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I don't have a car, I traded it in for a bird table. I'm a twitcher. :D |
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This description made me laugh.
Since the 80s usage of the phrase has become more widespread, but is still often viewed as an exotic and unwelcome commercialised import, with the BBC referring to it as "the Japanese knotweed of festivals" and ''making demands with menaces''. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating :p |
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Before I abandoned religion
(decided it was an uneccessary encumbrance to spiritual development), I did explore the concepts held in various religions. One of them was Paganism. Haloween is the festival of Samhain Halloween: The Pagan Festival of Samhain The practice of dressing up as witches and ghouls is offensive to pagans. The people who adhere to any religion require it be shown respect. |
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Rather than giving respect to others, most religions want to either convert, kill, or save you, or condemn you to their particular version of hell. Faith's a nice crutch, for those who need help on life's journey. Personally I threw mine away years ago. It was quite miraculous. Praise be! :rolleyes: |
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(Great post by Garinda above -mirrors my own experience and thoughts entirely!) |
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Though you must never respond, or question their particular religion's beliefs. That's sacrosanct. These individual religions, that humankind created to provide meaning to life, are a little like football teams. Their team is unquestionably the best, and will be supported, regardless of their performance, and all the opposing teams are labelled as rubbish. :rolleyes: |
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I like to attend house or organised halloween parties and think dressing the kids up for things like this is fun but I do disagree with taking the kids trick or treating we spend all year drumming it in to kids don't go with strangers don't talk to strangers don't take sweets off strangers then we take them out to strangers houses looking for sweets and money it is so stupid and so wrong
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If it's people you know, it's probably great fun for everyone to dress up, and have fun. It's obviously popular. In a little over twenty years it's overtaken Guy Fawkes Night, judging by all the commercial products that are available to celebrate it, that are in the shops. |
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i dont mind them, i get sweets in and it means grace can take part without having to go out into the cold (ty goes to a party) but one lot hammered on the door and rattled the letterbox until i answered the door, by the time i got there i had 2 crying,scared babies and wasnt impressed so they got told off and sent away with nothing!
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My friend took her daughter trick or treating in her neighbourhood but followed the simple rule of only knocking on doors where they had some Halloween decorations on display - others were left in peace -seems quite a simple idea and is quite nice for young children (if accompanied by patents). The problem are the grouops of young teens who use it as an excuse for anti-social behaviour!
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None of my neighbours have children, and we had five lots of trick or treaters, who no one knew, ranging in age from a toddler, to a gang in their mid teens. I've got elderly neighbours, who live alone, some of whom have mobility problems. I did feel sorry for them, and am glad none of them fell, trying to answer the door...this year. |
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