If you're a normal person, Halloween is probably just a fun holiday for costumes, candy, and general frivolity. You've probably never sat and thought about whether it was morally right or wrong. If, however, you were raised in any one of a number of conservative Christian denominations, Halloween is the epicenter of a significant amount of fervent debate. Is Halloween evil or is it harmless? Are its origins pagan or actually Christian ? Should we shun it, go all out, or find a middle ground? I'm not necessarily here to offer any special insight into those questions. What I would like to do is offer my point of view, and let that be that. I was raised a Reformed Presbyterian. If you've read my blog at all before, you're probably aware that we were on the fringe even of Reformed Presbyterianism (read: weird). One of the emphases of traditional Presbyterianism is that we should not celebrate holidays that have pa...