Halloween ..... seems to glorify or at least fancy .... witches ... demons .. devils ... monsters ... blood ...... spirits ...... Should a Christian refrain from participating in Halloween festivites ?
Actually ... many of the current Christian Holidays have pagan origins .... are there any other Holidays or practices the Christian should refrain from ?
2007-04-03 16:22:27 · 18 answers · asked by burlingtony 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I consider myself a Christain. So when I came across your question. I had to stop and answer it. I personally don't think Halloween is a good Holiday and it seems to be getting worse over the years. But like all things there is good and bad in Halloween. i do enjoy giving the little children candy since it makes them so happy. But if you want to look at the other side of this then I think Halloween glorifies satan. Anything that does that is wrong. Anyway you try to slice it. Anything that glorifies blood,the dark side of life, things that cause fear is not OK. I do hand out candy and did go trick or treating as a kid. But here in the last couple of years that candy handing out on my part has stopped, and it's due to the fact that I think it is wrong! Now if there was just a day to give candy to kids, fine. But, everything else that goes with Halloween is not right. I think it's a pagan holiday or once was, right? god Bless You!
2007-04-03 16:42:02 · answer #1 · answered by SecretUser 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Admittedly, I feel a bit uncomfortable with Halloween. I don't care for the witch, demon, etc costumes, but I think the tv characters, occupation, etc costumes are okay.
One year I did not have a Christmas tree, and it felt kind of bad. I missed the lights, the beauty, the anticipation of good things that the tree meant in my home.
I also wish that Easter did not have anything to do with rabbits and eggs. All this celebrating, of pagan origin, just like the days of the week and months of the year, but what can you do about the entanglement. Just know about the origins, but live for God today.
2007-04-03 16:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know, most actual Witches think of Halloween as a different thing from Samhain, our religious holiday. Samhain is a time to connect with our departed loved ones, leave old things behind, and embrace the new. The only Witches I know who acknowledge Halloween are the ones with small children, who take them out for trick-or-treat before our Samhain celebration. So it's your call, but don't give up Halloween on account of us.
2007-04-03 16:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If this fanciful holiday is "just for fun" in its embrace of witches, demons, and devils, all beautiful characters that the Bible insist that Christians should gravitate towards...i say yes, a Christian should feel comfortable leaning over to the dark side every once in a while.
2007-04-03 16:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since Halloween (literally "hallowed evening" or "holy evening" - the Eve of All Saints) was a Christian feastday from the beginning, there is no reason why Christians should not continue to celebrate it in a Christian manner. The forces of evil have done their best to desecrate this holy day, but in my church we celebrate it as Christians. We have a wonderful evening arranged for the children - first a worship service, then supervised games, and safe "trick or treating" from one classroom to the next in the parish school. The kids all wear costumes. No ghosts, goblins, ogres, skeletons, etc. Nothing grotesque or morbid. Many dress as saints, angels, or famous people. Some come as doctors, firemen, policemen, nurses, scarecrows, clowns, etc. We end with a closing prayer.
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2007-04-03 16:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If that's the case do you also blow out your candles on birthday cakes this is also a pagan/wiccan practice and is in fact the only time when its acceptable to blow out a candle
Samhain Pronounced sow-in witch you know as halloween is at the time when most witch's believe the the Vail between the two worlds is at it's thinnest,this is also why its known as the day of the dead
2007-04-03 17:02:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I have children, I am going to (if the wife allows) try to refrain from things like Christmas trees, Easter bunnies, and other things along those lines. I want to teach that Christmas is about the birth of Christ, and that Easter is about His resurrection, without which we would be nothing. I would still give presents for Christmas, but stress that it is about the giving, and not the receiving.
I forgot about Halloween...I don't know what I would do then.
2007-04-03 16:29:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
>>Halloween ..... seems to glorify or at least fancy .... witches ... demons .. devils ... monsters ... blood ...... spirits<<
Which is why I think Halloween is a great time for Christians to contemplate the Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell).
2007-04-03 16:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Halloween can become christian, Dress everyone up as people in the bible, or animals. It a children's night out. Teach the children to say treat please. Now it would be a giving night, unto all who celebrate. But never say trick. For u would be like a thief. Its a good night to preach the Gospel to the people around u.
2007-04-03 16:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't celebrate Halloween b/c it magnified the devil and his demons! I know people will say its just for fun and everything but Halloween is suppose to scare people and glorifies the devil.
2007-04-03 16:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by Eric T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋