Tuesday, November 05, 2013

A pastor opposed to Halloween argued that Halloween is wrong because God has not given us a spirit of fear. As such, the pastor went on , Christ never uses fear but only hope to achieve His purposes. What about the terrifying images from the Book of Revelation? Sure, the redeemed come out fine, but what about those that don’t come to accept Christ as Lord and Savior? And what about the vast majority of sermons (such as those against Halloween) that invoke the most frightening examples possible to scare listeners into certain behaviors. For example, it has been argued that the policy at some Christian colleges of forbidding men and women in the same elevator is justified to prevent rape or false allegations of such. Have heard it claimed that Christians should avoid movie theaters altogether not simply because of the content of the movie but because someone once heard a rumor that teens they knew had played tonsil tennis and possible even more while frequenting such establishments.

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