# Up Yers Chick Don't Tell Them To Ruin Halloween For The Kids **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848 "2002-10-25T16:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/141 "2003-10-07T21:15:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shodan \* > \*\*After she was subjected to the kind of hypocritical abuse she got in this thread. > > Regards, > Shodan \*\* Wah. Oh, I forgot. The Christian majority is so persecuted in the real world that they have to come here to this message board for sanctuary and solace from the hatred and abuse. Or not. Wah, again. Someone could sure use that wood… ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/142 "2003-10-08T10:46:50Z")
Folks, I was one of the reasons she changed her name, and one of the reasons she left the board. She was advised that merely changing her name was not the best way to go about undoing the damage she’d done to herself and her reputation, but either the advise reached her a little late, or she chose not to follow it. As far as I know, she hasn’t posted since she changed it and, given some things that have happened between us on a personal level since then, I would _really_ prefer she not do so. Among other things, it’s tough enough for me to act like a Christian as far as she’s concerned. The proximate cause of her leaving, as I understand things, was me flaming her over her repeatedly posting links to sites which spread lies about the Church of Latter-Day Saints. It wasn’t a pagan or an atheist who delivered the final blow; it was a fellow Christian, and I cannot bring myself to regret doing so. Do not accuse my brother and sister Dopers of doing something I did. **Svt4Him** , I have a couple of close friends who are a Wiccan priest and priestess and I’ve learned a lot about Wicca from them. While Wiccan traditions probably vary almost as widely as Christian ones, I’m not aware of any in which one could officially be a “32nd level” Wiccan. I’ve no doubt if someone wants to proclaim himself one, other Wiccans would probably smile and nod politely at first, much as some folks would smile and nod if I proclaimed myself a “41st level Episcopalian”, but sooner or later someone would set the record straight. Respectfully, CJ ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/143 "2003-10-08T13:05:11Z")
You’re personalizing it too much, **Siege**. She has posted since her name change. I doubt you, all by yourself, caused her to stop posting. She’s not the first and won’t be the last who leaves because she realizes her shallow understanding of scriptures cannot persuade those with more educated and deeper philosophies who post here. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/144 "2003-10-08T19:01:30Z")
I would like to nominate **vanilla** ’s gigantic, disembodied, M&M-smudged hand idea as one of the scariest Hallowe’en costumes I’ve heard of. Really. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/145 "2003-10-08T22:28:24Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Heathen\_DJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@The\_Heathen\_DJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Heathen_DJ)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/146 "2003-10-09T00:17:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Binarydrone \* > \*\*effen noobs bumbing dead threads. 😉 \*\* hmmmmmmmmmm… Let’see…2Q+2Q=? 😉 😉 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/147 "2003-10-09T01:59:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*I didn’t even know Wicca _had_ levels. I wonder what level I am? \*\* Level 1. You multi-classed in Wiccan/Canadian, if I recall right. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/148 "2003-10-09T05:12:01Z")
> [@](#): > > I have seen a movie by Schnoebelen, and he is a very smart guy. Not only that, but he doesn’t make claims without showing proof. His documents on Freemasonry, as well as RC ordination, and Wicca are pretty convincing. I believe you misspelled “lies” as “documents.” Schnoebelen is a con artist who seems to make a living by flitting from one less-than-mainstream group to another, following which he “exposes” his previous group to his new group as “very bad people.” (I am also sorry to say that if you have found his lies (and their “documentation”) persuasive, you are probably seriously damaging your credibility around here as a serious witness to any events. He is such a poor example of fraud, and his presentations are so obviously inventions, that any person with a better than ninth grade education should have the requisite skills to see that he is a liar.) ---
**Author:** ![stick\_monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@stick\_monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stick_monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/149 "2003-10-09T15:18:03Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > “Bill, we think you’ve been with us long enough. Now you may see the truth- Various Eastern Philosophies are really a front for the International Fetus-Nuking Conspiracy, The Satan Fund, and Viewers Like You.” \*\* **SeekerTweaker** PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, can I use this as a sig? ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848/150 "2003-10-10T04:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lynn73 \* > **I believe the Lord gave me a ministry of at leasting leaving gospel literature where someone can find it.** Gotta love those Litterers for Jeebus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-yers-chick-dont-tell-them-to-ruin-halloween-for-the-kids/133848.md?page=7)