who here thinks Halloween is a satanic celebration?? I?

Question

i believe there's something behind that "innocent" celebrations. becareful cuz this is the day when most children die or get lost. The roots of this celebration started in Europa.. This celebration Reunites all the satanic priest all over the world to worship Satan.. So becareful investigate about it..

it seems that most of you are ignorants about this - this is hard to believe but true. investigate well and you'll see

Answer 1

Yep, you r right. The serious satanic community, as well as practising witches and occultists are often amused to see everyone else celebrating their feast in ignorance.

Answer 2

Halloween is about as Satanic as every other Catholic holiday that liberally interweaves pagan influences. It is no coincidence that we celebrate Christmas at the same time of the High Winter celebrations that many Celtic and German tribes did, or that Easter coincides with spring planting festivals.

Halloween is more properly called All Hallows' Eve or All Saints' Day Eve. November 1st is All Saints' Day or All Hallows' Day, they mean the same thing. Christians origianlly celebrated All Saints' Day in May but when it came time to convert pagan Celtic and German tribes the church fathers decided that it would be easiest to merely co-opt already established holidays than change the celebration calendar.

The Celts celebrated their new year around the time of year that Halloween now occupies. They did believe that this was the one night of the year that spirits, both good and evil, could roam the living world. There were no satanic elements in their celebrations.

Answer 3

This is a little long so bear with me, but it's not Satanic.

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.

The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.

Answer 4

It is not Satanic! What a ridiculous assertion!
It was originally a pagan celebration before being appropriated, like most pagan festivities, by the Christian Church in the 320's. It was designed to ward off evil spirits in preparation for the oncoming winter, and officially celebrate the end of Summer.
It became associated with death, black magic and mystiscm when the Pope declared the Pagan festival should be in honour of those souls condemned to purgatory, neither heaven nor hell, and thus became known as all saints day.
In the modern times, it has, along with Christmas and Easter, increasingly become commercialised, and thus devalued as a religious celebration.

Answer 5

Halloween came from the old tradition called "All Hallows Eve" which was an evening when it was said that the spirits of the dead arose and walked among us. It was a sacred day. A day when we could commune with our deceased loved ones and ancestors. There is a connection to spiritualism which believes in communicating with the dead, however, there is no connection to Satanism which is entirely different. As time went on the celebration of All Hallows Eve came to associated with all types of spirits, ghosts, goblins and all things scary. This was actually a perversion or change from the original intent of the holiday. Again, it has no connection with Satanism.

Answer 6

Some very well thought out answers here and I can't add much. But, in Mexico, a highly religious country, the little kids are well versed in Halloween and "treeky treet" echos all around the neighborhoods. Their mothers, who always accompany them, look at it as a fun time for kids. A few protestant pastors preach against it, but are not taken seriously. El Dia de Los Muertes, the day of the dead comes up soon after when families venerate their departed loved ones. In pinata stores everywhere the pumpkin, black cat and even a red devil appear together. Its a cross cultural celebration for Mexicans and Gringos alike. Satanic, no.

Answer 7

Halloween has a checkered background, many of the customs that are introduced into the celebration originate from religious ceremony. "Trick or treat", is an example; druids would visit a house for a virgin to sacrifice, if you had the treat there would be no tricks. Otherwise a pentagram was painted on your door. If you had a treat, jack o' lantern made of human fat was placed in front of your door with a lit candle inside to ward off evil spirits. There is very little about Halloween that is good. That is why the Catholic church introduced "All Saints Day" as a counter to Halloween, they were aware of the evil of that celebration.

Answer 8

Not so much...

Halloween = All Hallow's Eve (ie the night before All Saints Day)

All Saints Day = November 1, the day when the early (and now Catholic) Church honored all saints and martyrs

All Souls Day = November 2, the day when the Church honors all those who have died. This is a very important holiday in Latin America - much more so than Halloween!

Answer 9

Halloween is a celebration of the dead, I don't think we are worshipping satan in any way. I'ts a corporation plan to sell their products to all kids, big or small.

Answer 10

It may have been satanic at one time, but whenever kids dress up and got out for candy and fun that is not satanic. It's just another holliday to most, some still do rituals and such.