2006-10-27 07:06:07 · 15 answers · asked by prima_t 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Halloween - or All Hallows Eve - has both christian and pagan origins. Originally, it was a time when the veil between the living and dead dropped slightly, so that spirits were considered closer to the living world than usual.
Now, for the vast majority of people, it is just a excuse for a party, a bit like Guy Fawkes night in the UK
2006-10-27 07:10:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noble Angel, screw you. You don't know a thing about the origins of Halloween, obviously, because Celtic Paganism never involved human sacrifice.
Samhain takes place around the fall equinox, and marks the turn from the lighter half of the year to the darker half of the year. Samhain (pronounced "sow-in") involves warding off evil spirits and reconnecting with dead ancestors to better understand them and the world. It was usurped by the Catholic church long ago and made into "All Hallows' Eve" in an attempt to convert the Celtic Pagans. Halloween itself has very little significance, but its precursor, Samhain, is a very important ritual.
We are not devil worshippers, and Paganism has nothing to do with the devil. Neither does Samhain or Halloween.
2006-10-27 07:24:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
with the help of the 800s, the impact of Christianity had unfold into Celtic lands. interior the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV centred November a million All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. it is broadly believed immediately that the pope replaced into attempting to interchange the Celtic competition of the ineffective with a suitable, yet church-sanctioned holiday. The party replaced into additionally stated as All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the evening formerly it, the evening of Samhain, began to be stated as All-hallows Eve and, ultimately, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. one thousand, the church might make November 2 All Souls' Day, an afternoon to honor the ineffective. It replaced into celebrated besides Samhain, with vast bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. jointly, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', have been stated as Hallowmas.
2016-10-03 00:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by vishvanath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Rejoice the Great Pumpkin rises from the pumpkin patch with his bag of toys and candy for all that believe. So get thee to the pumpkin patch on Halloween Night.
2006-10-27 07:16:30 · answer #4 · answered by mharrop@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started out as a pagan ritual eons ago. Several centuries ago it became "All Hallows Eve" as All Saints Day is November 1st. I think it allowed the Christians to party :)!
2006-10-27 07:09:18 · answer #5 · answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samhain
One one day in the year when the viel between the two worlds is thinnest and the dead is contacted more easily I will spend it quetly remembering my departed relatives
AND NO IT IS NOT EVIL OR DEVIL WORSHIP EITHER
2006-10-27 07:14:30 · answer #6 · answered by akasha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is what YOU and only YOU make it out to be. For me - its a time of fun and candy - I don't care how it got started and why it got started - I worship God only and have a good time on Halloween! I make no more of it.
Good question!
2006-10-27 07:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. It proves that not all who say they are Christian are actually so, because no TRUE Christian would have any part in a clearly pagan observance.
2006-10-27 07:57:20 · answer #8 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hm mm legend of sleepy hollow ?? oh you mean Halloween ..a day when strangers knock on your door, you answer, they ask for treats ... you give them treats instead of dialing 911
2006-10-27 07:09:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spirits of the dead walk the earth or something....
2006-10-27 07:09:03 · answer #10 · answered by Gypsy Rose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋