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Jon Jacobs commented on What is Halloween? on July 6, 2008, 3:49 PM

The negative reaction to Sharon Gannon's thoughts are strange. It is clear that the original festival of Halloween was most likely celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox, in Germanic cultures this is called October Fest, and is celebrated at the end of September. One might presume "October Fest" is in reference to what comes after the Equinox. The fact that Halloween is off by a month isn't necessarily unusual given the constant mistakes of Chrisitianity(i.e. STATE SPONSORED faith) would MANDATE of ALL PEOPLE, often under penalty of death. The stars(heavens) are in precession. Halloween is perhaps a bit late, roughly one week. Likewise, the Vernal Equinox used to be celebrated April 1st and not on March 21. And the vernal eqinox is the start of the new year, hence it is still refered to as April's Fools day, since Christians thought themselves superior to the native folk and their ignorant ways. The Christians being very eager to blame, accuse, or attack anyone but themselves of being ignorant. Gosh so many deadly mistakes by the Christians. BTW, October Fest may be a relatively recent phenomena, I haven't studied it in any great detail but most religious holidays are borrowed(i.e. stolen) from other cultures.

Jon Jacobs commented on What is Halloween? on July 6, 2008, 3:49 PM

The negative reaction to Sharon Gannon's thoughts are strange. It is clear that the original festival of Halloween was most likely celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox, in Germanic cultures this is called October Fest, and is celebrated at the end of September. One might presume "October Fest" is in reference to what comes after the Equinox. The fact that Halloween is off by a month isn't necessarily unusual given the constant mistakes of Chrisitianity(i.e. STATE SPONSORED faith) would MANDATE of ALL PEOPLE, often under penalty of death. The stars(heavens) are in precession. Halloween is perhaps a bit late, roughly one week. Likewise, the Vernal Equinox used to be celebrated April 1st and not on March 21. And the vernal eqinox is the start of the new year, hence it is still refered to as April's Fools day, since Christians thought themselves superior to the native folk and their ignorant ways. The Christians being very eager to blame, accuse, or attack anyone but themselves of being ignorant. Gosh so many deadly mistakes by the Christians. BTW, October Fest may be a relatively recent phenomena, I haven't studied it in any great detail but most religious holidays are borrowed(i.e. stolen) from other cultures.

Jon Jacobs commented on What is Halloween? on July 6, 2008, 11:49 AM

The negative reaction to Sharon Gannon's thoughts are strange. It is clear that the original festival of Halloween was most likely celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox, in Germanic cultures this is called October Fest, and is celebrated at the end of September. One might presume "October Fest" is in reference to what comes after the Equinox. The fact that Halloween is off by a month isn't necessarily unusual given the constant mistakes of Chrisitianity(i.e. STATE SPONSORED faith) would MANDATE of ALL PEOPLE, often under penalty of death. The stars(heavens) are in precession. Halloween is perhaps a bit late, roughly one week. Likewise, the Vernal Equinox used to be celebrated April 1st and not on March 21. And the vernal eqinox is the start of the new year, hence it is still refered to as April's Fools day, since Christians thought themselves superior to the native folk and their ignorant ways. The Christians being very eager to blame, accuse, or attack anyone but themselves of being ignorant. Gosh so many deadly mistakes by the Christians. BTW, October Fest may be a relatively recent phenomena, I haven't studied it in any great detail but most religious holidays are borrowed(i.e. stolen) from other cultures.

Jon Jacobs commented on What is Halloween? on July 6, 2008, 11:49 AM

The negative reaction to Sharon Gannon's thoughts are strange. It is clear that the original festival of Halloween was most likely celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox, in Germanic cultures this is called October Fest, and is celebrated at the end of September. One might presume "October Fest" is in reference to what comes after the Equinox. The fact that Halloween is off by a month isn't necessarily unusual given the constant mistakes of Chrisitianity(i.e. STATE SPONSORED faith) would MANDATE of ALL PEOPLE, often under penalty of death. The stars(heavens) are in precession. Halloween is perhaps a bit late, roughly one week. Likewise, the Vernal Equinox used to be celebrated April 1st and not on March 21. And the vernal eqinox is the start of the new year, hence it is still refered to as April's Fools day, since Christians thought themselves superior to the native folk and their ignorant ways. The Christians being very eager to blame, accuse, or attack anyone but themselves of being ignorant. Gosh so many deadly mistakes by the Christians. BTW, October Fest may be a relatively recent phenomena, I haven't studied it in any great detail but most religious holidays are borrowed(i.e. stolen) from other cultures.

Jon Jacobs commented on Re: What is your question? on January 9, 2008, 7:31 PM

legacy... Be good... It is a philosophical dilemma. What is good? and who defines what good? It is all good... no wait, it is all bad. It is a grain of pepper in the salt of time. Perhaps it is all relative?