Eid Al Adha is an amusingly disturbing holiday for me. It's appropriate that this year it falls on the same month as Halloween. Hello.

Halloween has a special significance for me. I like Halloween because it's a time to acknowledge fear and the darker aspects of our nature. By doing so and celebrating  some of our retired fears, we can rise above fear. Maybe I am reading too much into Halloween...

Ever since I deconverted, I have felt Eid Al Adha was amusingly disturbing. Truly there is no better way to commemorate a father's attempt at infanticide based on the voices in his head, than by slaughtering millions of animals.

There are more kinder ways of interpreting the story but I no longer subscribe to those.

Unlike Halloween which has mostly been stripped of any reverance, Eid Al Adha hasn't- which in some ways makes it more Halloweenish than Halloween.

I don't know if any of that makes sense. Eid Mubarak!