Post by: Perd Hapley on October 31, 2007, 02:21:15 AM
Post by: Jamisjockey on October 31, 2007, 02:35:12 AM
My boy will be a cartoon character, and my daughter is the ice princess.
Post by: charby on October 31, 2007, 03:28:57 AM
-C
Post by: CAnnoneer on October 31, 2007, 05:40:04 AM
Post by: grampster on October 31, 2007, 05:45:28 AM
Post by: K Frame on October 31, 2007, 05:47:38 AM
They look like everyone else.
Which means I get to wear my normal jeans and polo.
Post by: Scout26 on October 31, 2007, 05:52:30 AM
j/k......
Post by: Modifiedbrowning on October 31, 2007, 06:12:06 AM
Post by: Tallpine on October 31, 2007, 06:40:31 AM
Wait! That's how I dress every day this time of year.
Post by: Harold Tuttle on October 31, 2007, 07:11:18 AM
with...
a herring!
Post by: Manedwolf on October 31, 2007, 07:13:01 AM
An upper middle class suburbanite.
My boy will be a cartoon character, and my daughter is the ice princess.
My boy will be a cartoon character, and my daughter is the ice princess.
She's dressing as Hillary?
Also, one of the papers here showed an amusing "Al Gore" costume. Guy in a suit, scowling, carrying an inflatable globe and a hair dryer pointed at it.
Post by: Mabs2 on October 31, 2007, 07:50:41 AM
That's about it.
Post by: mtnbkr on October 31, 2007, 08:03:27 AM
Oh...
Wait, that's me every day of the year.
Chris
Post by: mfree on October 31, 2007, 08:36:29 AM
Post by: cosine on October 31, 2007, 08:39:48 AM
Post by: Brad Johnson on October 31, 2007, 08:57:05 AM
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I'm going as "boring white guy". Dockers, polo shirt, short haircut, wife and kid.
I thought that was "Dorky Middle Management Yes Man"?
Brad
Post by: Nightfall on October 31, 2007, 09:00:44 AM
Or maybe I'll put on a golf glove and pretend I'm a golfer. From hell or something.
Post by: mtnbkr on October 31, 2007, 09:36:48 AM
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I'm going as "boring white guy". Dockers, polo shirt, short haircut, wife and kid.
I thought that was "Dorky Middle Management Yes Man"?Brad
Nah, haven't aspired to my inevitable position on the Peter Principle continuum yet.
Chris
Post by: Moondoggie on October 31, 2007, 10:27:12 AM
except I'll have real guns, real handcuffs, a real cop car, etc.
I imagine I'll get to attend a few festivities tonight, but I won't have an invitation to any of them. I also won't be imbibing.
Hopefully, I won't have to help load anyone into the meatwagon. Helping someone into a cell is OK, though.
Now, where's that chick in the "Elvira" costume?
??
Post by: Strings on October 31, 2007, 11:25:25 AM
The kids, it didn't faze. But one mother, when she realized that there was a real snake nosing in her direction, teleported down the driveway (roughly 50'), leaving her kids behind.
HER mother (the tykes' grandma) thought that was hilarious.
Post by: thebaldguy on October 31, 2007, 12:55:33 PM
When somebody dumps a beer/drink, you blow the whistle and they are shown a yellow card for bad play. Write the costume in the book, and display the yellow card to the party. It's pretty funny. Red cards are used for peeing outside (illegal in the city), vomiting, or getting caught making out. Red wine on a white carpet is also a red card.
Post by: Mabs2 on October 31, 2007, 01:30:35 PM
A contraption of the devil, I say.
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on October 31, 2007, 02:41:26 PM
Post by: Tuco on October 31, 2007, 02:58:29 PM
3yr old = Ladybug
Wife = MILF
Me = Sitting on the rocker by the stairs giving out candy to the little gremlins.
SWMBO would not let me rig up the Cowgirl with a holstered, nonoperational Single Six, nor give single pennies to 15+ yr old gremlins.
I try, but curmudgery eludes me.
BOO!
Post by: Paddy on October 31, 2007, 04:59:24 PM
Post by: RoadKingLarry on October 31, 2007, 05:11:58 PM
Post by: Regolith on October 31, 2007, 05:35:52 PM
Post by: Strings on October 31, 2007, 05:39:54 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 31, 2007, 06:39:18 PM
Wow... even in a thread about something fun and happy (Halloween costumes), Riley can post a negative comment.
So the two of us have that in common.
We didn't get to participate in much Satanism, tonight, as our Wed. night church meeting interrupted the Satan worship. Or the trick or treat thing, whatever you want to call it. That means more demon-chocolate for us.
Post by: BobR on October 31, 2007, 07:03:33 PM
Tomorrow I can go back to being an AH.
bob
Post by: Strings on October 31, 2007, 08:23:23 PM
I have to ask you something, Riley. In all seriousness: are you Jack Chick, or one of his followers? Just curious...
Post by: charby on October 31, 2007, 08:29:24 PM
Wow... even in a thread about something fun and happy (Halloween costumes), Riley can post a negative comment.
So the two of us have that in common.
We didn't get to participate in much Satanism, tonight, as our Wed. night church meeting interrupted the Satan worship. Or the trick or treat thing, whatever you want to call it. That means more demon-chocolate for us. So your ass is in church on Nov 1st for All Saints Day? Wait Catholic Holy Day of Obligation and yes they are the wrong kind of Christianity in most Christian Baptist or Evangelical beliefs. Sorry had to jab where I could, also I apologize for the Pope saying Catholism is the only form of Christianity that is the true religion.
I guess God hates little kids in Halloween costumes.
Post by: Strings on October 31, 2007, 08:32:52 PM
there's a goth musician calling himself Voltaire, with a song titled "God Hates". It's a list of all the different things men have claimed that God hates. Which, if you compile the list, is pretty much everything (with the possible exception of mutant iguanas, but I'd include them just to be on the safe side)...
If you like sarcastic wit, you might want to give him a listen. He's made his living out of writing and preforming goth music that makes fun of goths...
Post by: Euclidean on October 31, 2007, 08:35:53 PM
I don't participate in satanic rituals.
By that logic you don't celebrate Christmas either.
Post by: charby on October 31, 2007, 08:41:37 PM
I don't participate in satanic rituals.
By that logic you don't celebrate Christmas either.
Yep most Christian Holidays are based around old pagan times of Ritutuals, easier for the locals of the times to accept.
Christmas tree is about as non Christian as one can get.
Post by: Euclidean on October 31, 2007, 08:43:57 PM
I ate a Kit Kat. And watched one classic Scooby Doo rerun. That's pretty much the whole meaning of Halloween to me at this point in my life.
Post by: Phantom Warrior on October 31, 2007, 09:29:22 PM
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 01, 2007, 02:13:48 AM
Then we went to church for our regular Wed. evening service, so we didn't "treat" that many kids. And my wife actually did wear some plastic Viking accouterments while at the pre-school yesterday.
Sorry, Strings. I guess I have been a disappointment to The Evil One and his followers. By which I mean Jack Chick, of course.
Post by: mtnbkr on November 01, 2007, 03:08:27 AM
I don't participate in satanic rituals.
My wife and I took our daughter to the mall to worship Satan, I mean troll for candy. Afterwards, we went to dinner, then home.
I guess Satan wants us to spend time together as a family.
Chris
Post by: HankB on November 01, 2007, 03:41:22 AM
Now, where's that chick in the "Elvira" costume???
Be careful that it's not a guy . . . ??
Post by: RevDisk on November 01, 2007, 04:01:36 AM
I don't participate in satanic rituals.
I sure as heck did last night. Various evil, demonic rituals. Plus a GWAR concert. Then "Dracula's Ball". More attractive women wearing insanely beautiful outfits than anywhere west of Prague. Got into a so-so fight. (Only 4 to 1 odds, nothing impressive or exerting) Add in various debauchery, sins of the flesh, intaking of spirits (the alcoholic kind), etc.
Hey, Halloween is one of the most important religious experiences for us pagans. Gotta do it proper.
Post by: mike on November 01, 2007, 04:24:23 AM
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Post by: charby on November 01, 2007, 04:47:44 AM
Charby, did you misunderstand me? I was being sarcastic. We actually did give candy to trick-or-treater's last night. And we didn't even hand out religious tracts, either. Then we went to church for our regular Wed. evening service, so we didn't "treat" that many kids.
Then we went to church for our regular Wed. evening service, so we didn't "treat" that many kids. I was being silly also.
Post by: Strings on November 01, 2007, 05:54:35 AM
Of course, if you'd like to subscribe to the web feed...
Post by: Paddy on November 01, 2007, 06:22:33 AM
I don't participate in satanic rituals.
By that logic you don't celebrate Christmas either.
Christmas celebrates the birth of CHRIST. Halloween celebrates death and demons. See the diff?
Post by: CAnnoneer on November 01, 2007, 06:47:17 AM
Christmas celebrates the birth of CHRIST. Halloween celebrates death and demons. See the diff?
The other name for Halloween is "All Saints Day". But sure, "death and daemons"
Also, Christmas was originally a pagan thing corresponding to the winter solstice, a point of "rebirth" beyond which the day starts getting longer again. The Christians took it over.
You might be surprised to learn that Sunday is the day of church for Christians because Emperor Constantine wanted to convert his soldiers to Christianity. The soldiers traditionally worshiped the Sun on Sundays, so Constantine absorbed a pagan worship to strengthen the Christian worship.
The above scenario was replayed with the days of celebrating many saints coinciding with pagan rituals at specific dates of agricultural significance.
Post by: cosine on November 01, 2007, 07:36:53 AM
Christmas celebrates the birth of CHRIST. Halloween celebrates death and demons. See the diff?
The other name for Halloween is "All Saints Day". But sure, "death and daemons"
Close. Today is "All Saints Day." Yesterday was Halloween. Diminutive of "All Hallows Eve." The saints were hallowed people. And yesterday was the day (the 'eve,' to use an archaic term) before their feastday.
Post by: Paddy on November 01, 2007, 07:37:19 AM
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The other name for Halloween is "All Saints Day".
Wrong. "All Saints Day" is the day following Halloween -"All Hallow's Eve"
Also, thanks for the history of Christmas, however, in modern times, Christmas is a Christian holiday. That's why the statists and atheists want to ban it and its symbols.
Post by: Euclidean on November 01, 2007, 08:46:59 AM
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The other name for Halloween is "All Saints Day".
Wrong. "All Saints Day" is the day following Halloween -"All Hallow's Eve"
Also, thanks for the history of Christmas, however, in modern times, Christmas is a Christian holiday. That's why the statists and atheists want to ban it and its symbols.
That's why I was saying you have to decide for yourself what a holiday means to you. Halloween doesn't mean anything to me personally, I think it's just a cheap commercial holiday that has lost its cultural relevance. But for say a practicing pagan, it means much more. I don't see what it has to do with Satan in any event.
Christmas may be celebrated by you and I and others in the spirit of celebration of the birth of Christ (I also add family togetherness, thanksgiving, and a bit of sentimental muck to the mix myself), but all of its trappings and its original function was very much non Christian. Where in the Bible does it say "Thou shalt have a Christmas tree?"
But I do agree with you there is a war on Christmas, in favor of viewing it strictly as a generic holiday. The religious significance of the holiday is the part they would rather stamp out if they could help it. I'm going to get a Sharpie marker and walk around the store, scratching out the word "Holiday" on signage and replacing it with "Christmas" when no one is looking myself, but don't tell anyone. I don't want to overdo it or they'll investigate.
Post by: Gewehr98 on November 01, 2007, 09:28:12 AM
BTW, we Lutherans don't consider 31 October to be a satanic date at all - far from it.
Google "95 Theses"
Myself, I was at work, distributing Halloween-colored donuts to my employees.
Post by: Balog on November 01, 2007, 09:32:01 AM
Post by: charby on November 01, 2007, 10:20:26 AM
There is a world of difference between pagans and Satanists.
Yes there is.... I'd break bread with any Pagan
Post by: Tallpine on November 01, 2007, 11:22:23 AM
Happy (Celtic) New Year!
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 01, 2007, 01:12:29 PM
You might be surprised to learn that Sunday is the day of church for Christians because Emperor Constantine wanted to convert his soldiers to Christianity. The soldiers traditionally worshiped the Sun on Sundays, so Constantine absorbed a pagan worship to strengthen the Christian worship.
There may be a grain of truth there, but you are really stretching it. We worship on Sunday because Christ rose from the dead on that day. Christians began meeting on Sundays long before Constantine.
Post by: RevDisk on November 01, 2007, 02:10:35 PM
WHERE ARE ALL OF THE PICTURES??
? Sorry about that, no photos. Cameras are kinda frowned upon under certain circumstances. Sides, I don't think my camera would have survived.
On the plus side, my boss gave me off yesterday and today for 'religious observation' instead of vacation time. (In fairness, I do usually work every other religion's major holidays. ALL of 'em.)
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There is a world of difference between pagans and Satanists.
Yea, pagans know how to throw a better party. Plus we have other colours in our wardrobe besides black and red.
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 01, 2007, 02:31:56 PM
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There is a world of difference between pagans and Satanists.
Yea, pagans know how to throw a better party. Plus we have other colours in our wardrobe besides black and red.
Oooh, yeth. Greenth, brownth. Nithe Earth toneth.
Post by: Euclidean on November 01, 2007, 02:39:54 PM
There may be a grain of truth there, but you are really stretching it. We worship on Sunday because Christ rose from the dead on that day. Christians began meeting on Sundays long before Constantine.
Agree and yet also disagree.
Then why do Orthodox Jews and Seventh Day Adventists (I think) consider the Sabbath day to be Saturday? Is that not the actual 7th day of the week? Last time I checked God rested on the seventh day, not the first (Sunday). Are these traditions not fairly long withstanding in and of themselves?
Granted I will give you that distinction is arbitrary, as we could arrange our calendar differently or recite the days of the week with different terminal points so long as we kept the same order.
On top of that, yes we observe the crucifixition and subsequent resurrection on a Friday/Sunday, but do we really have any proof that it happened on a Friday/Sunday? Why not a Monday/Wednesday? Is it any less amazing or meaningful that way?
Edit: actually we do, but the point still stands that it's no less meaningful. Sorry I'm tired after work and class. My bad, but I'll leave my mistake in here and own up to it.
It reminds me slightly of people who swear that Jesus Christ was on born December 25, 0000. If you dare suggest it could have been any time during the census, you are a heretic.
I quite frankly think that it's the spirit of the thing that matters here and not the actual mechanics of it. I dare say the dates/days of the week we choose have to do with convenience and tradition (as fistful points out, obliquely) than any sort of true historical accuracy.
Post by: De Selby on November 01, 2007, 02:42:55 PM
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Then why do Orthodox Jews
Please note that Muslims and Jews do not use a solar calendar for religious purposes-it is lunar, and with Islam, the day begins at sundown, not sun-up (I believe it is the same for Jews, but I'm not sure.)
Post by: Euclidean on November 01, 2007, 02:44:00 PM
Post by: Len Budney on November 01, 2007, 02:45:30 PM
There may be a grain of truth there, but you are really stretching it. We worship on Sunday because Christ rose from the dead on that day. Christians began meeting on Sundays long before Constantine.
I think that was a back-justification. The earliest believers were Jewish, and they still attended synagogue on Saturday, and many observed the Sabbath. Sunday was a logical day for the Nazarenes to meet with each other.
--Len.
Post by: De Selby on November 01, 2007, 02:56:30 PM
I didn't know that. I always thought Jewish practicioners went to temple and other services on Saturdays. Thank you shootinstudent.
I believe they do-but saturday starts at sundown on Friday. In Islam, Friday is the required day for prayers at the Masjid.
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 01, 2007, 03:22:29 PM
There may be a grain of truth there, but you are really stretching it. We worship on Sunday because Christ rose from the dead on that day. Christians began meeting on Sundays long before Constantine.
I think that was a back-justification. The earliest believers were Jewish, and they still attended synagogue on Saturday, and many observed the Sabbath. Sunday was a logical day for the Nazarenes to meet with each other.
That may be. However, the New Testament records that the disciples were together on "the first day of the week," when the risen Christ first appeared to them (after appearing to some of the women and a couple of men on the road, earlier). I think there may be other references to Sunday meetings in the NT. I may look them up later.
Euclid, the Jews certainly hold Saturday to be the Sabbath. That doesn't mean that Christians couldn't and didn't begin to celebrate a different kind of Sabbath on a different day of the week. The letter to the Hebrews would seem to apply.
Post by: Marnoot on November 01, 2007, 03:34:57 PM
There may be a grain of truth there, but you are really stretching it. We worship on Sunday because Christ rose from the dead on that day. Christians began meeting on Sundays long before Constantine.
I think that was a back-justification. The earliest believers were Jewish, and they still attended synagogue on Saturday, and many observed the Sabbath. Sunday was a logical day for the Nazarenes to meet with each other.
Acts 20:7 is another one:
"And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."
Post by: Perd Hapley on November 01, 2007, 03:41:06 PM
Don't worry, folks. The kid is brought back to life.
Post by: Len Budney on November 01, 2007, 03:43:27 PM
Paul at least was busy on Saturdays, preaching in the synagogues. (Acts 9:20, 13:5)
--Len.
Post by: Marnoot on November 01, 2007, 03:44:28 PM
Is that where the kid falls out of the window and dies? Long, fatally boring sermons. Another grand Christian tradition that goes ALL the way back.
Don't worry, folks. The kid is brought back to life.
Don't worry, folks. The kid is brought back to life.
That it is!
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
I should be more grateful sometimes that my church building doesn't have high-elevation seats...