I'm writing this to find out if I'm the only Christian who is very uncomfortable with the subject of Halloween.

The Lord gave me some strong convictions about the celebration of Halloween. I don't feel comfortable doing anything that looks like a Halloween celebration. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with candy or costumes, unless it's part of a Halloween party. This is very difficult to adhere to, since there are so many various opinions on this subject among Christians.

I've chosen to try to shelter my children from evil, until they're able to understand and we can discuss the powers involved. This is very difficult to do during the month of October!

There are many Scriptures to back up my reasoning in avoiding Halloween celebrations:

Deuteronomy 18:20 "...do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Le no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your God."

OK, so you say, but we aren't doing these things! But by saying that Halloween is just for fun, are we saying that these practices are fun? There are real people in the world today in this country practicing these ways and they would love to get our children involved. If we say that Halloween is just for fun, what's wrong with these practices...what's wrong is that God calls these practices detestable! Shouldn't we be teaching our children the truth???