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Many people seem to think that some name other than Hallowe'en should be used. Many of those who feel that way feel that way because they say that it is a carry over of religious celebrations.
Anyway, according to Rasmussen polls a heavy majority just don't want to see the name change.
I have never ever heard of this, ever. Who wants to change the name, people who feel halloween is EVIL?
Did you read the link? If so didn't you see that many do want that. Many of them attach the name to old time Catholic celebrations from Europe and that means Christian just like Christmas.
You did see that many elementary schools are changing to Fall something or other? This has been going on annually for years. I used to see them arguing about this very thing on the Charlotte forum and always the ones wanting change were of the left lean or anti-religion. I didn't think many older people didn't know about this. I guess I was wrong.
Did you read the link? If so didn't you see that many do want that. Many of them attach the name to old time Catholic celebrations from Europe and that means Christian just like Christmas.
You did see that many elementary schools are changing to Fall something or other? This has been going on annually for years. I used to see them arguing about this very thing on the Charlotte forum and always the ones wanting change were of the left lean or anti-religion. I didn't think many older people didn't know about this. I guess I was wrong.
Yes roy, I read your attached article, get over this obsession you have w/people reading your incessant links. What proof do you have that it's liberals that want the name changed because you do realize that that would not make any sense, right? We all know that people who have a problem w/halloween are those creepy religious extremists who feel halloween is the devil's holiday.
Did you read the link? If so didn't you see that many do want that. Many of them attach the name to old time Catholic celebrations from Europe and that means Christian just like Christmas.
You did see that many elementary schools are changing to Fall something or other? This has been going on annually for years. I used to see them arguing about this very thing on the Charlotte forum and always the ones wanting change were of the left lean or anti-religion. I didn't think many older people didn't know about this. I guess I was wrong.
I read the link, but it did not provide any back up information. I googled too and didn't really find anything.
See my reply to karfar above. I guess you just haven't heard many atheists talking about Hallowe'en.
I'm an atheist roy, why don't you put your money where your mouth is & start talking w/me? Why don't you ask me how I feel about halloween & it's name? Better yet, why don't you go talk to some of those religious zealots & ask them how they feel about halloween.
All Hallows eve was a pagan tradition, and some folks just don't like that. My grandmother used to love dressing me up and letting me trick-or-treat, which in itself is a pagan tradition.
Now that I've been gone for a while, she follows the church stance that children shouldn't be following pagan traditions like these.
I don't see anything wrong with dressing up as a ghost, a goblin, or Optimus Prime, or any other thing kids do, and going around and begging for candy. Its cute, and I don't know anyone who has been screwed up from Halloween, well except maybe Tim Burton.
Seriously, if they want to take pagan traditions out of holidays, then they need to start with Christmas. No more Yule logs, no more Christmas Trees, no more missle toe, and many other traditions that are based on the pagan celebrations for the winters solstice.
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