halloween

- While many folks may find this old news (it was old news last year too) and/or a puff piece, I found it interesting... - -

Do these exist? Conspiracies about Halloween?

Every year on Halloween, I play music to help create atmosphere. Rather than the cheesy "Monster mash", or modern "Thriller" that I have heard in the neighborhood, I prefer classical. It started when I bought a very cheap CD called "Classical Terror". The first four tracks of the CD feature...

As major media presents Halloween and occult related news stories I hope the media take's a hard look at their damage in presenting paranormal claims by psychics and occult businesses as Halloween entertainment. Don't get me wrong --- I enjoy Halloween. What I don't enjoy is watching TV...

Yeah, when the "occupy things in the name of protesting corporate malfeasance" movement came to my locality they decided to give it a Halloween theme. Thus a Walking Dead meets political activist fusion thing happened. I don't know if I should be proud my locality did it so different or afraid...

OK. I know that Halloween is not Satans birthday and never meant to be. I just thought it was a funny title. Anyway, last night I was talking with a Christian friend and she told me that there were no true atheist. She said that people who claim to be atheist are really Satan worshipers who...

Very well said IMO. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304915104575572642896563902.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0011/0011_01.asp Kids get recruited by witches to serve Satan who burns them for all eternity anyway.

I got an email yesterday from the principal of our local elementary school saying that trick-or-treating will be on Saturday night in our community. She said that the Sheriffs department notified her that this would be the night to trick-or-treat in our county this year. I (hastily)...

The Granite State Skeptics invited Martha Taylor of the Historical Society to talk to us about the infamous ghost of Henniker, Ocean-Boran Mary. We will meet at 6:00 pm at Daniel's Restaurant on Main Street, Henniker, on Sunday, Oct. 31. After the talk, we will visit Ocean-Born Mary's grave at...

Just found out today that the Ghosthunters (TAPS) are to broadcast live from the Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY for the Halloween show this year. I know, not that big of a deal for most, but for the locals this is huge news! :D http://www.syfy.com/ghosthunterslive/

I didn't know whether to put this in Humor or here. But it's so horrible that Humor seemed wrong... From a separate reading on Halloween I ended up at the Landover Baptist Church forums. I found this. http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?t=16379 Are they really trying to be funny? Or...

It just kicks so much ass, way better than any other holiday! Too bad most other countries don't celebrate it, they're missing out.

In his MDC thread The Professor professed - I'm surprised that TP hasn't yet posted to inform us of his success at whatever it is he was planning to do. My google-fu is weak, anyone have any info on what happened?

Well, seems that some have sunk to a new low this election cycle: If your parents support Obama, no treats for YOU this Hallowe'en! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-odd-halloween-boo,0,3308020.story

A sad story, indeed... I assume that even if the guy didn't have a gun and second amendment rights, the incident would've happened anyway, right? [Asking the pro-gun crowd]

A church in Missouri is featuring a haunted-house type alternative, featuring walk-through scenes depicting the horrors of drugs, alcohol, abortion, self-mutilation. Fun for the whole family! http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/BREAKING01/71024016

Elsethread, I made a remark about Halloween being a Christian holiday, to which ponderingturtle replied: It's my understanding (which is entirely second-hand, I hasten to add) that, despite common belief, Halloween has nothing to do with the Celtic Samhain (or Samain), other than occurring...

Part One - http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/11/02/512352.html A police bomb squad raced across Norway by helicopter Thursday to investigate a mysterious, wired package that turned out to be a discarded Halloween prop left behind by a young man who had dressed...

We came up with a great list of Troother songs, Troother T-shirt fashion, and Troother dictionary terms, so this should be a piece of cake. What are Troothers dressed as tonight? (Pictorials welcome, but not necessary)

It's true the distant origins of the holiday lie with the Celtic Druidical religion; this is the time of year when the Lord of Death was supposed to summon the souls of evil people condemned to live in animal bodies, according to magician and skeptic James Randi in his book “An Encyclopedia of...

A very good friend of mine owns a pub. The pub is in an old house, built c.1880. My friend has a few woo-ish beliefs, including the existence of ghosts, and that there is one or more ghosts inhabiting his pub. He plans on having some 'paranormal investigators' there on Hallowe'en. Sheesh...

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051030/NEWS0202/110300035

NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) - 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...

Ok, what does everyone think about trick or treating? Personally I think it's no more than institutionalised mugging. We are asked to give something under threat. How can parents let their kids do this? I was never allowed to trick or treat, but I never wanted to. My mum explained to me why she...

Yet Another Halloween Chick Tract The usual Fundie rubbish. These things are so OTT, that I have long since ceased to be offended/affronted/outraged by them and I now tend to find them a source of great amusement.:) Peter

Thought you might find this interesting: I got an email today about a school party on Oct 31 - it is called a Harvest Party. It is not politically correct to say 'Halloween' anymore. This is obviously an xian edict. Weren't they the ones bitching about 'Christmas Parties' being changed to...