As saints of god we now know as adults that halloween is not to be celebraited. why are we afraid of bringing our children up to belive that?
2006-10-02 14:10:30 · 30 answers · asked by lovingodtoolife 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
cmon it is fun and you can make it about god if you want to..i know alot of churches who have things on halloween
2006-10-02 14:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by kayro3 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
because you are slightly innacurate as to the roots of Halloween.
It is not, and never was a Satanic holiday. It was a pagan one. When the Catholic church wanted to convert the pagans, they changed the name to "All Hallow's Eve" or Halloween. You were supposed to pray for the departed and the saints. It's still an important Catholic holiday.
Halloween as we know it in America, was brought over with the Irish immigrants during the famine (mid 1800's). They had it as a night to gather around, tell ghost stories, talk about family history or lore, ect. It was a family gathering.
The only time anyone started this misinformation about Halloween was in the 70's, when all the urban legends came about that "Satanists" were worshiping the devil, and sacrificing kids, ect. All of which were disproved by the FBI.
But anyways, if worst comes to worst, you can always come up with some type of Harvest Festival at the church, and give thanks to God. Just my 2 cents.
2006-10-02 17:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by ravencadwell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Halloween like ALL the holidays (I'm talking Easter and Christmas as well) was a pagan festival. The church turned it into All Hallow's Eve which was the night before All Saint's Day, which is a day to honor all who were martyred for the early church. I really don't understand why everyone has a hissy fit over Halloween, but not one over Christmas which wasn't really celebrated here until the 1850s. In fact it was outlawed in England for quite a while. It was based on a festival to honor the return of the sun. So yes, we will celebrate Halloween.
2006-10-02 14:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is tricky. Originally it was believed by Pagans (not witches and devil worshippers) that the last day of the year (Oct 31st) was an "unholy time" as the dead were allowed to freely walk among the living. There was a great feast the next day "All Saint's Day (Nov 1) that marked the beginning of the new year. On Halloween night, children would go from house to house seeking donations for the next days feast.
When Christianity invaded Ireland/Scotland, they were frightened by this idea and declared it unholy and pagans to be evil, because we are such a fun loving and accepting group (I am a Christian....just one that isn't afraid of things I don't know). As part of the conversion process, Christianity brought in elements of the Pagan religion. Thereby encouraging the Pagans to think we weren't about to declare them devil worshippers.
It worked. As time went on, Christianity gained more and more strength in the world and was able to vilify Halloween. Which btw, has about as much to do with the Pagan holiday as Christmas has to do with Christ's birth.
Because Christianity denounced Halloween, people who wish to defy the church (collectively) practice the "dark arts" and perform ceremonies on Halloween. Most of the ceremonies are designed to frighten normal people. Any modern day Pagan tends to view Halloween as a quiet time of reflection, and NOT as a time to attack one another.
Finally, the modern version of Halloween, letting little kids "pretend" to be someone else for a few hours while they visit with family and friends collecting treats frankly isn't that big a deal. It has gotten to the point of reeking of commercialism.
As for teaching children about the holiday. It makes it a good time to discuss the difference between friend and stranger. It's also a good time to discuss how people celebrate differently in different cultures. And for the slightly older children, it's a good time to discuss how the "winning" side of any merging groups (be it political, religious, or just two countries) always gets to write history.
2006-10-02 14:35:22 · answer #4 · answered by jenn_jenn02 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had a conflict with this for a long time. I would even absolve my kids from school on halloween, and demand that the school not mark it against attendance. It was a big problem! Then when they said that, I sent my son in "The full armor of the Lord" I got it at a Christian book store. Helmet of Salvation down to the sword of truth and the shield of faith with a GIANT red CROSS on it. When asked what he was for halloween, he said proudly, "I'm a soldier of Christ, killing all the evil monsters".
2006-10-02 14:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian I don't think there is anything wrong with Halloween. I take my kids to our Church Halloween party. If your Church doesn't have that talk to the Pastor about starting something. It can be fun. We dress up as people from the Bible and eat cake and candy. Its fun for the kids and they don't feel left out.
2006-10-02 15:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like jenn-jenn's answer.
When I was a teenager, mom got a christian bug up her butt and we weren't allowed to go door to door trick-treating, for all those unlogical christian reasons but she said we could invite our buddies over for a guy party in the basement. My brothers and me invited our friends over and since we were all (nearly) the same age, it was a real robust and rowdy teenage boy party minus any girls per mom's rules. Lots of show-offing and muscle flexing. Then, somebody got the brainy idea for us to play strip-Twister. Twister is the colored dots on the plastic sheet and the needle spinner tells you to put which hand or foot on a certain color. If we messed up, we had to take something off. After about an hour, there were 6 of us who were buck naked playing this game and really not caring that we were all like falling and flopping all over each other on that slippery plastic sheet. Then Mom walked in and saw us.
The next year, we still weren't allowed to go trick-treating, but she did take us and our friends to the mall for the whole evening.
When I have kids, they are going trick-treating.
As far as mom goes, she now admits that Halloween may have started out as an unchristian pagan worshiping thing, but now, it's just another hallmark holiday for candy companies to make a fast buck before the end of the year.
2006-10-02 14:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by christrivan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What harm is it to keep traditions alive? What is anyone hurting anyone by trick or treating? What is next, Santa claus?
Children have the right to the Easter Bunny, St. Nick, Halloween, tooth fairy, did you grow up with these holidays and customs? I did and I am not damaged in any way.
As your christian beliefs do not believe in Halloween, then why are you asking us? It is YOUR choice, your religion.-no need to broadcast it on here.
2006-10-02 14:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by debi_0712 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
imagine living completely off the land. everything you need comes from the god given plants and animals. you teach your children all the things you know, they add to the knowledge, doing the same with their children, down the lines. you come to know the many powers of the different elements, (healing trees, poisining roots. it is a good thing to know these things.people come to you for healing and knowledge. generations later people come saying you are a witch for having the same knowledge as your forefathers.and for carring on the traditions of healing. what is halloween really rooted in if not knowledge and goodness?
2006-10-02 14:20:24 · answer #9 · answered by racer 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing but innocent fun with nothing satanic about it. It's really cool that you're a saint and all - wow - but depriving little kids of the fun of Halloween just to prove how holy you are just really stinks.
2006-10-02 14:46:44 · answer #10 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
relies upon on the family individuals. I grew up Christian and in a church the place they did no longer rejoice Halloween yet my mothers and dads never had a difficulty with us dressing up and trick or treating with our buddies. based on the church we went to, some church homes had Halloween events and a few had harvest events and a few church homes we basically did no longer say something approximately Halloween. My little ones would be dressing up.
2016-10-18 09:30:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋