Who thinks halloween should be recognised by the church as a religious holiday?
2007-10-31 01:07:59 · 11 answers · asked by SARNIE 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is a Catholic holy day. Feast of All Souls. November 1st is the Feast of All Saints.
What it really is - It was a pagan holy day and when the Catholics converted the pagans (Religiously or by force) they wanted to change their holiday into a religious one but ended up blending the two together into Holloween.
2007-10-31 01:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by Tom E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween SHOULD NOT be recognised by the church - it isn't a christian holiday. Yet another holiday that the christians took over to try and eradicate our religion (paganism)
It should however be recognised as the religious holiday it is - Samhain
2007-10-31 09:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is the day before the religious holiday.
The holiday is All Saints Day, which is Nov.1st!
2007-10-31 08:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by lundstroms2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest i think the last thing any neo pagans would want is for a Christian church to take over their holiday.
2007-10-31 08:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think it is the church that should have only one day of the year and the ghosts and goblins can have all the other days.
Yes I do know where the name came from.
2007-10-31 09:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone should just stop making it an issue ...
go out with the kids ...
have fun and leave religion out of it
Samhain is the religious holiday around this time of year
so let the Pagans do their thing and wish them a happy Samhain
and we just go eat candy and get toothache
2007-10-31 08:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Luke 10:18
And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
There are two ways of looking at Halloween. Sure, from a Christian
perspective it's not especially great to have the kidlets dressing up as
the devil and whatnot. On the other hand, look at it from the devil's
perspective. You revolted against God and fell from heaven in this
primordial struggle against God Almighty Himself. In your titanic pride you
had high hopes of establishing yourself supreme in the universe. You
committed your greatest act of terrorism against God when you convinced His
own precious Adam and Eve to revolt against Him. You brought death
into the human race and you thought you had it made when God, as it
appeared to you, insanely chose to become human. On Good Friday you finally
had Him in your hand and you killed Him with all the savagery your
fallen angelic mind could invent. And now, for two thousand years, you've
been watching your revolt crumble as the Risen One turned all your
schemes into life for your victims and mockery for you. Now, so far from
ruling the universe, your face is on some stupid mask worn by a
6-year-old and the creatures you hoped to destroy are writing meditations
like this one to pull your pointy nose and remind you that the Christ you
killed has defeated you utterly.
Memo to Satan: Happy Halloween, loser!
2007-10-31 15:53:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way.
The Catholic Church has already holidays for the souls of the dead and the saints in heaven.
2007-10-31 08:40:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
key word: HALLOW
definition:
1. to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
2. to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate
"een" is actually the word "eve", it has just changed over the many years.
2007-10-31 08:12:15 · answer #9 · answered by Ghost Wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of church? Some do........
2007-10-31 08:11:47 · answer #10 · answered by Gyspy Soul 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋