Christian Alt Halloween named Jesus Ween (not the Onion)

[elehhhhna]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/10/jesus-ween-christian-halloween_n_1003395.html

[TexasProgresive]

1. I guess they don't know what Hallows means

hallow |ˈhalō|
verb [ with obj. ]
honor as holy: the Ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river | (as adj. hallowed) : hallowed ground.
• make holy; consecrate.
• (as adj. hallowed) greatly revered or respected: in keeping with a hallowed family tradition.

noun archaic
a saint or holy person.

[Donkees]

3. Yes..."the date is simply the eve of the feast of All Saints."

Many customs of Halloween reflect the Christian belief that on the feast's vigils we mock evil, because as Christians, it has no real power over us. David Morrison explains the proper relationship between Christians and Halloween. Various customs have developed related to Halloween. In the Middle Ages, poor people in the community begged for "soul cakes," and upon receiving these doughnuts, they would agree to pray for departed souls. This is the root of our modern day "trick-or-treat." The custom of masks and costumes developed to mock evil and perhaps confuse the evil spirits by dressing as one of their own. Some Christians visit cemeteries on Halloween, not to practice evil, but to commemorate departed relatives and friends, with picnics and the last flowers of the year. The day after All Saints day is called All Soul's Day, a day to remember and offer prayers up on behalf of all of the faithful departed. In many cultures it seems the two days share many customs.

http://www.churchyear.net/allsaints.html

[Wounded Bear]

2. Yeah, it's supposed to be All Hallow's Eve...

which is the night before All Saints Day, Nov 1.

[Happyhippychick]

4. Isn't it sacreligious to say "Jesus" and "ween" in the same sentence?

Or do the alt christians not get that?

[pinboy3niner]

5. It makes me think of Jesus Danger selfies

[elehhhhna]

11. D-pics from Heaven

[benld74]

6. Halloween=All Hallows Eve=Night B4 All Saints Day

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. They are gonna hand out Bibles????

Oh...Mr. Dixie and I need to put out thinking caps on.

Any ideas?????

[CurtEastPoint]

8. The website listed in the story does not exist.

[elehhhhna]

12. Google is yo friend

[CurtEastPoint]

15. Google is my best friend but I figured the story would be accurate. Silly me.

[elehhhhna]

19. Accurate or breaking news? Be accurate, please.

[Little Star]

13. True but they do have a facebook page......

https://www.facebook.com/JesusWeen/

[ananda]

9. Geez, you can't make this up.

And these are the people deciding what goes in
school textbooks, too.

[Initech]

10. How does Gene Ween feel about that?

[LuvNewcastle]

23. Gene and Dean won't be keen on that scene.

[chade]

16. 'Jesus Ween'? Seriously?

I'm consistently annoyed by the sheer lack of creativity for every 'Christian version of [thing].' They seriously couldn't have come up with a more grounded concept? I think Hank said it best:

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[dembotoz]

17. this is what happens when they break into the communion wine

[milestogo]

18. Most holidays have been so commercialized and sanitized that there

is little resemblance to the original purpose. It sounds like the Christians are just trying to get the commercial value of Halloween for themselves.

[NightWatcher]

21. And a participant would be a Jesus Weener?

[3catwoman3]

22. At the pediatric office where I work, we can dress up...

...up on Halloween if we so choose, as long as it's nothing gory.

One year, I was in my wizard hat and cape, and a mom looked sternly at me and said, in a very disapproving tone, "We don't celebrate the devil's birthday." After taking a moment to consider what polite reply I could give to this mistaken belief, I simply said, "Neither do I."

[Aristus]

24. Some conservative churches insist on calling it 'harvest festival', blissfully unaware

of how pagan that sounds...