Feb
11

In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

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Panelists discuss whether Halloween candy and costumes have distracted us from placating demons to ensure a bountiful harvest.

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25 Comments

1

The video talks about the people who complain about the commercialisation of christmas and it voices their remarks about going back to traditional christian values instead of santa claus and presents.

So if you christian take a fest and turn it into something else why complain if someone takes christmas and turns it into something else.

the vodeo also points out that the original meaning of celebrating birth/resurrection/death of some ancient guy is no more valuable then celebrating the ghul.

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@omnissient:

There’s a problem with that statement. Regardless of the origin of the fest, most Christian scholars know Jesus was not born Dec 25th, the original meaning for Christmas was to celebrate the birthday of Christ.

If Christianity did not adopt the holiday, today we probably wouldn’t be celebrating Christmas. Do you think the majority of people celebrate the day of the God Thor? No, they don’t, so really damn moot of a point you made.

3

This video really opened my eyes. I never realized how misguided our children really are!
God bless America!

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This is about christianity. How christians preted christmas is a christian fest. It has existed long before and jesus wasnt born december 24th

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@MidgarEagle
I’d like to see the data and organization that researched it before I believe that there are actualy 58% of us that can do that. That figure seems a little too high.

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@neonNINJA100 ahhhh id like to help but i dont know

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i love the guy in the right is the smart one and he is always bashed lol. Love it!

8

I’m actually more impressed by the 58% who apparently could find the Earth on a globe.

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Oh, is that what she said. I thought she was raving about a still-born Earth, and didn’t even catch the first part of the sentence.

Many thanks:D.

10

Its somwhere around portland oregon if I remember correctly.

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LOL

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Algo, the ghoul that dwells in burial grounds

13

Can someone help me find Earth on a globe?

14

“I don’t want a spate of still-born births! Keep quiet!”

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“42% of Americans can’t find Earth on Globe”
xD

16

Wow! Awesomeness aside I think you could really show this to a fundamentalist and have them see how they look.

17

“some families just dust off the fake bones in the closet” lmfao

18

“But the howling is the whole point!!!!”. Fucking funny!!!

19

lol “Hallowhy?” Duncan always has a book

20

I also love how the fireworks displays on New Year’s Eve originated (according to the wiki) with a Chinese belief that loud noises would scare away a certain demon that showed up at about the time of New Year (which is February in China).

21

kids more familiar with a fictional cartoon than a real ghoul, hahahah

22

AHAAHAHA Get out your amulets!

23

you know that thing can’t be pagan and satanic at the same time? because satan is judeo-christian thing and pagan means non-judeo-christian (thing)

by the way, by this logic, the “true meaning” of christmass is also pagan – the celebration of equinox

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BlaakeChicaBoomBoom
February 11th, 2010 at 9:47 pm

IT IZ XD

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I just love the line, ” Frightening the Demons is the Reason for the Season.” And the ending.
I still think this is one of the best from, The Onion!

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