2006-10-22 14:01:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#Origin:_Celtic_observation_of_Samhain
2006-10-22 14:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by some guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Hallows eve. The Pagan calender new year is Nov 1 st, the church made "All saints day" to name all the saints that had no day. There are other customs blended into Halloween (shorter days to remind one that Harvest time is over, and darkness "like the grave" is upon us). "Trick or Treat", give us a treat, and we'll spare your house, from a trick (it's the form of a bribe). It's for children, not Satan, It's a great holiday for a kid, Whats spookier than trick or treating after dark, last year an eerie fog rolled in "CREEPY" but "COOL" !
2006-10-22 21:12:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Halloween is a Catholic holiday made official in the 300's.
Halloween was fashioned after Samhain, a Pagan holiday predating Christianity.
Samhain is a festival celebrating the harvest of crops in the autumn, and (religiously) the maturing pregnancy of the Mother Goddess. This is also the time of year where the Mother Goddess as the Crone, and the Father God as the Hunter reign together.
2006-10-22 21:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by Lady of the Pink 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Halloween has a Christian background. The word Halloween comes from the term All Hallow's Eve, which is the Eve of All Saints Day. Since we honor saints on that day and saints are dead, people began putting a more morbid spin on it.
2006-10-22 21:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I believe Halloween is Pagan. Pagans don't believe in Satan.
2006-10-22 21:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a bit shallow. Please look up your own answer in history of Halloween! However, in my teachings it was celebrated for the dead to walk among us, only one day out of the year, so everyone wore mask so no one would know who was what! It got carried away, and somehow the candy industry got involved with it!
2006-10-22 21:09:42 · answer #6 · answered by violettelillyrose81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a Definite NO.
for Pagans it is their New Year celebration.
For Christians it is originally called All Hallows Eve the day before All Saints Day.
Now it is a mix of Pagan and Christian Ideas.
2006-10-22 21:07:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-10-22 21:03:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋