# Give your opinion on something (mom wants to pass out "church cards" at Halloween) \[update\] **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908 "2016-10-18T01:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/41 "2016-10-18T20:38:42Z")
Gahhhh…unless its one of those FAR out religious cults vs just the run of the mill by definition a religion IS a cult…IMO just hand the things out. Unless its just one single lame assed candy corn taped to a big assed invite…in which case may you burn in Halloween hell 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/42 "2016-10-18T20:50:09Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s inappropriate, because it is taking advantage of the access Halloween provides to foist something off onto minors that should be channelled through parents. I absolutely agree. It’s foisting something they aren’t expecting on the kids (and parents). It’s advertising/proselytizing in an unexpected venue with the the parents not knowing ahead of time so they can avoid it. I don’t think it’s a huge deal, but it’s more “downright irritating” than “mildly annoying” to me. I really, really, don’t think religions should try to undercut parents by going direct to the kids instead of checking with parents first. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/43 "2016-10-18T21:08:20Z")
Like I said earlier, the OP is an adult and can refuse to hand the cards out if s/he doesn’t want to. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/44 "2016-10-18T21:17:44Z")
I have no dog in this fight, but my US$0.02 is that it’s no big deal. I agree with many of the things already said above, but mostly, what \*\*shiftless \*\*said: > [@shiftless](#): > > A golden opportunity for parents to talk to their children about those odd people down the street who believe they can talk to supernatural beings who grant requests. We’ll examine their need to always be the center of attention no matter what and about how they get very, very upset if anyone questions them. I might not go so far as to put a value on it, but I would certainly point out that everybody’s different. What’s important to some is meaningless to others, blah, humph, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/45 "2016-10-18T21:27:26Z")
> [@Me\_Billy](#): > > I see no problem with that so long as she also gives out candy. > > Kids these days could do with a bit of church! (If you ask me or at least spending some time in a clean family oriented environment with good people around.) This. Although it really depends a lot on what the movie is. And if there will be preaching involved before or afterward. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/46 "2016-10-18T21:30:58Z")
I think it’s crap to interfere w/ one of the few times in kids’ lives when they’re not being manipulated for fun and profit. May as well hand out pieces of junk mail w/ the candy. OP, I like your plan of telling her to do it if she wants it done. But I’m an atheist, so that may color my perception. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/47 "2016-10-18T21:32:35Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Will someone please find/link to the old thread about chasing the JWs down the street, wearing only underwear & brandishing a sword over his head as that’s getting closer to an appropriate Master Wang-Ka in all his Glory: [You sneaky little Jehovah’s Witness bastard!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=242716&highlight=%22jehovah%27s+witness%22+underwear) ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/48 "2016-10-18T21:43:15Z")
> [@purplehearingaid](#): > > Your mom should mind her own damn business! I am sick of people trying to force their beliefs onto other people ! My ex step son gave a bible to my daughter for Xmas and my daughter and I are Jewish . My daughter didn’t tell until my ex son in law left my house. I would had given the damn bible back to him ! I didn’t mind my ex husband having his bible he never tired to force it down my throat . _Giving a gift_ isn’t forcing anything on anyone. Also, it’s not a bad idea for anyone living in the West to be at least passingly familiar with Bible stories. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/49 "2016-10-18T21:50:42Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Also, it’s not a bad idea for anyone living in the West to be at least passingly familiar with Bible stories. Why? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/50 "2016-10-18T22:36:18Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > I think it’s crap to interfere w/ one of the few times in kids’ lives when they’re not being **manipulated for fun and profit**. You may want to [rethink the bolded portion](http://time.com/money/4069887/halloween-spending-costumes-candy/). [[Quote=Time.com](http://Quote=Time.com) last year] Americans will spend $6.9 billion in total on Halloween—a slight decrease from last year’s spending, which the National Retail Federation put at around $7.5 billion. [/quote] That’s a shit-ton of money for “no manipulation”. For candy companies and costume specialists, this is bigger than Christmas. If you think you’ve found a major “giving” holiday without deep commercial underpinnings, you’re overlooking something. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/51 "2016-10-18T22:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Kids these days could do with a bit of church! (If you ask me or at least spending some time in a clean family oriented environment with good people around.) Ah, yes, because church people are good people - far superior to everyone else. /s ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/52 "2016-10-18T23:25:56Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > Ah, yes, because church people are good people - far superior to everyone else. /s Did better than me, I stop reading when I see '_Kids these days_ - ’ b/c I know it’s likely to have little value. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/53 "2016-10-19T00:55:15Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Really, so you oppose offering kids books or comics on Halloween, as Phi Kappa Phi and Neil Gaiman have recently promoted? Really! Why would I want to give books on Halloween? That’s just dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/54 "2016-10-19T01:29:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Why would I want to give books on Halloween? That’s just dumb. Because it’s fun, for the givers and for the kids. More fun and memorable than another piece of candy. Some givers shun the candy, others give both, but either way a surprisingly large number of kids are more excited by the books. [Books For Treats](http://booksfortreats.org/?page_id=469) [Halloween ComicFest 2016](http://www.halloweencomicfest.com/Article/185037-Give-Trick-Or-Treaters-Halloween-ComicFest-2016-Mini-Comics) ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/55 "2016-10-19T02:07:50Z")
Would you be OK if someone were handing out notes inviting them to a “Young Republicans for Trump Rally” (or Young Democrats for Clinton)? If not, don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/56 "2016-10-19T04:50:02Z")
The only reason a church would hand out invitations to a “free” movie night with popcorn is to use said movie night as a recruiting opportunity. Since I come from a religion that finds proselytizing offensive I would find being handed such a card offensive. Not a MAJOR offense, but something on par with farting while seated at a dinner table in a very nice and expensive restaurant. The actually _movie night_, however, I would find extremely offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/57 "2016-10-19T06:10:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is it just an actual “movie night”, or is it an event designed to get a group of newbies in, show some “message” movie, then preach to the captive audience? If it’s the former then I see nothing wrong with an honest neighborhood gettogether invite added to the candy, but if it’s the latter…bad. Judging from the names of the movies, it’s the latter. The movies names seem to be: _Forgiveness_ on one night, another night is showing _Intentions_. Another is showing the great movie _Emotion_, and the last movie night is showing _Temperament_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/58 "2016-10-19T11:11:44Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Judging from the names of the movies, it’s the latter. > > The movies names seem to be: _Forgiveness_ on one night, another night is showing _Intentions_. Another is showing the great movie _Emotion_, and the last movie night is showing _Temperament_. I’m sorry, but that’s not “movie night”-that is “commercial night”. ---
**Author:** ![WilyQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@WilyQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilyQuixote)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/59 "2016-10-19T11:27:21Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Judging from the names of the movies, it’s the latter. > > The movies names seem to be: _Forgiveness_ on one night, another night is showing _Intentions_. Another is showing the great movie _Emotion_, and the last movie night is showing _Temperament_. I’ve just been perusing this thread, but out of curiosity I googled -or tried to Google those movies, to see if they were regular, albeit obscure or independent films, or faith films. What movies I could find with those generic names (googling “emotion film” just gives me a page of links to “Inside Out”!) were not the kind of films I’d consider suitable for the age cohort that knocks on doors for sweets; these films must be really obscure and badly produced faith films. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908/60 "2016-10-19T11:47:09Z")
> [@WilyQuixote](#): > > …these films must be really obscure and badly produced faith films. OK, that is lame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-opinion-on-something-mom-wants-to-pass-out-church-cards-at-halloween-update/768908.md?page=4)