Halloween??

Question

Why do people celebrate it when its not mentioned in the bible. I mean you come all dressed in evil and satanic looks..its more like halloween is for worshiping the devil indirectly....

Answer 1

Another pagan Holiday,,,, All Saints Eve,,,

Answer 2

It is a pagan holiday and not mentioned specifically in the Bible but was celebrated by pagans during biblical times.

Jeremiah 10:3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless;

Here is the story of the modern version. But it goes much farther back than this.

"It all began in what is now France and the British Isles. It was started by the Celtic people long ago....

"The Celtic people feared the night of October 31. It was the night of their festival of Samhain, Lord of the Dead. The Celtics feared Samhain and in order to please him, the Druids (Celtic priests) held cruel fire rites in his honor. They made huge bonfires every year at this time. The bonfires were usually made of oak and considered sacred.

"At this festival, the Druids made sacrifices to the gods. They burned criminals, prisoners, and animals alive. By observing the victims die, the Druids saw omens of the future, both good and bad. The powers to make predictions of the future were thought to be strongest on this night. Why? It was because the Druids believed that the spirits were allowed to roam free on this night of the year. The Druids believed the spirits were powerful and wild on this night, and if they were treated right, they would help with predictions of the future. However, if the spirits were ignored, they would punish the Celtic community.

"The Druids believed that, above powerful and wild, some spirits were evil. This is why the Celtic people wore costumes during the Samhain festival. The purpose of the costumes was to frighten the spirits. Plus, this way, the spirits wouldn't be able to recognize them.
(This is the origin of costumes.)

"To please the spirits, the Celtic people left food outside their houses on Halloween. If any hungry spirits came by, they could take the food and leave the Celtics in peace.
(This is the origin of 'trick or treat'ing.)" (1)

Pretty dark stuff. It is a pagan Holiday that Christians should not celebrate.

Here is some information about Easter, another pagan holiday, for your reading pleasure.

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t020.html

Answer 3

Halloween is the eve of all hollowes(hollies) day or All Saints Day. Like Christmas Eve. It is the modern name for Samhain. Samhain was the Celtic new year. The day and night before Samhain was a period when the barrier between the living and the dead became tenuous and the dead could pass over to the side of the living and cause mischief and even possession. The living lit fires, adorned their houses with hex and sacred symbols and wore grotesque costumes to frighten off the roaming dead. The night became a celebration of life which also drove off the dead. Adults were very involved in the most important celebration of life.
Of course some wise men and women could pass the other way, the trick was getting back.
The Christians with their usual situational ethics stole the day,hence All Saints Day, and tried to convert it and it's significance to their ways and their customs.

Answer 4

Halloween:
holiday, October 31, now observed largely as a secular celebration. As the eve of All Saints' Day, it is a religious holiday among some Christians.



Halloween had its origins in the festival of Samhain among the Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland. November 1 was considered the end of the summer period, the date on which the herds were returned from pasture and land tenures were renewed. It was also a time when the souls of those who had died were believed to return to visit their homes. People set bonfires on hilltops for relighting their hearth fires for the winter and to frighten away evil spirits, and they sometimes wore masks and other disguises to avoid being recognized by the ghosts thought to be present. It was in these ways that beings such as witches, hobgoblins, fairies, and demons came to be associated with the day. The period was also thought to be favourable for divination on matters such as marriage, health, and death. When the Romans conquered the Celts in the 1st century AD, they added their own festivals of Feralia, commemorating the passing of the dead, and of Pomona, the goddess of the harvest.

Answer 5

First of all, green_melkor is wrong. Halloween did not originate in the United States. Halloween originated in Ireland.

Halloween is a **CHRISTIAN**holiday. The day after Halloween is All Saints Day, & the day after that is All Souls Day. On these days we pray to God for the faithfully departed, & Halloween is all about Christ's Victory over the Devil.

Answer 6

This question was answered today already. Do you really not know the history behind Halloween? And you have a computer with access to a search engine? Halloween actually has Christian (Catholic) roots. It is the day before All Saint's Day, and the superstition celtic people thought that evil spirits would be all stirred up in anticipation of that day. So, to appease and/or frighten them away, they would put out the fires on their hearths to make their homes inhospitable, and would dress up in scary costumes and go about making as much noise as possible to frighten them away. It was just superstition. Eventually it was turned into a day of fun for the kids. Don't get you undies in a wad over something so harmless.

Answer 7

I am a christian woman. I am not offended by halloween at all. It is not to worship satan or anything like that. I love a scarry movie but it doesn't mean I believe anything that is going on. I think some people just get too serious about things and pass up the lighter side of life. They are just cute little kids in cute little costumes.

Answer 8

Hey, why stop at Halloween? Christmas and Easter should also be on your list. The Bible tells us that any practice that is out of harmony with God's will is unclean. True Christians stay away from holidays that are not sanctioned by the Bible.

Answer 9

Hi
Halloween, like most things in life, is pretty much what you make of it.

Some will make it an opportunity to dress and act in an evil manner. Most dress up only for fun - in search of that perennial "good time".

There are a lot of things that are not mentioned in the Bible, airplanes, space stations, ocean liners, GPS, cable TV, the list could go on and on. That's because the Bible is all about helping us enter into and stay in relationship with God (through Jesus Christ's sacrifice).
In the Bible, the Pharisees were all about rule keeping and stuff accumulation and various definitions of "legality". Much like many people you'll meet today. Jesus was down on them because they missed the point of why He came to earth (relationship with God). He said that the Kingdom of Heaven began with His walking on earth because now anyone, anytime, anyplace, can enter into that relationship with God that God created us for...see Genesis. He walked with them and talked with them in that primordial garden - that's relationship.

Can Halloween interfere with the development of that relationship for you? Maybe .. if you let it. But it doesn't have to..

My wife and I decorate conservatively with an Autumn or Harvest theme and then hand out candy and other goodies to the trick or treaters. Why? Because it gives them and their parents who travel with them a chance to get to know a Christian - to develop a relationship and that is what following Christ is really about. Why? Because only when someone knows you and trusts you will they open up to ask you (sincerely) what you believe and why. It takes time to develop a relationship with someone but it is the way that Jesus himself used and it still works today!

Answer 10

This holiday predates Jesus many years, but not called Halloween. It was pagan holy day. Then in later centuries it became known as All Saints Day. Today the day is not worshiped, just a day for fun for children and adults alike who like fantasy.

Answer 11

okay bible boy let me guess when the last time you got laid was. Come on its a hallmark holiday. Its a way for candy makers to get more profits because honestly how much money do you put into candy every year not that much unless you like sugar a lot. Its something cute for the kids and for people to get scared. Its fun. Well barber college is closing soon so I'll go ahead and let you get back to sweeping the floors.