PocketMatrix

Posted: **Oct 28, 2002 @ 2:55am**

AHHH! BOO!

Posted: **Oct 28, 2002 @ 4:28am**

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Posted: **Oct 28, 2002 @ 5:29pm**

Halloween isn't pagan, is it?

But who cares... Halloween is the BESTEST!

Posted: **Oct 28, 2002 @ 5:56pm**

Yeah, it's pagan. It looks like one of those things that the Church "adopted" so that they have a festival the same day as everybody else. In the dictionaries it's "All Saints' Even".

http://www.themodernreligion.com/misc/hh/halloween.html

The funky lanterns were designed to scare away evil spirits.

I've been so busy with work recently that without your post I wouldn't have know it was Halloween this week. :cry:

(Though all-saints day is a day off here... but I'll be working :cry:

).

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 3:40am**

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 3:56am**

Here is a good website on the history of Halloween:

Here is another good one, with a summary of the Jack story:

And here is one version of the Jack story:

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 4:18am**

Thanks TechMage, but not everything requires your extensive knowledge of every religion ever known to man. Again, however, thanks.

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 5:30am**

He'll keep that in mind, Jesus. I mean Multi-Lingual Man. I mean pimpster. I mean Moose.

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 6:40am**

Good... I'll be watching you TechMage...

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 8:02am**

Moose makes baby jesus cry.

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 8:24am**

Thanks for the smart ass comment, Moose.

Yeah, I really like studying religion, mythology, and folklore. It's a hobby and a passion of mine.

Posted: **Oct 29, 2002 @ 4:55pm**

We know... now comment on my cool pumpkin some more

PocketMatrix

Boo! Happy Halloween! (large image)

Boo! Happy Halloween! (large image)