Does halloween has got something do with satanism or something like that?

Question

I heard a priest telling parents not to let children go out in halloween for candy because , he says its satanic

Answer 1

Some people just don't know anything. Halloween is the celebration of the fall season, the harvest, the midway point between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice as the days get shorter, and is celebrated by pagans, who are not satanists, but people who celebrate nature. So, no, it is not a "satanic" holiday.

Answer 2

Halloween was originally called Samhain (pronounced Soween) by Celtic tribes. After a while, the Church came along and tried to change pagan holidays to Catholic ones. Then it was called 'All Hallows Eve'...which is where the name Halloween came from. Since it was basically the Celts version of the 'Day of the Dead', they dressed in costumes so the spirits, good or bad, would not recognize them. The ancients left food out and there were always pranksters, over the years trick or treating developed.
For whatever reason, the church could never convert it entirely so literalists assume it's Satanic since they don't understand the concept of anything existing that is not Satanic or Christian.
But now, it's mostly a day to get dressed up and either go trick'or'treating or have/go to a party.
Oh, some go to Haunted houses and others seem to celebrate rotting corpses and anything scary.
Edit: Preacher-How on earth does a festival celebrating the dead make it Satanic? Does not everything die? Mexico has a huge population of Catholics and they have a 'Day of the Dead'. They're hardly Satanic and their holiday is very similar to Halloween.
Keep educating yourself and you'll learn the difference between Satanic and Pagan.

Answer 3

I'm rather surprised that a Catholic priest was saying that (consider the fact that Catholics brought Halloween to the U.S.), normally that is left more to the Protestants. But to answer your question, no Halloween, Samhain, Day of the Dead, etc are by no means Satanic. They are ways of celebrating the second harvest, celebrating the new year, and for honoring the dead. The entire conscept of Satan is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Christian church. Pagans nor Jews believe there is such a creature.
P.S.- The Vernal Equinox is in spring, Samhain is a cross-quarter day.

Answer 4

YES!!The modern holiday of Halloween has it's origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain. The Festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is regarded as 'The Celtic New Year'.[2] Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The Ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.[3][4] When the Romans occupied Celtic territory, several Roman traditions were also incorporated into the festivals. Feralia, a day celebrated in late October by the Romans for the passing of the dead as well as a festival which celebrated the Roman Goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit were incorporated into the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposed origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.[

Answer 5

Nope. The priest was lying.

Halloween traditions such as dressing up in scary costumes, and leaving goodies on the doorstep, were originally practiced so to SCARE AWAY EVIL SPIRITS and protect one's family. Why would a priest have a problem with that?

He'll probably lie to you about Satanism, too. FYI, Satanists DON'T worship the Christian devil, or do anything 'evil'. Nobody believes in Satan except Christians.

Answer 6

No. It's based on the Pagan holidy honoring the Vernal Equinox. In which the days and nights were supposed to be equally split.

Then came the ancestor worship, then all saint's day, then all hallows eve. No where in it's history does it contain anything satanic.

Answer 7

It is a pagan holiday, so in Christians eyes it is satanic. Christians tried to convert the pagan holiday (can't recall the name) into All hollows eve, before all saints day, where the dead can return to earth. But it retained it's pagan roots more so that Christmas and Easter.

What they fail to realize is that Christmas and Easter are both celebrated on those dates for easy conversion of pagans to Christianity.

I know many Christians who celebrate it out of fun, they don't take it seriously.

Answer 8

Festival of Samhain is the most common link to the old holiday. It was a Celtic celebration of harvest time, the end of their year, and time that was considered especially easy to converse with the dead and perform magic....

The CHRISTIANs perverted the holiday by creating All Saint's Day on November 1st, as an effort to convert the locals to the GRAND Religion....
It is thought that the tradition of children dressing up and going door to door.. originated in Scotland... Where children went door to door dressed up and entertained... if it was enjoyable they were rewarded with treats, sweets, or money.

IT is not a day of Devil worship..... Only the totally misinformed or ignorant belief this to be true...
Please, please, never Blindly follow Anyone... always research and seek to understand.... Remember: Seek and Ye shall find.

May your god, or goddess, bless you on this day of days.

Answer 9

I think Satanic means worshiping the Devil- dressing up as a clown or a fairy princess doesn't mean the individual (child) is a devil worshiper. Just tell him to put the Jackolanterns out and the ghouls will stay away.

Answer 10

Halloween is no more satanic than Christmas or Easter. (although Easter has a stronger claim to christianity than anyother holiday)

If you dont want to celebrate holidays b/c they have an attachment to pagan holiday's, the bible supports you.


If you do want to celebrate, the bible supports you.

It is up to you and how you wish to express your faith in god. Now if you were to take offering in (insert idol's name here) that would be the screw-up.