Isn't Halloween about evil and spiritism? Aren't Christians supposed to avoid these sorts of things? What do you think?
2006-10-20 03:39:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
According to scripture yes Christians should aviod celebrating Saimhan no matter what name they call it, but why do Christians always attack Saimhain aka Holloween? Why not do as Jesus would do and condemn the celebration of the other pagan holidays as well? Christmas is actually Yole. Research Mithras. Research Yule and it's history. Research the worship of the sun in the early days. What about Easter? It is also pagan.
why do Christians Pick and choose the commandments they are willing to obey and then force their beleif on others?
Why not be tolerant and let everone beleive as the choose and celebrate those days they choose?
2006-10-20 03:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European pagan traditions, until it was appropriated by Christian missionaries and given a Christian interpretation.
The mingling of Christian and Pagan traditions in the development of Halloween, and its assumed preoccupation with evil and the supernatural, have left some modern Christians uncertain of how they should react towards the holiday.
Ancient Rome's pagan holidays have been chained upon a heedless and deceived world. These include certain annual holidays Christmas, New Year's, Easter, as well as many more, every one a pagan day every one used to stimulate the sale of merchandise in the commercial markets.
Upon honest investigation, the earnest seeker after truth learns that these days are all of heathen origin and pagan significance.
2006-10-20 10:55:49 · answer #2 · answered by keiichi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every day of the week is named after a Pagan God....
Every Month of the Year is Named after a Pagan God or Julius Cesar and Cesar Augustus....
Dec 25th was the Pagan Celebration of the Winter Solstice... Later Christians started Celebration Christmas on Dec 25th...
What is wrong with kids dressing up like Sponge Bob and getting a 3 Musketeers.... What is wrong with that??
2006-10-20 10:48:11 · answer #3 · answered by JWAV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween today is more of a tradition of dressing up and getting candy. Most children aren't into evil or spiritualism, and don't know how Halloween got started. I don't think Jesus would mind seeing some children have fun. However, I'm sure he IS disappointed and will properly deal with those who profess to worship Satan, who torture animals and cast spells and all that stuff, whether or not it's related to Halloween.
2006-10-20 10:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by Rainfog 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Halloween is about chasing away evil spirits. And is actually partially a Christian invention. All saints day fused with a Celtic celebration.
Christmas and Easter are both based on Pagan holidays as well.
I think of all the things Jesus would disagree with the modern Christian doing, Halloween wouldn't even make his list.
2006-10-20 10:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maybe. But now days Halloween is not celebrated as a holy day which is related to any religion. To me it seems fun and candy collection day for kids. Now days Halloween is the day of make over . Kids and adults like to get a make over for themselves which are their dream hero's or characters . I don't think it is about evil and spritism. More all of it i saw in our mall lot of other religion people also enjoying Halloween with mask and make over. That is a good spirit.
And another view any holy day of christians have a joyfull beside of going church and pray the god. Actually easter should be sad . But they enjoyed with bunnies and eggs.
The christmas the day of christ birth made murdered lot of babies who is under 3 years old . But we enojoy his birth only we never think about the babies who gave their life for christ.
Just like that holloween also.
2006-10-20 10:45:54 · answer #6 · answered by mswathi1025 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Considering all the blatant associations with witchcraft, devil worship, vampirism and celebration of the 'dead' and 'undead'... It is safe to assume that Jesus wouldn't be too keen on the idea of Christ-ians (Who use His holy name by mere title) celebrating this holiday.
I don't, however, turn it into a legalist's issue as the Pharisee's would have gladly done, and I don't think that just because someone passes out candy on this night that they are "going to hell."
If that is the case, then every Christian would be going to hell for saying and doing many a thing that Christ doesn't necessarily approve of. Simply put, we aren't perfect yet, but are being made perfect as He is perfect.
I do think that as a professed believer in Christ matures in his or her relationship with Jesus, that it is a natural course of events that this person would slowly begin to eliminate the celebrations of the world and these many holidays that have pagan roots, up to and including the celebration of Easter and Christmas.
2006-10-20 10:48:49 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If we were truly celebrating evil, Jesus wouldn't approve.
However, this is simply for kids to dress up in fantasy and collect candy.
2006-10-20 10:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by Cal 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to me, haloween isnt about spiritualism or evil ro anyhting like that. Its about candy!!
but yeah i think some people think its about evil and i can see why alo of Christians would choose not to go trick or treating or not celebrate haloween. People do dress up like devils and witches and such. I would never let my kids dress up as ad evil!! SCARY.
But, i dont think its like a sin to celebrate haloween.
2006-10-20 10:44:42 · answer #9 · answered by Shane 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes they should avoid it since many of them claim it is Satanic
But once again they pick and chose what to follow - I mean who can deny candy right?!?
2006-10-20 10:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋