OPINION (Charisma) – I got a shock today that disrupted my typically calm and rejuvenating morning walk. While praising God and enjoying the breathtaking autumn splendor, suddenly I saw a skull and hand bones piercing up out of the ground! Witches, tombstones, ghosts, spiders and snakes—all decorating someone’s front lawn! Triggered and repulsed, I ran as fast as I could. Why do people think death and evil are fun, or humorous or worth celebrating? Do they not believe it is real, or do they just truly love it?
Personally, I enjoy dressing up and having fun. One of my most memorable Halloween costumes was in college when I dressed up as a sassy space alien, complete with green food coloring on my face. Smashing success and great fun—until I went to wash my face that night. Oops! I had to go back to school the next day with a lot of explaining to do. (Fun fact: Food coloring is as effective as using a Sharpie.)
Unfortunately, this holiday is an opportunity for many to feature the occult, death, evil, blood, skeletons, graveyards and numerous other ghoulish horrors. The exact opposite of all that we as Christ-followers celebrate every spring at Easter! The contrast is stark: evil versus good, death versus life, darkness versus light, deception versus truth, sadness versus joy, despair versus hope, fear versus peace and Satan versus Jesus. READ MORE
“Why do people think death and evil are fun, or humorous or worth celebrating?” Well, perhaps for the same reason drug use is so rampant, said persons hate their lives or what they have become and know no way out except the darker side of things.