I'm asking this respectfully, though I will be out on Halloween night enjoying myself, I would like to understand what people feel about it. I would like resposes from all faiths if possible.
2006-10-29 01:44:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Halloween is a tradition celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets. It is celebrated in parts of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Puerto Rico, and with increasing popularity in Australia and New Zealand. Halloween originated among the Celts in Ireland, Britain and France as the Pagan Celtic harvest festival, Samhain. Irish, Scots, Calan Gaeaf in Welsh and other immigrants brought versions of the traditions to North America in the 19th century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late 20th century.
The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day" (also known as "All Saints' Day"). In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Pope Gregory III moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1 to give Halloween a Christian interpretation . Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.
Halloween is often associated with the occult. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent (e.g. Catalan mythology about witches, Irish tales of the Sídhe).
2006-10-29 01:53:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people, most of them the religious, feel that since Halloween was originally a paganistic, satanic type celebration that they should not participate in it. And they are right, if they feel that is what they will be doing, then definately they shouldn't!
But some like me, while Christian, are not "celebrating" anything, we are just having fun dressing up and mooching candy off the neighbors.
2006-10-29 08:46:55 · answer #2 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well I'm Pagan and I have no objection to celebrating Samhain.
Have a good Halloween night
BB
2006-10-29 08:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by Claire O 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have no objections, and not only will be out trick or treating in costume with my kids, but also dressing for it at work tomorrow.... I was raised in a family that celebrated no holidays but one.... Their main objection was that it was a "pagan" holiday not found in the bible. But neither are Kingdom Halls and regularly scheduled evangelizing...complete with time sheets....
2006-10-29 08:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by *babydoll* 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have never understood why people ever have objections to it.
at least for the vast majority of people, its not a religious holiday whatsoever, but a secular one, like president's day or flag day or arbor day or whatnot.
Imean putting up decorations, and mooching candy off of neighbors (and being mooched off of) is hardly a "religious" "celebration"
2006-10-29 08:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Halloween is celebrating SATANs Day - yet it seems to be a BIG hit with the Christians, I have never understood why.
Thanks for the thumbs down the TRUTH HURTS don't it?
2006-10-29 08:46:12 · answer #6 · answered by lollipoppett2005 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Truthfully I don't. I have fond memories as a child and to me it is just a harmless children's holiday. I do know how it started Samhain and all of that as my family is of Irish descent. I just don't see the modern version as anything but good clean childish fun. For your record I am a Catholic.
2006-10-29 08:47:01 · answer #7 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do not feel people should celebrat witches and devils which is basicaly what halloween if. it gives the wrong idea to children that is you threaten to scare people they will give you sweets. basical I hate the whole thing but I am not sure it is on just relgiouse grounds
2006-10-29 08:47:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sam's 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Objections to Halloween-the very idea. Thanks for asking this and allowing us to witness the response of the deluded and the absurdity of conservative Christian beliefs.
2006-10-29 08:50:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You stupid *** christian panzies!! Halloween is about Kids Dressing up like Dora and Elmo and getting candy... it is not about hell and demons and witches...grow up...go **** yourself and get a life!!
2006-10-29 08:46:23 · answer #10 · answered by Agnostic Messiah 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋