North Carolina church plans Halloween Bible burning

From The "You Can't Make This Stuff Up Department" (North Carolina Division)

Marc Grizzard, of Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina, says that the first King James translation of the Bible is the only true declaration of God’s word, and that all others are “satanic”.

Pastor Grizzard and 14 other members of the church plan to burn copies of the other “perversions” of Scripture on Halloween, 31 October.

The New Revised Version Bible, the American Standard Version Bible, and even the New King James Version are all pronounced to be works of the Devil by Pastor Grizzard and his followers.
Pastor Grizzard said: “I believe the King James version is God’s preserved, inspired, inerrant, infallible word of God… for English-speaking people.

“We are burning books that we believe to be Satanic.”

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/6346662/North-Carolina-church-plans-Halloween-Bible-burning.html

New York's Trinity Church forced to cancel Halloween fest over Occupy Wall Street camp

From Fox news NY-

Occupy Wall Street campers have made Halloween at a church in lower Manhattan simply too scary, church officials told FoxNews.com.

Citing an “abundance of caution,” the Rev. James Cooper of Trinity Church said the Episcopal parish at Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan has canceled it popular Halloween activities due to safety issues arising from a sidewalk encampment in front of the place of worship.

“Canceling a beloved family event is not a decision taken lightly,” Cooper said in a statement issued Sunday. “Last year, more than 1,200 people took part. However, we are deeply concerned about the escalating illegal and abusive activity the camp presents.”

Linda Hanick, a spokeswoman for Trinity Church, said nine people have been arrested in connection to the encampment in the past two weeks, including a man who was arrested after he put an air horn to the ear of a longtime maintenance superintendent at the church on Oct. 11. The maintenance worker was “traumatized” by the incident, she said.


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Not your parents' Halloween

From Tennessee-

In the Killen family, some traditions are better left untouched. Especially on Halloween.

“I'd get written out of the will if I didn't take my kids up to their grandmothers' ” to trick or treat, Mark Killen said, laughing.

But his children will make the visit to grandma's in addition to attending the Harvest Festival at their home church, Cross Point Church of Christ in Florence. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. today, they'll join hundreds of other families from the Shoals to enjoy games, inflatables, free food (including 3,000 hot dogs) and trunk or treating — a type of event Killen himself never attended as a kid.

“I'm 41 years old and churches didn't do anything when I was a kid,” said Killen, recreation and outreach minister at Cross Point. “You just went out into your neighborhoods.”

Halloween is more popular, and profitable, than ever, and the National Retail Federation estimates about 148 million Americans will celebrate the holiday this year. But a lot of those Americans are young adults and adults relishing in a holiday that once was focused on children. And with increased concern about safety, many families are opting for trunk-or-treating events or festivals at churches instead of going door to door for goodies.

Trick-or-treating evolved out of the late medieval custom of children asking for treats in exchange for praying for the dead of the household, said Hans Broedel, a University of North Dakota history professor and expert on early traditions.

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http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101031/ARTICLES/310319994/1004?Title=Not-your-parents-Halloween