Halloween

October/31/2007 Filed in: Holidays | My First | My Own Thoughts
This is my first Halloween as an atheist.

First I'm going to explain what Halloween means to me now, then I'm going to look it up online.

Before Research: Halloween is the one day a year that children dress up and visit the neighbors for treats. It seems to have no relevance to adults. Why does Halloween exist? I have no idea. Is Halloween related to some other event? None that I'm aware of. I look at Halloween and Easter as very similar. Kids gets candy. Halloween has never meant more than "kids and candy" to me.

After Research: Halloween turns out to be religious related. Shocker! I was actually surprised. I know two men who didn't and don't let there kids dress up and get candy on Halloween, because it's evil. The reality is, even the religious people can't agree on how to handle Halloween. Why? Because it has a dozen meanings. And not all of them are even religious.

So those of you keeping your kids from having fun on Halloween because of your preconceived notions of it's evil origins, lighten up. Your kids only believe in God because you tell them to. So tell them Halloween is about dressing up and having fun. They will believe you. Because as far as the rest of the population is concerned, that's all it means to them.
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