Do you celebrate Halloween?

Question

Do you give out candy or get into the spirt? State your religion too pelase.

Answer 1

I am christian in what I believe, but yes I do to a point celebrate halloween, more for the kids to have fun we go down town only for trick or treating, the local businesses give out candies and the streets are mainly shut down so it's a safe alternative to going out after dark in the neighborhoods. I don't give out candy though, I usually eat it all lol, and we live in the country so no one has ever stopped here.

Answer 2

No. Christians should not have any part in this occult holiday.

As some of your answers above show, Halloween is not only a pagan holiday it is also a Black Sabbath celebrated by occultist. It was introduced into general acceptance as a christian practice by the RCC in their continuing efforts to add to their political power by increasing their numbers. Rather than have any real faith and hope in the God of the Bible and His Laws, the RCC has striven to become the all inclusive "universal" church by adopting beliefs from all religions and claiming them to be Christian.

You need to send for and read the free book at the link below and read for yourself where this un-Biblical practice came from.

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Edit: I am not a JW, and find many of their beleifs to be unBiblical, but the answer below me by Bill is awesome!

Answer 3

I don't celebrate Holloween. I celebrate Sam-Hain. Also, "living4HIM": Pagans are not Satanists. Satin is a Christian concept. Pagans are not Christian. The names Satan and Lucifer are not ever orrigonally Christian. They were orrigonally the names of the gods of some of the earth based religions. They were changed into the Devil, simply to cause conversion in the areas that the names were used in.

Even Halloween is a great example of the absorbtion of practices. The nature worshipers would celebrate the end of the harvest on or near October 31st. When the church came along, they made their holiday to celebrate the dead on the same day to get the other faiths involved. Eventually, familiarity caused conversion.

Answer 4

I give out tons of candy, no matter how much I buy, I always run out. It's so funny where I live, unlike when I was young, parents now use cellphones and call each other when they find people that do give out the candy. On my street only about 4 people give it out, so parents drop their children in front of my house and down the street , they pick them up and head to another street. I am a Christian I do not believe in witches, goblins, spells, etc. That makes the holiday negative. To me it is a harvest holiday and I believe that kids need to have fun so I don't get into costume but i do hang a spider over the shrubs in my front yard.

Answer 5

Halloween is hands down the best holiday! I think it's great fun for kids and adults. It can help teach kids to face fears and gives them a chance to be creative. I probably give out too much candy. Although I am hopeful that their parents are monitoring their intake. I try to take advantage of all Harvest/Halloween activities in my area. It's even more fun now that my husband and I have our daughter to share it with. I am an Atheist.

Answer 6

Candy=good.

Answer 7

LAST YEAR, while his neighbors were busy preparing for Halloween, in some countries, a popular annual holiday with strong spiritistic overtones, 14-year-old Michael in Canada had other things on his mind. In an essay that he wrote for school, Michael stated:

‘Tonight is the night before Halloween. As I look outside my window, I see that all my neighbors’ lawns are decorated with tombstones and skeletons and that jack-o’-lanterns light their windows. Parents are making adjustments to their children’s costumes; children are dreaming about how much candy they’ll get tomorrow.

‘My family is different. Our lawn isn’t decorated, and our windows aren’t lit up. People ask me why I don’t celebrate Halloween. Basically, Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t celebrate it because of its origins.

‘Surprisingly, I like Halloween time. “Why?” you may ask. Because it makes me think. It makes me think about the reason I choose not to do certain things. Each person has to answer for himself whether the origins of a custom matter. I think that the origins do matter. For example, most people would get upset if their neighbors got dressed up as Nazis. Why? Because of the origins of Nazi uniforms and what they stand for, principles that most people find offensive.

I find the principles offensive that the devil, wicked spirits, and witches represent, and I don’t want to be associated with them. It’s good to think about the choices we make and our reasons for making them and to make choices based on principle rather than on what is popular. That’s why I like this time of year. I am proud to be different and to stand by what I believe in.’

Answer 8

On the secular holiday of Halloween, I have no problem with handing out candy if I could make sure my cats don't get out...

I don't celebrate it as a religious holiday even though other Pagans do. I celebrate other religious festivals around the same time of year though.

Many Hellenic Polytheists like myself celebrate the Thesmophoria festival in honor of Demeter around this time...

Answer 9

I celebrate All Hallows Eve in the traditional way. I cook sumptuous banquets and put them on the graves of my ancestors. I leave treats around my home so that vandals will not break into my house while I'm away all night and I dress like a ghoul so that any wandering spirit will mistake me for dead and not posses me.

Answer 10

I'm a mystic and I certainly celebrate it! It's a traditional and most raised trick or treating as children would continue to do so. I love the pumpkins, hay stacks, scarecrows and all the other decorations celebrating the fall.

The day was originally more like a pagan Memorial Day. The "evil" was added to it by outside faiths.