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yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts) Sun Oct 23, 2016, 11:05 PM Oct 2016

The Haunted History of Halloween (Full Documentary)

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The Haunted History of Halloween (Full Documentary) (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2016 OP

A bunch of loonies! longship Oct 2016 #1

No more loony than any one else who believes in the reality of religious magic and magical beings... Moonwalk Oct 2016 #2

Good thing its only Once a year. yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #3

Chocolate!!!! longship Oct 2016 #5

Great video on the history of Halloween, also a good quick recap of the last 3,000 years. nt SunSeeker Oct 2016 #4

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. A bunch of loonies!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 11:52 PM

Oct 2016

Love Holloween, if only for the fun of it. But those who celebrate it as something real are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)

2. No more loony than any one else who believes in the reality of religious magic and magical beings...

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 24, 2016, 12:41 AM

Oct 2016

...Unless you're an atheist? In which case, all belief in such things is loony. Angels, devils, god men who bring back the dead and rise themselves from the dead, saints who perform miracles....