What is wrong with trick or treating on halloween as long as you are not celebrating the evil side of it?

Question

I personaly feel that it is ok to trick or treat and have a party etc as long as I stay away from the evil side of it. I don'tt trick or treat..i'm 18. But i'm gonna have a party. However one day when i have kids i will let them trick or treat because i have no problem with it as long as we stay away from the dark side of it. Whats your opinion on it?

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH DRESSING UP AND ASKING FOR CANDY???? HOW IS THAT EVIL?

i believe that this type of thing is going to be different for every christian and it's up to each person to decide what they do and what they don't.

I'M SORRY BUT TOO MANY CHRISTIANS TRY TO HOLD OTHER CHRISTIANS UP TO THEIR STANDARDS AND THATS NOT RIGHT. IT'S BETWEEN GOD AND I WHAT I DECIDE TO DO.

ESTHER YOU ARE SO RIGHT...I LIKE YOUR ANSWER...

Answer 1

I think, if you are a Christian, that you have the right to decide for yourself what to do. The people at my church are very serious about not celebrating Halloween, and I respect their feelings because they are devoted to God's word and think there is nothing good to be gained by recognizing this day. Pesonally, I don't have children so I don't worry about it. I say to you, take the matter to God and ask what He would want you to know. Isn't that what we want to do as Christians, always seek His will?

Answer 2

Celebrating on Saturday sounds about right. Even if you want to ignore the religious side, a lot of kids will want to stay up late the night they celebrate Halloween, but they still have school Monday morning. Keep an eye out for announcements from the churches and school(s) about when they will have their celebration. If you haven't found out by the weekend before, you can go ahead and call the local Elementary school to see if they have any info. It would be nice if they made a more obvious announcement about when Halloween will be celebrated every year. Even when you go to the houses, you will get a mix of people who thought they were supposed to have their candy ready on a different day.

Answer 3

As a Pagan and Witch I would like to respond. I am curious as to what the evil side of Halloween is? I haven't ever heard anything factual that supports that statement however I have heard some wild rumors about that infer such.
A bit about Halloween...
Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).
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.
http://www.history.com/minisites/diggingforthetruth/
A little about me...I will be honoring my ancestors on Samhain, which falls on November 7th this year. I do not celebrate death, I honor those who have gone before me. I will be giving thanks for the abundance in my life, asking for protection of all I hold dear and banishing any negativity in my life.
I do not believe in Satan as he is a Christian deity. If I believed he were real it is very unlikely I would worship such an entity.
I am simply trying to dispel some of the ugly lies that are passed around about my religion especially this time of year.

Answer 4

I totally agree. I will not allow my children to dress up in demonic costumes when they get older, but I will still allow them to go trick or treating, I think that's a horrible punishment to tell your kids they cant go get free candy from all of the neighbors! I would have a party as well. I think as long as you're not in the basement worshiping Satan, then there is nothing wrong with enjoying the festivities.

Answer 5

There is no dark or evil side to Halloween. That's just ridiculous, superstitious nonsense. Halloween was an ancient festival that was celebrated as a means of SCARING evil spirits away and as a celebration of the fall harvest. Anyone who thinks it's 'dark' or 'evil' needs to consider therapy.

Answer 6

Halloween isn't going to go away, so I think the best alternative is to participate in other activities that just happen to fall on Oct. 31, and invite your friends and neighbors. I'd be going to a Christian rock concert that night if I didn't have to work. I've been compiling suggestions people have offered based on things their churches are doing that night. Check out the first link below for some ideas.

Answer 7

holloween is fun. i had so much fun as a child on holloween and i wont deny my children that fun either. there is no evil in holloween. ive heard 2 theorys on halloween and both are true, one is that the native amaricans used to dress in scary masks to ward off evil spirits and the outher is that it was made up by christians to scare people about pagans....its where the holliday all saints day comes from. see there really is no dark side to holloween. just fun.

Answer 8

Im going trick or treating, and its definitely for the free candy!!

No way am i celebrating the evil side...

I see Halloween as kids going out with their friends or parents, and jus gettin the candy, havin fun. That might be wanna the devil's lil nasty nights, but he's definitely not gettin in my way!

♥Have fun at ur partaaay♥

Answer 9

The problem is that it provides cover for the 'dark side'. Someone did an expose on this topic and happened to film it in my home town. A lot of Satanic sacrifices go on out in the wilderness areas here. Even HUMAN sacrifice! Babies are bred specifically for sacrifice, with no legal recognition at all.
Dressing up may not be personally wrong, but the things that go on under that kind of cover are truly horrendous.

Answer 10

"Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes." Song of Solomon 2:15

Foxes sometime in search of food would enter into the grape orchards and devour the grapes and spoil the crop. However, the little foxes were too small to reach the grape bunches so they would chew on the vines and it would kill the whole vine. Instead of the farmer just losing his crop, he would lose his vine which was more disastrous. Spiritually some things we do or allow, that we might think is little or insignificant, can also be disastrous for us.

Some may consider celebrating Halloween as only a little compromise. However, it is the "little foxes" that spoil the vines and this little compromise can open the door to other evils. Many Christians do not realize that certain traditions that are celebrated in the world have evil origins. Just because our society partakes in certain activities does not make them acceptable for Christians. We must look to Christ and His Word to see if the traditions of this world are good or evil.

Mark 7:13: "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."

One very evil tradition is the celebration of Halloween. No Christian should partake in the activities of this holiday, nor should they allow their children to do so.

Answer 11

Halloween comes from Celtic beliefs that the physical and sprirtual worlds overlapped at this time of year. There were no demons or evil in it. That (the "evil") sprang from the hearts of people who wanted a preaching point to spread fear and hate. Wonder who's going to Hell on that one?