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2006-10-21 15:43:23 · 34 answers · asked by TheMetallian 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No but I will say a prayer of thanks to Hershey and Nestle for the bounty received on this holiday.
2006-10-21 15:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satan has nothing to do with Halloween. The day's really called Samhian and it is a pagan holiday. It is the death of the God or the Horned One.
Satanism is not a real religion. Lots confuse it with Nercomancy, which is power over the dead.
2006-10-21 18:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by kingelessar2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.
The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.
Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.
Oddly, proof for The Christian satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.
Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology.
Love and blessings
don
2006-10-22 10:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, Satan is a creation of Christianity. Halloween, or Samhain, is a Pagan holiday honoring the dead and originally had nothing to do with Christianity.
Blessed Be )O(
2006-10-21 18:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by Stephen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Too bad Satan and Halloween have nothing in common.
2006-10-21 15:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by analystdevil 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't even believe that Satan exists. Kinda difficult to worship anyone like that.
2006-10-21 23:40:12 · answer #6 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, mostly because people who worship Satan remind me of professional wrestlers. All this posturing, looking cool, and being all mad about life all the time. Big frowny face, awwww! My daddy didn't hug me!
2006-10-21 16:12:36 · answer #7 · answered by Jeffery K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What will you do when you find out that the only ones who go to hell are the ones who believe there is a Satan?
2006-10-21 16:11:25 · answer #8 · answered by beast 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I worship nothing and no one. Makes for an easier life and also I do not judge people.
How about you? Do you find that your religion causes you to judge people?
By the way .. Halloween had zero/nothing/Nada to do with Christians/God/Satan. It just happened to one of the few non-Christian Holidays that they could not convert... ie: Easter and Christmas to name the more popular converted holidays.
(Knowing your history will help you not repeat it .. and it will also add creditability.)
2006-10-21 15:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by Ken s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i could prefer to be the 1st to call you an fool. Halloween isn't a non secular holiday that's a typical holiday without connection to Paganism yet extremely it had originated via fact of Christianity. The Pagans rejoice the holiday Samhain which suits by way of diverse names that's a harvest holiday. yet once you have been to ask any Pagan in the event that they rejoice Halloween they are going to all inform you a similar answer and that should be No and the reason of that's via fact Halloween has Christian origins. Pope St. Gregory III had to transform the Celtic Pagans to Christianity so what he had accomplished grew to become into moved the religious holiday All Saints Day from might thirteenth to November 1st on the Pagan holiday of Samhain. the holiday All Saints Day is merely that it is the day which grew to become into set aside by way of the Church to honor the saints quite the martyrs that died for his or her faith in Christ who're in Heaven. the place interior the Hell do you get devil from an afternoon that honors the saints in Heaven? And Pope St. Gregory III went one step further and further yet another day in spite of everything Saints Day which may be All Souls Day on November 2nd. On All Saints Day a Mass could be provided for the saints in Heaven and on All Souls Day a Mass could be provided for the decide for in Purgatory. The night till now November 1st that's October thirty first the Celtic Pagans believed that evil spirits roamed the worldwide so as that they wore mask to scare them away, in Christianity evil spirits are demons so extremely of rejecting this custom the Christians embraced this custom and made it their own. there is not any such concern as puritian Christianity it by no skill existed via fact Christianity grew to become component of diverse cultures. whilst Christians had switched over peoples of diverse cultures they abopted those cultures and made them their own, this dates lower back to the Apostles having accomplished that themselves. So the night till now All Saints Day grew to become into called All Saints night, then All Holy night, then All Hallows night, then All Hallows Eve, then finally Halloween. Over the centuries Halloween moved far flung from being component of a non secular holiday and grew to become a typical holiday. issues like enjoying pranks, trick-or-treating, costumes, decorations, events, jack-o-lanterns, and so on. originated from society no longer from the Church.
2016-11-24 21:58:26 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I will worship God on halloween just like I do everyday of the year. Who will you worship?
2006-10-21 15:47:59 · answer #11 · answered by stickinthemud 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋