Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular. Seven in 10 expect to celebrate it in some way this Oct. 31, up from about six in 10 last year, according to a National Retail Federation report.
There’s a reason for the pull of the pagan. In the U.S., we’ve been vigorously scrubbing our schools and other public spaces of traces of monotheistic religion for many decades now. Such scrubbing leaves a vacuum. The great self-deception of modern life is that nothing will be pulled into that vacuum. Half a century ago, the psychologist Carl Jung noted the heightened interest in UFOs, and concluded that the paranormal was “modern myth,” a replacement for religion.
TONY DIGIROLAMO- SO YOU DON'T THINK THAT SECULARIZING THE NATION DRAWS OUR KIDS TO THE DARK SIDE?
HERE'S THAT FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST CARL JUNG TALKING ABOUT,SOMETHING THAT IS A REPLACEMENT OF RELIGION. THESE GUYS WERE HOPING THAT PSYCHOLOGY WOULD DO THAT.
HEY, IT'S WORKING ISN'T IT?!
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