Picking on Satan and Mr. Poff

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Rev. Poff

Picking on Satan

I support Rev. Poff on the Halloween ban. He is not picking on children, he is picking on Satan. People are missing the point here. Rev. Poff has made the devil's hit list. He has taken up his cross and hit the adversary head on. The persecution has now begun for him and his family.

Christians need to express our support for Rev. Poff by prayer and speaking out. We have been silent for too long and now look what's happening. Prayer has been taken out of school, the Ten Commandments are being taken down everywhere you look and they're trying to change the Pledge of Allegiance - just a few ways Americans are being deceived by Satan. He wants us to think these things are all right and best for the American people. This country was founded on God by our forefathers and there are groups that are trying to change our history.

Christians need to support our brothers and sisters in Christ against adversaries by speaking out and prayer. The bottom line is everything is being done to remove God from everything the public eye can see and nothing is being done to remove Satan. Poff may be an extremist, but at least he's a Jesus extremist.

Doug Jenkins
Rogersville

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Halloween not forced

Re. "Evangelist Behind Efforts to Ban Schools' Halloween Celebrations," I say let the kids be kids. There are far more worse things that go in school these days - for instance, peer pressure, bullying, drug and alcohol experimentation - than to have to worry about a holiday where kids can dress up in a costume, play games and receive some candy.

Parents have the right not to let their kids participate in these holiday celebrations if they so choose. Schools do not "force Halloween on children and promote a belief system not accepted by Christians." No one is forcing children to participate. What next: is Mr. Poff going to be trying to ban Halloween ads on television, newspapers, or even telling us to avoid going into Wal-Mart because they sell costumes and candy? I wonder if he ever went trick-or-treating as a child.

Robin Stewart
Kingsport

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'Cult activity'

In the Oct. 31 edition an article states that evangelist Mark Poff believes Halloween is part of a practicing religion in the area. In the very next sentence, he refers to this as cult activity. Which is it, Mr. Poff? Doesn't the First Amendment give everyone freedom of religion? I wonder who gave Mr. Poff the authority to decide which religions are valid. There are several churches in the area that have Halloween activities. I guess we should shut them down too.

I participated in trick-or-treating as a child. So did my children. None of us are "devil worshippers," but we have consumed mass quantities of ill-gotten candy.

Robin Carter
Kingsport

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Keep the parties

Re. "Evangelist Behind Efforts to Ban Schools' Halloween Celebrations,'' as a native of Kingsport and a graduate of the Kingsport city school system, I have to comment that in today's world of terrorism, violence, and poverty, it is difficult to understand why someone would take it upon themselves to take up a crusade against a children's holiday such as Halloween. Children dressing up as their favorite cartoon character, action hero or movie star is not harmful to anyone. Halloween is nothing but light-hearted fun for children of all ages. Some of my fondest childhood memories are the school parties on holidays, Halloween being one of them.

I would suggest that Mr. Poff spend his energies on an issue that would actually help the people of Kingsport or the country, instead of attempting to stop something that provides an avenue of creativity and enjoyment for all children. I would urge the school boards of the city and county to realize that allowing such fire and brimstone paranoia is in fact harmful to the children of our area. While the academic aspect of school is certainly valuable, schools are also entrusted with socializing our children. Let the children have their parties. Life is too short not to celebrate at every opportunity.

Sarah Cox
Nashville

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Halloween is fun

Re: "Evangelist behind efforts to ban schools' Halloween celebrations," I am a 28-year-old mother of three young children, two of whom attend school in Kingsport. My children had Halloween parties and had a great time. They talked in class about pumpkins, Indian corn, fall leaves, farms and scarecrows. They went to a pumpkin patch and learned lots. The last day of school they had a little 30-minute party with snacks. What was the harm in this? Then they went trick-or-treating. Why does enjoying Halloween makes us devil worshippers?

For Thanksgiving they will talk about things they are thankful for, turkeys, Pilgrims, Indians and family. Then for Christmas they will talk about snow, weather, trees and Santa. Then they will probably have a little 30-minute winter holiday party.

I see nothing that is harming my children or others. There is no talk of devils or God, just some fun learning. The way things are going they will probably want to ban America from having any holidays and put us in jail if anyone dares celebrate anything. If you don't want to celebrate Halloween then don't. If you don't like Christmas or seeing the Ten Commandments on a wall, don't read it. People are wasting their energy on such nitpicky things.

Gina L. Stewart
Kingsport

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On top of disrupting school over religion, we have a Rev. Poff that wants to ban Halloween as Satanic.

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