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I think that sometimes there is a tension between what we know and what we believe. A Chris Rock said in the movie Dogma, a belief is a lot harder to change thatn an idea. New information helps an idea to grow while it is a challenge to a belief. As human beings, we are naturally arrogant creatures, nomatter how much we fight it. We iwill hold on to a false belief to the bitter end swearing we are right. We will quiclly deem ourselves as knowing everything at all of 18, 20, 22 years old only to realize that you could live to be 113 and only know a fraction of the world's truths.
I appreciate your post, Ideal08 because I think it shouwed that there is soetimes not only a religious reason for something but a historical, cultural and geographic one as well. As old as the BIble is and as fallable as man is, there is an undeniable interaction between all of these things. Sometimes you have to be able to see beyond to really try and learn for ourself. IN addition, I find sometimes with things like Hlloween, people who wish to distort thins furhter will take advantage and put their own spin. (Not the oriinal thread psoter- I mena those seeking to make eveything about evil ignoring all of the history and making everyting purely about evil or devil worship)
I think this has been a pretty thought provoking discussion after all.
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