2006-10-29 13:12:17 · 25 answers · asked by neina khan 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
Bull. That's just religious propaganda fed to you by a brainwashing church. Do some research. Halloween goes back to pagan festivals (pagan is NOT synonymous with the devil) and is actually a celebration. Use your own brain sometimes and stop listening to all the crap the church feeds you. The more they scare you, the more control they have over you. Why don't you read a little more to form your OWN opinions??
2006-10-29 13:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually the name Halloween comes from the original name for the holiday, All Hallows Eve. Meaning the day before All Saints Day. Although some Satanic believers do believe that Satan is strongest on this day, there are not that many of them. Other people claim that we are celebrating a stupid Satanic Pagan holiday. Pagans do not worship Satan.
And in dressing up and getting free treats, aren't we more /mocking/ Satan than worshiping him? Because I /really/ think that the 2 year olds dressed up as Tinkerbell are worshiping the devil..Yeah, right.
Does /that/ answer your question?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
2006-10-29 21:20:56 · answer #2 · answered by Bored. 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Dear Dearest Vanessa... You really need to further educate yourself. Because girl.. you couldnt be more wrong!
Halloween is most popular in Ireland, where it is said to have originated, also known in Irish Gaelic as "OÃche Shamhna" or "Samhain Night". The Celts celebrated Halloween as Samhain, "End of Summer," a pastoral and agricultural fire festival or feast, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would be lit to ward off evil spirits. (See Origin: Celtic observation of Samhain below.)
2006-10-29 22:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by debs 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So? If the truth of halloween is shocking, you will have a heart attack when you find out some of the things behind christmas. Christmas coincides with Roman Saturnalia, Norse Yule, and the winter solstice (important to wiccans). It seems that christmas was deliberately positioned to coincide with this cluster of holidays, to make conversion easier (wouldn't have to give up tradition of midwinter party), although they did ask practicioners to stop sacrificing livestock and people on this date.
Also, ponder Thanksgiving, which marks the date when the kind native Americans gave food for a feast to the Pilgrims... shortly before the Pilgrims seized their land at gunpoint and began commiting genocide by via guns, germs and steel.
Those who seek meaning often find only Excedrin headaches-Anonymous.
2006-10-29 21:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by Acraz 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's a happy day for pagans too. We celebrate Samhain. It's our New Year. A day when we can reconnect with lost one's much like the mexican "day of the dead". It's only the day of the devil if you believe in the devil, who by the way was created by Christians to scare people into converting...
2006-10-29 21:19:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dressing up and going door to door represents the scarring away of evil spirits for All Saints Day on Nov 1.
Where did you get this day of the devil non-sense?
2006-10-29 21:22:47 · answer #6 · answered by 8p8a 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Uh huh, and did you know people used to believe that left-handed persons were possessed, thus their left hands were tied behindtheir backs forcing them to use their right hands? Did you also know that women entering menopause, who complained of anxiety attacks, hot flashes, etc. were often locked away in sanitariums because it was believed they had gone insane? Did you also know that doctors used to treat migraine headaches by drilling holes in the patients' skulls in order to give the demons a way to escape? Didn't know that did you? Well, I'm not surprised. Sounds like you don't know a whole lot.
2006-10-29 21:36:14 · answer #7 · answered by shire_maid 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only if you consider an ancient pagan religion, like Christmas or thanksgiving as being wrong. These holidays were not created in the last few hundred years. They are ancient and have just taken on other guises and meanings as we evolved as a society through history.
2006-10-29 21:19:35 · answer #8 · answered by The Garage Dude 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
many things lose their original meaning, or that meaning changes over time.
for example, showing your right hand originally had the purpose of showing that you held no weapon, yet now everyone waves hello or goodby. they do not use the gesture in the same sense as it had in the past. there are many examples of this in our lives.
halloween has abosultely nothing to do with the devil. it's just a fun time fo kids and a big marketing scheme for candy companies. try not to take things too seriously and your chances of having fun will increase greatly.
2006-10-29 21:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
You are a very miss informed individual, although i'm not surprised.
Halloween was called Samhaim.. which is pronounced sow-in. Which was an old celtic festival to honor the dead.
2006-10-29 21:40:06 · answer #10 · answered by dee luna 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋