Jesusween

[Gravekeeper]

Jesusween

Oh for fuck sakes. Why do you hate fun?

Per the pastor that started it:

"I think it's an activity that doesn't have anything to do with Christians," he told me. "And I think many Christian families are not knowledgeable to what it's all about. Halloween is not consistent with the Christian faith. Many people say they feel uncomfortable on that day. We think people should choose an alternative activity."

What? No, really, what? Halloween is about dressing up, candy and having fun. It doesn't matter what its origins were, its completely secular now and has shit to do with or against Christianity.

Lighten up, Frances


"A few days before Halloween, a word came to him to give out bibles to everyone knocking at his door expecting candy."

Asshole. Seriously, asshole. You're giving out Bibles to children who may or may not even be Christian to begin with, in lieu of candy?

Argh, now I'm stabby.

[siead_lietrathua]

yeah this induced a whole lot of brain-breakage over here too.
i find it a bit comforting that their website seems to imply that this began between 2002 and 2008 (unofficially) and ive only heard of it this year, in mocking, on failblog.

although if it does pick up, i think i will be teaching the nieces/nephews the value of a good egging. gotta keep those traditions alive, after all.

plus i keep thinking of Sam showing up at the that man's door. (little demonic, spirit of halloween kid from movie Trick r' Treat. he gets stabbity)

[Nyoibo]

Asshole. Seriously, asshole. You're giving out Bibles to children who may or may not even be Christian to begin with, in lieu of candy?

That's an eggin'

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Hope it doesn't rain on him, because toilet paper is a bitch to clean up when it's soggy.

[lordlundar]

Oh for f sake...

There is not one catholic "holiday" that did not get it's origins from trying to muscle out a pagan celebration. All Hallows Eve is the last one to exist as a recognized one (and even that was attempted with All Saints Day being the day after) so that pastor needs to gets his bloody stick out of his ass before someone uses it as the spike to plant him on.

[AdminAssistant]

I wouldn't egg his house; that would be a waste of perfectly good eggs. It is ridiculous, for two reasons. 1) Trick-or-Treating = Candy. Quarters are also acceptable. It's not about Jesus or your dental health or anything like that. It's about getting a big pile of candy to eat on until Christmas. 2) These are children. I'm guessing most stop trick-or-treating when they're 10-12 years old. There is no reason to push any kind of religious ideology on unsuspecting kids. If someone were to hand my rhetorical child a Bible, they'd get an earful about indoctrination and respecting a parent's right to raise a child in whatever faith (or lack of) they choose.

[siead_lietrathua]

hmm... what if the eggs were already inedible? i mean, they're just gonna get thrown out anyway, might as well make use of them.

[Panacea]

hmm... what if the eggs were already inedible? i mean, they're just gonna get thrown out anyway, might as well make use of them.

Oooooohhhh! You stinker!. Awesome idea

This pastor is going to get a lot of knocks on his door from angry parents asking him, "Dude, what the FUCK is your problem?" At some point, people will set up a sign or boycott of his house saying, "Asshole, no candy, do not knock."

He's right: Halloween is not a Christian holiday. So the fuck what? Neither is the Fourth of July, or Labor Day, or Memorial Day, or Thanksgiving. Are we going to cancel those? What about Boxing Day?

Not all holidays are religious in nature, in spite of the root of the word.

Pastor needs to lighten up. He's tainting his message with this nonsense.

[KitterCat]

Wait? What? Jesusween?! Doesn’t this guy know they’ve already got a holiday/s to cover Halloween. Its called All Saints Day. Heck there are churches out there that celebrate it on the eve of All Saints Day. So instead of getting dressed in costume and going out to Trick or Treat parents take the kids to a party to get dressed up in costumes, play games and have a bit of religious indoctrination.* Even they’ve figured out that kids want to play dress up and want candy. Not all of the churches are even RC. I’ve come across groups of Episcopal, Lutherans and Methodist that do this. Handing out Bibles would have resulted in having them sit at the bottom of our candy bags to become a sticky mess - it just wasn’t done.

The fail in this one is strong.


*Yes I did have to go to those parties until I was 13. By then my brothers had bugged my parents so much they finally relented and let us go TorT.

[Rageaholic]

What? No, really, what? Halloween is about dressing up, candy and having fun. It doesn't matter what its origins were, its completely secular now and has shit to do with or against Christianity.

Which for some of these uptight Christians, would be enough of a reason to not celebrate it.

People like this pastor need to get off their high horse and stop being a kill joy.

[ExRetailDrone]

I sense a lot of bibles being strewn on sidewalks and the sides of streets, if not thrown through a certain person's window, around the area this nutjob lives. WTF is wrong with people? Just when I think I can't hear anything else that will make my brain blue screen *sigh*

[mikoyan29]

Wait? What? Jesusween?! Doesn’t this guy know they’ve already got a holiday/s to cover Halloween. Its called All Saints Day. Heck there are churches out there that celebrate it on the eve of All Saints Day. So instead of getting dressed in costume and going out to Trick or Treat parents take the kids to a party to get dressed up in costumes, play games and have a bit of religious indoctrination.* Even they’ve figured out that kids want to play dress up and want candy. Not all of the churches are even RC. I’ve come across groups of Episcopal, Lutherans and Methodist that do this. Handing out Bibles would have resulted in having them sit at the bottom of our candy bags to become a sticky mess - it just wasn’t done.

The fail in this one is strong.


*Yes I did have to go to those parties until I was 13. By then my brothers had bugged my parents so much they finally relented and let us go TorT.

I haven't read the link but I presume this guy is a Fundamentalist in which case he will reply that All Saints Day is a Catholic and not a Christian holiday. To many of those people, Catholics might as well be devil worshippers because they worship the Pope and Mary instead of Jesus.

[HYHYBT]

The Methodists, for one, would be surprised to hear that All Saints Day is only for Catholics

Holidays mean what those celebrating them want them to mean, no more and no less and regardless of where the idea may have come from.

[Sleepwalker]

At least it is not a Hell House.

[tropicsgoddess]

That's ridiculous, handing out bibles on Halloween as a way of getting people to go with their ways of Christianity?!! Jesusween?!! What a bunch of horseshit. I bet the jerk that's spearheading this bullshit is gonna get his house egged and tp'd on like crazy...and I hope that happens!