Christians - You OK with Halloween?

Answer 1

Halloween is about letting your kids go out and dress up for one night, get a bunch of Candy, and hang out with there little buddies. People like to put a spin on it and say it is of the Devil. Everything can have a Spin on it to be of Satan. In the begining Christianity had nothing but good intentions and so did most religions. Whether you agree with what the preached or not. Now look at it. Every religion has there own spin. Self proclaimed christians are making other Christians look bad by judging and pointing Fingers at other Religions and Even people of no Religion.

Now with that being said. I am sure Halloween started out with nothing but good intentions and People now want to say it is of the Devil or it is Satanic. Say what you will, Halloween is F'N Sweet.

Thanks for your Question I hope i gave you a pretty open minded Reply.

Kevin Compton

Answer 2

It really depends on your reason for celebrating it!
It is always good to celebrate and get into the neighborly spirit. For some this is the only time they see who is living aroung them. So I say, It is healthy to get into the spirit and share with your friends but if you use it as an opportunity to grand stand religous ideals then it becomes overshadowed by guilt and pagan references.

I think God, would be OK, with us, having fun and dressing up as fictional characters, as long as we aren't using them as idolic representations of our beliefs.

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.

The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of "bobbing" for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.

By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the dead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls', were called Hallowmas.

Answer 3

Nothing wrong with kids dressing up, getting candy, having a party - but there are spiritual aspects that are troubling - for example alot of violent and dark movies come out for Halloween, and alot of dark spiritual things go on associated with it.
I think we have to be careful.

Our church has "trunk or treat" - we line up cars, open the trunks and give out candy in the church parking lot - and it has grown so that we have a food court, carnival games... it is really fun, and a safe place. Last year there were 3,000 kids and over 10,000 people overall.

Answer 4

For my family, Halloween is about dressing up in a pretty princess costume, going to a festival with food and drink and games and moonwalks, then coming home to go mooch candy off the neighbors.

That's it, no "evil" to it, just a fun night for us all. If that's the only meaning it has, that's the only meaning there is.

If you spend Halloween sacrificing cats, doing evil deeds and howling at the moon, then that's the meaning it has and it's evil.

Answer 5

I am a born again Christian and I think its fine to trick or treat and be a part of halloween. I do follow what God convicts me of ...the kids cannot wear spooky , evil costumes and dress up like witches and all that. Also you can use it as a chance to witness... they hand you candy.. the kids can hand them back a bible tract. No adult will say NO to a child :) Also its not the holiday its your heart.

Answer 6

I'm pretty okay with it, I don't undersstand how running around asking for candy is that satanic. Still I have a few rules....

1. You can't dress up as angels, devils, greek gods, etc.
2 . You CANNOT egg houses.

If my kids follow those rules, I'll be all set.

Answer 7

It's origin was 'Hallow's Eve' - the night before All Saint's Day, which is a Holy Day of Obligation for Christians. It is a child's holiday, and I can't object to it, as long as my children don't get caught up in it.

Answer 8

Some of my fondess memories are running up and down the street collecting candy in some home made costume.Never hurt a dog gone thing.Wanna take the "evil" out of it? Just change the name to costume day,or masquerade day.

Answer 9

we dont celebrate halloween beacause it deals with satan.
it gives bad spirits the chance to do what they want.
my church does something else they have a carnival for kids. they can dress up as superheros and excedera.

but if you do think about it knowbody really celebrates the true meaning of halloween. now its all about dressing up and getting candy.

Answer 10

Sure---Hallowed Evening---(Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name)---it means Holy---It is the night before All Saints Day.

To those that death has to be really considered such as the fundie ilk---I can see where it would be disconcerting---but, not Catholics.