Transbelief Dialogue 35, Longfellow Gardens; Christianity vs. Halloween!

Welcome to our 35th Transbelief Dialogue & Nature Walk, where we follow Aristotle's path of peripatetically discussing our differences. It's been called "Mindwalk + My Dinner with Andre!" This time, our Nature Walk-n-Talk will stroll Longfellow Gardens upstream of Minnehaha Falls, at 2:00pm Saturday, October 12. After our stroll, we'll walk north 3 blocks on Minnehaha Ave. to Parkway Pizza for after-dinner, at its new location: 4359 Minnehaha Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55406.

This Meetup is part of our group's recurring forum, The Dialogium, for facilitative, reasoning dialogue between FMCOR's very different folks!

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And what will be the topic for our Dialogium 35 at Longfellow Gardens? Suggested by long-time FMCOR guest, Eileen:

"Christianity vs. Halloween!"

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As we stroll Longfellow Gardens we'll tackle these issues:

• What is the history of Halloween (Samhain)?

• Is Halloween "Satanic" or "evil"?

• Would Wiccans or Pagans, or even Satanists, agree with that judgment?

• What's with the treats or the tricks?

• And why do we don masks?

• What does this festival have to do with "All Saints Day"?

• Isn't Halloween (All Hallow's Evening) actually a Christian festival?

• Is it too "Pope-y" (Catholic) for Protestants?

• What does All Hallow's Eve have to do with souls in Purgatory?

• Should the church regulate, or ban, celebrations it had a hand in creating?

• What is Halloween to atheists? Should they celebrate it? Or discourage it?

• What is Halloween to evangelicals? Should they celebrate it? Or ban it?

• What is a Hell House, and why is it so popular with today's evangelical churches?

• And what the heck is "Jesus Ween"?

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Don't miss FMCOR's Dialogium 35, on Saturday, OCTOBER 12, 2-4pm, to tell us your own view of Samhain/Halloween and Jesus Ween!

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Logistics: Let us know when you RSVP if you need a carpool ride.

After our 2:00-4:00 p.m. Walk-n-Talk, those who've worked up an appetite (or need to warm up) will join us at for after-dinner in Linden Hills.

Invite your friends for our Walk & Talk -- the more different we are, the more enlightening our conversation!

Hoping to see (and hear!) you at our Dialogium 34 on "Do We Have Free Will?" -- RSVP "Yes" today!

(When you RSVP, please tell us: 1) If you want a carpool ride to and from our Meetup & Dinner; 2) If you need monetary assistance to attend our after-dinner; and 3) If you have suggestions for a question you'd like FMCOR to discuss at a later Dialogium.