Happy "Re-Birthday" Christians

Here's a thing. I don't think born again Christians should be celebrating their birthdays, because that's the day they were born into 'sin'! To celebrate that day makes sweet baby Jesus cry with their disrespect. Instead, they should be celebrating the anniversaries of their born-again day.

Christians, if you continue to celebrate your birthday, rather than your re-birthday you spit at Jesus everytime. Just a thought.

Back to Halloween. Christians are a superstitious huddled mass and what resonable others recognise as a fun day with a scary theme derived from ancient practice is little different from an even scarier special day... Easter. Eating flesh and blood, whipping, crucifixion, thorns... all carted out and even re-enacted in costumes by some.

Christian Halloween Alternatives

I've just sent out invitations to the students at our school for a Halloween Disco coming up, and I've already heard of some parents who won't let their children go because of the theme. Their kids are upset that they can't dance with their friends and have fun with them after a long hard year.

This is the epitome of what annoys me about some Christians. They are so full of superstition and fear that they actually go out of their way to avoid things that are so obviously unreal that it's beyond the joke. I suppose once you buy into the whole modern day Christian mythology you open yourself up to believing in all sorts of things... like witches and ghosts and demons and Yoda and The headless horseman and blah blah freaking blah.

I'm certainly not going to rename my disco or call it a fancy dress disco or any crap like that. I think that the kids who have to sit and sulk at home while their friends dance and singstar on a school night in fun costumes are learning a valuable lesson in life... and that is Christianity boxes you in a pseudo world of make-believe monsters. There's enough in this world to fear without believing in the bogey-man.

After doing a bit of an Internet search I've found that other schools have had the same problems and have even had to cancel their discos or parties because of the Christian idiocy that has some weight in their decisions. I found the following alternatives for Christians to get into as alternatives to Halloween at about.com and they're freaking funny. I wonder if Christians actually stop and think for a minute and cringe at themselves for being so 'Ned Flanderry'.

Fall Carnival or Harvest Festival

Organizing an event at your church gives children and parents a place to go and benefit from celebrating together with other families. Bible theme costumes offer an endless source of amusing choices.

Youth Pumpkin Patch Fun-Raiser

The church youth can sell the pumpkins and the profits can go toward funding their next youth camp. To pump up the interest level, more pumpkin related activities can be incorporated, such as a pumpkin carving contest, a pumpkin cook-off, a carving demonstration, or even a pumpkin bake sale.

Noah's Ark Party

consider offering a Noah's Ark party. This can either be a church-wide event or you might consider hosting your own party for neighbors and friends. Read the Genesis account of Noah's Ark and the ideas for planning will be numerous. Food choices could follow a "pet food" or "feed store" theme.

Evangelism Outreach

Thinking along the same lines of evangelism, some churches even put together a "haunted house" at their church and invite the crowd inside to hear an imaginatively delivered, evangelistic message. My friend is also an artist. On Halloween she and her husband turn their front yard into a graveyard. The gravestones are engraved with Scriptures in calligraphy that provoke visitors to think about eternity and mortality.

Reformation Day Party

We should have Reformation Day parties. Dress up as your favorite Reformation character, play games maybe some trivia challenges. Perhaps a re-staging of the Diet at Worms or of the debates between Luther and his critics. And the best part is that as Christians we're not hijacking a pagan holiday and trying to sanitize it. We're celebrating something that is our own and sets us apart from the secular world. It's a no-brainer to me. --Zec

Yep... it's a no brainer Zec... truly.

It came upon a midnight weird

Here's a selection of nativity scenes from Going Jesus

Here is a fine example of the Really Depressed Animal nativity genre.

The look on cat-Mary's face is all too familiar; it usually means that there is only sad, dry cat food in the bowl.

Also...why are the angels dogs?

Is it just me, or does it seem kind of rude to have a rousing game of paddleball using the holy family?

I get that it may have been a bit cold in the stable. I get that. But I'm not sure that the under-butt flame is a big improvement.