Sorry - I meant to add:
Lacking any authentic ancient Romans to psychoanalyze (and the expertise to do so), I am left with my wild assed guess.
Hmmm. I inferred from his request for a cite, that he wanted more corroboration for your comment “I know I’d object to being sacrificed.” 
If we’re giving wild guesses, I would think that it’s much more plausible that since a conqueror who had killed massive (for the time) numbers of Celts in a conquest, to the point of all members of entire cities were either killed or enslaved, wanted to paint a picture of the Celts as murderous savages who were a threat to all “civilized” nations. After all, modern scholars are still arguing about the nature and extend of any Celtic human sacrifice; there are no archaeological records or mythological references to gigantic wicker statues crammed with captives.
Propaganda is not a new concept.
Interestingly, the nominal leader of the Celtic “rebellion” (rebelling against an invading power, how shameful), Vercingetorix, was held as a prisoner and later ritually strangled by the Romans.
Interseting that you rail against ignorance, yet **THIS ** you believe in?
Souls passing in/out of this world on just one day of the year?
And souls? Where’s the proof that souls exist?
(The above is said only partly tongue in cheek. It’s only meant to point out that those who decry ignorance ought to stand on firm intellectual footing before doing so.)
yes, that’s right, It is only possible to claim you decry ignorance, if you fight each and every case of it. :rolleyes: Tomorrow, I am going to a pre-school to explain why Santa does not exist.
Dude, if I believe microscopic purple elephants are responsible for the joles in Swiss cheese, that’s my business and doesn’t mean squat–but just don’t try telling me that the little elephants are demons from the hell of a completely different pantheon. Sheesh! Let a loon enjoy a little spirituality, eh? 
Holes. Fuckin, HOLES in Swiss cheese. Goddam microscopic green hyraxes are in my keyboard again…
Don’t fuck in holes in Swiss cheese. It’s one of those purely physical relationships that can’t possibly have any future.
Exactly where in the Bible does it say “Thou shall condemnth the creepy goth kid next door”?
All depends which Stan. Musial? Freberg? Lee? Getz? Or, heaven forfend, Kenton?
wow. The google ads say Hell does not exist and pentecostal sermons. ah…
My sister told me that her nominally mainstream Christian church banned “unholy” costumes this year for their “Trunk and Treat”, and she had to come up with an alternative to a vampire for my nephew! WTF? Are we going to ban deviled eggs now? Make New Jersey rename their team?
Not sheep?
Sorry Hal
Don’t leave us in suspense; what did he go as?
I’ll guess “victim of a bad dentist.”
Nowhere, but then, we aren’t talking about creepy goth kids next door. We’re talking about the gods of another pantheon…in which case, I’d refer you to any number of biblical injunctions against having other gods before Him, etc., including idols, “witchcraft,” (of Jezebel and others,) pagan practices, or even association with pagans.
You can pick and choose as a Christian, but don’t pretend it’s not in there in black and white.
Heh. Not only did my church not say a word against Halloween, it’s a celebrated prelude to All Saints Day, a Holy Day of Obligation (which means you’re supposed to go to Mass on a weekday–I did this year because I had just come from a job interview and I needed to calm down). My pastor even wrote his column on it, starting with how much fun it was to trick-or-treat in the Bronx in the 50s, how adults had increasingly made it their holiday and why, and finally how it had evolved into the church holiday:
Originally posted by Fr. Ron Franco:
He’s a pretty avid historian but I’d rather not quibble about the Celtic/Roman thing–just wanted to point out another point of view possible from a Christian church. And anybody who says that the RC church isn’t Christian will be poked with tridents by every little kid I saw on Monday night in a devil costume.
NOW you tell me.