halloween?

[DailyBlessings]

You know, I used to enjoy Halloween, but in recent years I've liked it far less. It just seems to me that the world has grown dark enough of it's own accord without a holiday to worship the darkness. I dislike that in America at least, Halloween is becoming a holiday celebrated on a greater scale than Easter or Thanksgiving. Where is the love? Or the sensitivity? A friend of mine was killed last November in Iraq, shot in the head when they were attacked by surprise. The attackers were also killed. What would it say about me if I decorated my doorstep with a fake corpse, even "just for fun"? I don't know, but I can't bring myself to get into the spirit this year. Today, I think I will just go to church (Reformation sunday! Lefsa! Yay!) go home, go to bed, and sleep til Monday.

 

[PaladinValer]

What does everyone think on Halloween?

By which form? The secular Halloween? The Christian celebrations of Reformation Day (Lutherans) or All Hallow's Eve (Pretty much all "catholics")? The Neopagan celebration of Samhain?

Why should Christians celebrate a pagan holiday??

Fallacy of equivocation. See my above reply to jesusfreak54 to see why. Lambslove, I highly suggest reading up on your Church History...

It was created by the candy company based on ideas by pagan beleifes....

Historically inaccurate. The "candy companies" never created anything to do with it other than to help spread the secular practice of Halloween around.

It's not a pagan holiday, but peoples conscience caused them to think that there is actually something "evil" about it.

Fallacy of equivocation. See again my reply to jesusfreak54 a few paragraphs above.

Halloween was originally a Pagan fesival on Samhain. It was when the dead were honored and symbolized the beginning of the colder part of the year. The Christian church couldn't stop people from celebrating it, so they just "Christianized" it.
Source: neopagan.com

Nope; sorry. The modern secular celebration of Halloween stems mainly from Celtic and Roman beliefs. However, the celebration of All Hallow's Mass is uniquely Christian; please read up on Church History, as All Saint's Day was celebrated before on an entirely different day (during May, if memory serves me correct) before being moved.

In addition, the practices were already similar, so there was no "Christianization" of it.

Halloween is evil, point blank. Its the day to clebrate evilness and wickedness.

Once again, 1) fallacy of equivocation and 2) Please research Church History.

There are tons and tons of materiall u guys havent read on this holiday. October is just downplayed and fixed by man to look "fun" or as a ordinary day. Thats why its aimed it children.

A day cannot be secular and religious at once? Yet another logical fallacy!

As far as these wiccans comments on this thread. Acourse u guys dont think that Halloween is evil. U guys actually think that your religion is really celebrating "nature" and the moon, then worshipping the devil.

Oh that is going to show them the "error of their ways," etc. 1) Bashing another's religion, regardless of what it is, is just simply pathetic and adds only to the violence and hate this world suffers already from this sort of spiritual abuse. Anyone remember the Religious Wars of Europe? This post is why they happened. 2) If this is your mode of "witnessing," you'll never win any converts. What do the Scriptures say about love? It's kind? It's patient? I see no Christianity in your words.

Did Jesus, his apostles, or 1st century Christians (as recorded in the Bible) celebrate Halloween or Day of the Dead or All Saint's Day......or even the latest new name....Harvest Day?

Did they believe in the principles of a democracy? Nope. I guess that's Satanic too...

This post (and the other by lared) is simply just bad logic.

 

[DailyBlessings]

Reformation Day has nothing to do with Halloween...

 

[CurlyCrown]

Did Jesus, his apostles, or 1st century Christians (as recorded in the Bible) celebrate Halloween or Day of the Dead or All Saint's Day......or even the latest new name....Harvest Day?

Umm, well no, for two very good reasons. First, Jesus was Jewish, and second, even if he wanted to he couldn't have because those holidays were created hundreds of years after his death. Silly question if you ask me.

Like I said in another thread, Satan would like nothing more than for Christians to get the heebie jeebies on Halloween and distract you from what he's really doing. Satan will be there tomorrow too. What difference does it make? If I decide to go to a costume party in February, how is that any different from going to one today? I think all Christians who fear Halloween are giving satan WAAY too much credit, and I bet that makes him really happy.

 

[PaladinValer]

Reformation Day occurs on Oct 31st, All Hallow's Eve. It does therefore have a link to the day in question.

 

[DailyBlessings]

Reformation Day occurs on Oct 31st, All Hallow's Eve. It does therefore have a link to the day in question.

Yes, I know that. It's a rather tenuous link though-- My point was it doesn't belong in the group you listed, as it is not relevant to the question. Halloween didn't exist yet when Martin Luther posted his theses, nor did the Reformation play a role in the formation of said holiday. I may have been born on July 4th, but that doesn't make me a signer of the declaration.