Creationist Ken Ham Wants To Make Sure Kids Have The Crappiest Halloween Ever

[left-of-center2012]

Creationist Ken Ham, who runs a Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky, is calling on followers to put some Jesus into Halloween.

In a new blog post, Ham said all of those trick-or-treaters coming to the door on Oct. 31 provided “a fantastic opportunity to share the saving gospel with your friends and neighbors.”

Ham’s message was actually a sales pitch for his organization’s “Halloween Learn & Share Kits,” which include religious pamphlets as well as fake money with Bible messages that are intended to be given out to candy-seeking children:

The fake million-dollar bills come with either a picture of a dinosaur or Noah’s Ark on the front, with ominous warnings of damnation on the reverse side.
“Have you ever lied, stolen or used God’s name in vain?” a message on one of the bills reads. “If so, you’ve broken God’s law. The penalty for your crimes against God is death and eternal hell.”

Kids will love it.

If trick-or-treaters hear about the weird fake money offerings and stop showing up, Ham has a backup plan.

“Try ‘reverse-trick-or-treating’ when you bring a basket of goodies to bless your neighbors,” he wrote on the Answers in Genesis website. “Include a gospel booklet with your home-baked or store-bought treats. This is a great way to encourage your kids to give and bless others as well as share the gospel as a family.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ken-ham-halloween_us_59ded5fae4b0fdad73b1fc8e

[maveric]

1. Religion ruins everything.

Absolutely everything.

[treestar]

24. It is ironic thought that religion started this holiday

probably a pagan one but then it became All Souls Eve or whatever it is. So it is the current right wing nuts that are ruining any fun religion ever managed to provide.

[Aristus]

2. I hate this shit.

When I was a kid in Houston, TX, a few of the neighbors gave out Chick Tracts instead of candy.

To hell with those fuckheads...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_tract

[rurallib]

3. sounds like the old tradition of egging could be revived in his neighborhood.

[Va Lefty]

5. and rightly so

[dembotoz]

4. home baked goods?????? instant trip to the garbage can for that

i am over 60 years old and i can tell you even as a child there was no way in hell my parents would have let home backed goods be eaten....and i lived in a safe,nothing ever happens here, you know your neighbors.....area

[left-of-center2012]

8. Chocolate chip cookies made with Exlax? n/t

[Grammy23]

14. Feenamint gum?

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. If we treated religion like we treat alcohol....

meaning it is socially unacceptable to provide such to anyone under 18, belief in this nonsense would be relegated to a tiny corner of the populace inside a generation.

[Girard442]

7. My dastardly plan is to...

...decorate the house, give out candy to the kids that show up, chat with them, compliment them on their costumes, put a smile on their faces, and then...

Actually, that's it.

[Mariana]

9. We used to love to get Chick tracts in our Halloween bags.

The fake million dollar bills are cute advertising, I have some similar ones from our insurance company. They make pretty good bookmarks. An assortment of Chick tracts would be much better loot, though, because they provide hours of entertainment.

[FSogol]

10. Yeah, we saved all the Chick Tracts for the absolute lunacy. What a nutjob!

[irisblue]

23. put them in the collection envelope at a fundie church. nt

[JoeStuckInOH]

11. What better way to win over the hearts of children who come looking for candy/treats and get...

bible verses printed on monopoly money.
Brilliant!!!

Not saying I was in a bad neighborhood growing up, but that asshole would have been egged (at a minimum) in my neighborhood back in the day.

[Solly Mack]

12. That man is sick.

[smirkymonkey]

13. I think the whole point of Halloween escapes him.

Typical.

[Initech]

15. If I were a parent, anyone who gives my kids fake money...

Let's just say that they would be experiencing the "trick" side of Halloween!

[Weekend Warrior]

16. The shit I would have done as a kid to a persons house who handed me something like this.

We always came up with great tricks for the neighborhood grouch. Always something where no one would get hurt, no property would be damaged, and clean up if any would be minimal(not every time). My parents even supported us doing this as long as we held true to the rules.

I rigged a ghost to fly into a jerks front door one year. When he opened the door pressure on the line built and it flew right at him. The look on his face was priceless. Another year we went around and stole everyone in the neighborhoods pumpkins and piled them up in the neighborhood grouches front yard. It was perfect as he was only the second house into the neighborhoods entrance.

Someone like this would probably get a fire extinguisher in the front door from me. That takes a long time to clean up.

[crazycatlady]

17. When I was a kid

Giving anything but candy out was a sure way to get a dozen eggs thrown at your house. (People who gave out 'healthy' snacks were the worst offenders.)

This would earn you two dozen eggs.

[Doreen]

19. I think this one will earn five dozen eggs.

[woodsprite]

18. One of the catalogs I received this year from Oriental Trading Co. had

Jesus "Trunk and Treat" kits. They had kits with the themes "Fisher's of men", "Jesus' love is so sweet", "Noah's Ark", etc..... Also, I didn't know the 3 colors in a piece of candy corn meant "God the Father, Jesus the Son, the Holy Spirit". They even have a rainbow colored kit called "Colors of Faith".

I wish people believed in living by the golden rule more than various cherry-picked, high-jacked interpretations of the Bible.

[TexasBushwhacker]

25. Cuz nothing says you love Jesus

Like a bunch of plastic shit made in China.

[Kittycow]

20. I remember getting some tracts about 1959.

I was in Catholic school so we weren't allowed to read Protestant leaflets. I didn't really mind cuz the old man giver always let us pet his numerous rabbits he had hutched up in his backyard.

Rats, 58 years later I'm wondering if he raised them for meat buuunies

[ProudLib72]

21. Time to get me some tracts to use as blotter paper

and reverse trick or treat Mr. Ham.

[mercuryblues]

22. piece of shit

I hate people like him. We live in a rural area, not county but each house has 1-3 acres of land. It took a lot of walking to get door to door with the young ones. Always one house with their light on handing out bible verses. Yeah impressed the kids a whole lot. Cheap a-hole couldn't even tape a lollypop to it.

[appleannie1943]

26. We used to tie door knobs to porch railings so they could not open the door and then put dog poo

in a paper bag, set it on fire on the walk, ring the bell and leave for people like him.

[Rollo]

27. Interesting take on a religion which celebrates the undead...

And then symbolically drinks its blood and eats its flesh...


.

[Botany]

28. I love my little trick or treat kids!

Give me that Princess, Bumble Bee, Cowboy, Teddy Bear, or Ninja Fighter .....
for one day of the year I am all about giving out the good stuff. Except for 15 year
olds out on a date wearing their high school football outfit or naughty nurse get up
they get old old old old jolly rancher watermelon or laffy taffy or neco wafers.

I am sure Jesus would hate Ken Ham.

[WinkyDink]

29. Sicko.