a bible question?

Question

what is a good verse that talks about halloween
and/or why celebrating it is bad.

please&thanks

Answer 1

Halloween is actually like Christmas Eve. The night before a Christian holy day.

It is the eve of All Saint's Day or All Hallows Eve or Halloween. Just like "hallowed be Thy name."

But just like Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday), Halloween has taken on a life of its own.

Christians including Catholics do not fear death, evil, or satan. In Christ, we can laugh in the face of death.

From an email I received:

Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside, and scoops out all the yucky stuff--including the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you to shine for all the world to see.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Halloween and the celebration of the same is not mentioned in the bible.

Literally everything that has been developed by humankind in the last 100 years, including airplanes, automobiles, submarines, telephones, radios, television, microwave ovens, refridgerators, aeresol sprays, deodorant, chewing gum, tobacco products, light bulbs, VCRs, DVDs, vitamins, etc., etc., etc., are not mentioned in the bible (nor any of the scriptures of the three major monotheistic religions).

God seems to have left out a large amount of things during his dictation to the various prophets which seems odd for an "all knowing, supreme being".

Halloween was a pagan Celtic celebration used to attempt to apease the dead.

With the spread of Christianity into Eire, as elsewhere, local customs were adopted by the Roman Catholic church and "Christianized". Halloween was one of those so converted. In the early Celtic Christian church, gourds were hollowed out and candles or oil was put into them so as to contruct lanterns. The local populace placed them along the path from the cemetary to the altar of the church so that the souls following the lights would be lead to the church and the altar and , thereby, to heaven and peace. (At that time, cemetaries were next door to the church proper). This was done the day after "All Saints Day" and became known as "All Souls Day" on the calendar of the Church.

Halloween is not an "evil" nor a "Satanic" holiday / celebration unless you choose to make it so.

Happy Halloween to one and all.

Answer 3

A Strange Superstition
Halloween is one of the strangest holidays mankind celebrates. It is an amazing paradox, an unusual mixture of Christian terms and ancient pagan religious rites. Moreover, despite the technological and intellectual advancements our society has made, it still clings to ignorance of the past. As a result, we celebrate ancient superstitions by partaking in pagan rites, dressing up as witches, goblins, ghosts, skeletons, and demons.
What is this holiday? Where did it come from and why is it celebrated? It certainly did not come from the Bible or the early Christian church raised up by Jesus Christ and the apostles (Mt. 16:13-17). Consider what authorities say regarding the origin and practice of Halloween.

Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, Volume 12 says,
"It was a Druidic belief that on the eve of this festival, Saman, lord of death, called together the wicked souls that within the past 12 months had been condemned to inhabit the bodies of animals..."

Answer 4

The Bible does not directly talk about Halloween.
It's true name's are:
All Hallows Eve - All Saints Day - The Festival of Samhain.
It was originally a Pagan Festival celebrated by early Irish and Scot descendants. They believe on this evening, all the spirits of the dead, both good and bad, walk the earth.
Children would dress in hideous masks and even receive payment to play around people's houses in order to "fool" the spirits into moving onto the next house because the spirits were suppose to believe the children were spirits also.

The Christian Church does not want their followers to participate in Halloween because of it's Pagan beginnings and the Evils associated with it.

Answer 5

Sorry can't find the verse. What I heard is that it comes from a belief that spirits of the dead come back and walk the earth and all hallow's eve is the time period where we spend time appeasing the dead and honoring them so they won't haunt us. I think it's kind of sweet. People get a kick out of scaring each other in funny ways to get rid of the fear that they like to hide. It's too bad that others get even more scared or decide to be mean to someone. It's even worse when a bunch of people in church decide to talk bad about the people that celebrate it and tell them that it is worshipping the devil. It's not meant for that. People that worship the Devil don't wait for a holiday to worship him and they seem to enjoy telling you who they are. What do I know?

Answer 6

Halloween actually means Hallow Even or the Eve of All Hallows. In the eighth century Pope Gregory III established November 1 as the date for a feast to honor all the saints, it being called All Saints’ Day. According to The Catholic Encyclopedia, it is a feast of the highest rank. Since all saints are considered hallowed people, the eve of the feast in their behalf came to be called Eve of All Hallows, or, for short, Halloween
Does Halloween mean to you honoring dead saints and commemorating the departed by praying for their souls? Although Halloween and its associated festivals are religious feasts of Christendom in honor and in behalf of the dead, where is the Scriptural precedent for them? None can be found. When Cornelius fell at the feet of the apostle Peter to give honor to him, Peter did not approve, but said, “Rise; I myself am also a man.” Even when the apostle John fell down to worship an angel, he was rebuked: “Be careful! Do not do that! . . . Worship God,” was the angel’s command. (Acts 10:26; Rev. 19:10) The apostle Paul also warned about being deprived of the prize of life by men who would sponsor “a form of worship of the angels.” Wisely Christians avoid any celebration that is for the purpose of honoring anyone except God.—Col. 2:18.
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Answer 7

Halloween is a Paganistic celebration.

Well, to be true, Christianity includes some Paganistic celebrations too, starting by the (supposed) date of birth of the Christian savior, around the winter solstice.

Anyways: the man-god concept is also a Paganistic one.

Answer 8

“And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers.” (Mal 3:5)

“…are dogs, and sorcerers, and unchaste, and murderers, and servers of idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.” (Rev 22:15)

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev 21:8)

The most fundamental seems to be Rev 22:15 considering the love of sorcery which I was guilty of in my “old man”.

I heard that Halloween is blown out of proportion today. It’s better to study the lives of the saints, and following the narrow road to eternal life. And few are them that find it.
(cf. Mt 7:13-14)

This tells me how different am I then everyone else?

Answer 9

I think it really depends on how you celebrate it. I am a born again christian and I celebrate Halloween. I understand the pagan background but most holidays have a pagan ancestry. I don't celebrate them that way. On Halloween we pass out good candy and either the gospel of John or some sort of cartoon tract. It's all about attitude and who you put first every day of your life.

Answer 10

I don't know as the 'Bible does even mention it. Halloween is important to me as it is the one time of the year that the wall cutting the living off from the dead is the thinest at this time. That was also why it was important to pagans, and still is. Religions today borrowed many things of import from the pagans. yeah pagans go!

Blessed Be