Christians & other believers: Halloween question?

Question

We all know that Halloween has pagan roots. Some Christians I know will not do anything to celebrate the holiday because it is "of the Devil". Others see no harm in it Halloween is about what you make it about, kids getting candy and playing lets-pretend. Meanwhile, the Christians that shun Halloween put up Christmas trees, (pagan) and go to church on Sunday, which came from pagan roots because the original sabbath was Saturday but Constantine the Great changed it when he mixed the two religions into one, to the day the pagans worshipped the SUN god (sun-day). I could go on and on about all the "Christian" practices that are rooted in paganism. The point being do we have the spirit or not. And I personally do not see anything wrong with Halloween provided you're not using it to worship the Devil. What are your thoughts?


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep rude and pointless answers to yourself.
Thanks

Answer 1

I do think it depends on a persons views. Yes, Saturday would be the Sabbath, but most people get Sunday off. So, naturally I'm glad my church is open on Sundays. If our governemt were to say that Saturday will be the day of rest and most businesses are closed, then that would be the day to go to church. I don't think it matters to God.He wants us to worship Him daily.
As for Christmas. We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ during this time. That is my main focus.
On Halloween, we used to attend church harvest festivals. Our kids dressed up in harmless costumes, played games and got candy. I have mixed feelings about it. We imagine Halloween as cute little kids go from door to door and ask for candy. That's part of it, however, I have seen adults and older children show a different aspect of it. It is a temptation to participate in it. I don't feel it's a sin. Children are easily impressed, and I have seen some disgusting costumes that show nothing but evil. So there is a temptation to seek the "dark" that has nothing to do with candy. That's why I prefer to go to a place where I know this temptation will not be available and have fun playing games and getting candy as a reward.

Answer 2

Ok well for christians to go out and participate in halloween, christmas, and easter may not know what it really means. I will give you my stand point on these 3. One Halloween is the devil's day it is a day of magic, I can't remember if it is wiccan or pagan. Either way that is why I don't and won't let me child do it. Christmas, well I used to do the whole chirstmas tree thing but was further knowledged about what christmas is really about. So actually the tree thing may have come from there but the true meaning of christmas did not. Christmas is the day we observe Christ's birth, so it has nothing to do with pagan. The sinful world changed it into the trees and what not. As for easter that is the day the Lord was resurrected, well maybe not the exact day (I don't know maybe it is). So the easter bunny, well you can have that pagans. So don't forget that the real meanings behind these "holidays" are not what the world has formed it into.

Also for our church what they did on halloween was the kids dressed up as bible characters. Than from there they were graded on who had the best costume, but all the kids walked away with something. So you can turn it into a bible type of event, or you can just ignore which is what I'm doing. Even though I would love to sit outside and scare all the kids that came to the door.

Answer 3

Do you know a lot of Christians are changing from Sunday worship to Saturday which is the Sabbath? They are also changing Christmas from Santa to Christ, but they are also ignoring Halloween completely.

The Pagans have made Christians realize that they should be considering the Day of Pentecost and Hebrew feasts more than the pagan thoughts of Constantine.

The traditions of the Christian church are being seriously considered since the Day of the Lord is near. Anyone with knowledge of God's Word knows that Jesus had a great problem with the traditions of the Pharisees in the Temple of God.

Judgment begins with the house of God. The Holy Spirit is getting the Saints right.

Answer 4

First of all- Rachel: Evil-Lyn!, Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate Halloween, no funny costumes, no orange clothes, no pranks from their children, no ugly pumpkins in the window- nothing!

We know God wants his people to have NOTHING to do with false religion, so how can a Christian justify dressing up and being happy acting as an agent of God's chief enemy?

Christians are no longer under the obligation to observe the Sabbath, everyone knows that. Jehovah's Witnesses do not have a special day of worship, their meetings are held any day of the week that most people in the congregation are free from work, school, etc. In most parts of the world that day is Sunday, in others Saturday, in yet others, Monday!

They do not celebrate Christmas either.

P.S: It's good that you can see that most ''Christians'' really are not!

Answer 5

I've been asking the same questions here the past couple of days, I don't let my kids go, I use to, but I'm trying to get a general opinion and there are many, some find no fault at all in it, some believe it's a Christian holiday, others think it's a day for witches to do rituals and Satanists do their thing. I have not come up with a straight answer if it is evil or not, I think it is but if the churches say it's holy then who am I to disagree? Maybe I will let my kids go when I get more solid answers, but until I do they’re staying home.

Answer 6

Well, personally I do not put up Christmas trees or any of that.

Now the part about the Sabbath being changed, there are many myths used by the Cults. Saying Constantine "Changed" it, and there is another version about the Pope Changing it. As much as I like busting on the Pope, he did not change it either.

The old law was the Saturday Sabbath, you were not to do ANYTHING on that day. Because if you did anything, it was like you were trying to add something to your way of being saved.

When Jesus died on the cross, he fullfilled ALL of the Mosaic law, including the Sabbath. We fullfill the sabbath by having Faith in Jesus.

Now we read in Acts 20:7 that Christians are to gather on the first day of the week, Sunday.

The spiritual meaning of the Sabbath is that we are saved by nothing buy Grace, and just like back then, we are to add NOTHING to our salvation ourselves.

I hope this has opened your eyes. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. This is a great example how the cults take things out of context, and make up rumors.

It is ironic that most people will not fact check when I tell them something,

Answer 7

I am a streight from the Bible christain, I keep Sat. Sabbath not Sunday, And no the ten commandments were not nailed to the cross. Christ himself said that we are to love the Lord with all our hearts and love our neighbour as ourselves. On these two hang all the commandments and if you break one you break them all. No one has any good in them but that that good comes from Christ weither they believe in him or not.
And when "christains" in the past or present or future are not acting very Christ like it is because they have thrown out or diviated from Christ teachings. That said I am very aware of the meaning behind x-mas and how it was changed to what it is today. I don't mind getting gifts and I give them I even have a live in the pot christmas tree in my living room at X-mas. I have other plants in my house as well. The holiday has been so changed and if it now at least once a year brings some peoples minds to the sacrafice Christ made for us to come to our sinfilled world and live a perfect life for us and die for us then I think it is okay. "christmas trees" do not mean what I believe it was VW said it did. The Balls on christmas trees used to be babies sculls decorated (from children sacrafices) mistoe was a "sacred" plant to the druieds and so was oak trees the germans used pine trees instead in their worship so that is where we got that from.
As for Holloween there is nothing remotely Christ-tian about it. It started out as a pagan holiday and still is. Witches and ghost and such. The Bible says that once you are dead you are sleeping and know nothing and have no part under the sun. So ghost are simply evil angles impersonating people who have died. Where is Christ in that? There is nothing wrong with dressing up as something but it can be done on another day. And candy well who needs that much candy?

Answer 8

IMO, whatever the holiday celebrated on Oct. 31 once was, Halloween is now a secular holiday. The holiday Samhain observed by some Pagans on that same day is religious, but the two holidays are now very different. I see nothing wrong with kids having fun dressing up and going trick-or-treating.

Answer 9

Hi Camille! What strikes me about the majority of answers you've received, with the exception of a few, is that these people have decided for "themselves" that it's okay for them and other Christians to celebrate Halloween instead of reading listening and adhering to what God has to say about it. I don't celebrate it, I never allowed my children to celebrate it, neither in school, in the community or at home. I don't hand out candy and have no intention of ever doing so. I will not condone, promote or allow myself or my family to become entangled in acts of evil and the bottom line is Halloween is all about evil.

Answer 10

As a Christian, I can tell you, for me, and I think any reasonable person, it has nothing to do with "roots". It's all about what's in your heart and mind and what you do with those things. There's nothing inherently wrong with Halloween or anything like that.

With that said however, I'm surprised you don't see the distinction. Evergreen trees and Easter eggs can easily be transferred in people's minds to symbols of life and holiness. How do you pull that off with Halloween's overt symbols of darkness, ghosts and devils?