Augusta
Puritan Board Doctor
Ah, so there is persecution of Christians in America after all, eh?
Only if they don't conform.
I respect you all the more, then, for holding to your beliefs in spite of such opposition. My conscience does not convict me in regard to celebrating Halloween because I do not "celebrate" it in a pagan sense and I would warrant that the vast majority of people in America who "celebrate" it think of it in much the same way that I do: as a day to pass around ghost stories and consume more candy than usual. There is nothing in the Scriptures that categorically denounces ghost stories as being evil or promoting evil and so it will take more evidence to convince me that celebrating Halloween is necessarily taking part in a Satanic feast day.
Thank you for your kind words.
Let me give you one thing to think about. Do you think the Israelites actually converted to paganism or do you think they just dabbled with the heathen nation's customs while they practiced Temple worship and sacrifices? What they did was called adultery. You can't commit adultery unless you are married.
To obey was better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. (1 Samuel 15:22)