poll:do you think it's hypocritical for churches to celebrate Halloween?

Answer 1

Yes, Halloween is a pagan ritual.

Answer 2

NO because Halloween has nothing to do with religion it is a tradition that was started years ago.. Is it wrong for us to tell our kids that Santa Claus is not real that all that Christmas is is a birthday party for JESUS. Some people just carry things to the extre


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.

Answer 3

How so?
Halloween is a traditional celebration, a feast day before All Saints Day. We remember those past, we celebrate the Autumn harvest, we celebrate imagination and creativity, and the fun of being children again. We enjoy the shivers of being spooked in a safe atmosphere, and we're rewarded for our bravery with candy!
Churches are community, living in the world. If they help celebrate safely and with fun, how is that hypocritical?

Answer 4

No: actually Halloween means "The Eve (night before) All Hallows". Hallows means "holy ones".

November 1st is All Saint's day ... that's what Halloween is supposed to be celebrating.

It's a sacred day in the Christian calendar.

Answer 5

No. I used to go to a private school when I was very young.....10 yrs ago? We had a halloween night, but I think we called it Harvest Festival. That's what all the public schools have to call it now as well.

Answer 6

it's so overwhelmed by other hypocritical things done in most of america's churches how could i even notice?


i like halloween. i like going to church. i just like having an excuse to dress silly give out candy and put spooky decorations up. that's all. that's all it is to me.

Answer 7

not hypocritical, but kinda weird to try to throw the christianity thing in-what I mean is theis one church in town is having an alternate "harvest"festival for kids to go, instead of normal halloween stuff...

Answer 8

I think it kind of is.

however our halloween comes from mexico's day of the dead which is when they celebrate the lives of their passed loved ones. so mayb not.

Answer 9

Technically yes it is, but most everything else churches do is also hypocritical. So I say let em do whatever the hell they want.

Answer 10

No. It's a wonderful celebration!