As happens every year, the festivities of Halloween have brought out the religious nutjobs. The story:
Spanish bishops warn against ‘anti-Christian’ Halloween
Father Joan Maria Canals, the director of committee on Liturgy, said the emphasis had shifted from worshipping the saints to celebrating death.
“Children dress as witches, vampires, ghosts, corpses and skeletons and parents favour this type of festivities focusing on elements of death.” He said.
Instead families should use the holiday to visit the graves of loved ones in a “festival that encourages life and not death”, he said.
Yeah, if you want to celebrate life rather than death, making a bee line to the nearest graveyard is the best way to do it. And, of course, you won’t find anything as ghoulish as someone resurrecting from the dead in the Christian Bible.
