO BE DREADED.
Hoax – It’s supposed to be the time when the barrier between the living and the dead is the weakest.
Hoax – The dead can come back to haunt you.


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