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 
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.
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:
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:
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.
This. Although it really depends a lot on what the movie is. And if there will be preaching involved before or afterward.
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.
Master Wang-Ka in all his Glory: You sneaky little Jehovah’s Witness bastard!
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.
Why?
You may want to rethink the bolded portion.
[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.
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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.
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.
Really!
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
OK, that is lame.