Do you turn off your lights and withdraw into you house once a year to protest Halloween? Are you afraid that participating in this pagan holiday will compromise your faith? If so, the Michael Patton at Parchment and Pen posted an article just for you. Patton compares the attitude of some Christians toward Halloween unfavorably with how he thinks Jesus would approach the holiday.
"Really, what would Jesus do? Can you see it? Jesus with his lights turned off on Halloween? That would be the Jesus history never knew. That would be the Jesus of western fundamentalism. The one who is not a friend of sinners and tax gatherers. The Jesus that was never accused of being a drunkard. The Jesus who looked from a distance at the wedding of Cana waiting for the sinners to wipe the dust off their feet before he talked to them. The Jesus who saw a child dressed up as a Ghost and said, “I can’t take this anymore. It is not worth it. Give me that stone so that I can turn it into bread.”
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what a shame & missed opportunity.. i'm sure that kind of treatment of Halloween by believers makes Jesus cry. it calls to mind questions of what kind of gospel we preach to the world. the answers aren't so kind when you think of it.
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