2007-10-06 18:33:06 · 17 answers · asked by sketch_mylife 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its due to its Pagan orgins that have the Christians in an uproar. There is nothing demonic about the holiday. In truth it is the last harvest of the year and a day to remember the family and friends who have passed away.
To pagans its the day that the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead are the thinnest and therefore those who have passed away might be able to communicate with the living.
For children its an innocent day of fun and frolic. How can making children happy with candy and fun be evil?
Lighten up people.
2007-10-06 19:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by aviana_snowwolfe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween was started as a holiday that makes fun of Christians, namely Catholics. It is called "All Hallows Eve" because it is the evening before the christian holiday of All Saints Day. Non-Christians would make fun of the Catholics for remembering the dead on All Saints Day by dressing up as ghosts and goblins the evening before. It has been skewed over the years to a day when people dress in all and sundry and go trick or treating. It could be the greeting card company's idea of making a buck. But, today, with the Goth movement and most people not understanding that whole thing that makes parents a bit leery about taking a chance about celebrating the devil. This is not what Halloween, the holiday for kids getting candy, was meant for. It's all in what you make it. If you make it evil then it will be evil. If you make it fun and non-destructive then it will be fun and non-destructive. I'm a parent, a parochial school graduate, and a Catholic and we still celebrate Halloween as a fun day to dress up weirder than usual. Even the nuns let us dress up as long as we were a saint or an angel.
2007-10-06 18:54:38 · answer #2 · answered by DW 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its becoming voguish that its somehow pagan-ish. Really, its terrific for kids. It's a religious holiday - for saints, I think - All-hallowed eve. I doubt if more than a couple of adult Americans out of a hundred associate any archaic evil doings with it.
A cynic might even say that, like Christmas, the celebration has been guided by commercial interests -- Halloween is right up there with Easter and Valentine's Day for candy sales -- in the billions of dollars.
2007-10-06 18:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by te144 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate Christmas. I hate Easter, and I am a Christian.
Except for a very few, there is not an attempt to Christianize Halloween. I like Halloween. I like the candy, and the costumes. I think it's fun. As long as there isn't anyone taking Halloween as a Christian festival (who are taken seriously) , then it will continue being either nothing to me, or fun - depending on what's going on.
2007-10-06 19:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of pagan origins for Halloween. It was the Day of the Dead originally, and the jack-o-lanterns were to scare off evil spirits and the food was an offering to dead family members. So for some, it bothers their conscience or at times directly conflicts with their religions beliefs, to take part in it.
But free candy does make up for the origins in my book.
2007-10-06 18:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by jenny l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am a Christian and I think it is all how you Celebrate it... I don't see anything wrong with it..In My opinion it is a children's holiday that ADULT"S JUST LOVE TOO>> We treat it as just a day to dress up and have fun and yes GET FREE CANDY..lol.. and watch "SCAREY" movies(well for a six year olds...so like.. Scooby Doo.. lol.)
In the town I grew up in we use to have Halloween parties in the Church's Fellowship hall and had little games for the kids.. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN... Growing up this was OUR alternative to Trick or Treating..
BUT obviously if you "TRY" to raise the Dead and actually worship the Devil like SOME people do.. than YEAH I am totally against that. So that is why so many other people don't like it and won't celebrate it.
2007-10-06 18:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by af wife 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Halloween is also called Sowain by wiccans. In Celtic tradition, halloween was the start of the new year. Anton Lavey crowed halloween as one of the most important satanic festivals. I think it is the pagan origins that offend some people.
2007-10-06 20:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People now believe it is somehow worshiping Satan. Interesting thing is, a couple of years ago, people did not see it that way, not even the churches.
I know this because I am 61 years old and remember when churches, a Southern Baptist Church mine, had Halloween Parties, real Halloween Parties, not Fall Festivals.
At one of them, my mother, dressed as a gypsy, told fortunes. At another, I went as a black cat and won the costume contest.
Then some preacher got up there in the pulpit and started preaching about the evils of Halloween, mostly to keep the religious base, read religious right, stirred up, I think; and, since some people believe anything they hear from the pulpit... it worked!
This sort of thing is a large part of why I no longer go to church.
2007-10-06 18:37:26 · answer #8 · answered by geniepiper 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I didn't know that there was an anti halloween thing going on
2007-10-06 18:36:00 · answer #9 · answered by Y!@n$werer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh yet Christians don't seem to have a problem with the pagan origins of Christmas.
The RR just seeks any opportunity to make a fuss over what other people are doing. They are the nosiest people on the planet imo.
2007-10-06 18:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋