Quick Question re: Halloween

[Tea]

Well, scripture came from tradition. And our traditions don't clash with scripture, they are in harmony.

I didn't know this, I always thought that scripture was the inspired words of God, given to men either by Himself or the Holy Spirit?

Yeah, you stepped on toes. You reject halloween for its pagan roots, and then when I bring up the fact that it has christian roots, you move the goalposts and say they're catholic and not based in scripture - as if that makes them non-christian.

As Catholics are Christians, there was no goal post to move. What I would guess she was doing was defining, that this was a "Catholic" tradition, that wasn't acknowledged/practiced in other "Christian" denominations. I also didn't know that halloween came straight from the pages of the bible. Would you be able to give me the bible reference for this please.
Why then has it mainly be celebrated by the Americans and not the rest of the world? Here in Australia it is only in recent years that halloween has even been observed, and not by the churches in general, it is still a secular celebration at this point.

You acknowledge the fact that Jesus was a jew, you value those roots, it would make sense to also acknowledge the catholic roots of all protestant denominations.

I would think that she does acknowledge the Catholic root very well. Sadly most Christian's don't realize that the Catholic church considers all protestant churches her daughters, because of the simple fact that they keep Sunday as their day of worship, and not the 7th day Sabbath as commanded in Scripture, because only the Catholic church has the right to change times and days.

 

[jgonz]

Halloween has Christian roots. It comes from All Hallows Eve. The eve before All Hallows = All Saints, November 1st. Another important Catholic feast day is All Souls, November 2nd. On both days we remember the dead (well to catholics they're not really dead) - on All Saints the canonized saints and on All Souls the others, e.g. family members. That's when people visit their graves (not only on Nov 2, mind ) and light candles and leave flowers and (in some countries) food etc.

Well, scripture came from tradition. And our traditions don't clash with scripture, they are in harmony.

Yeah, you stepped on toes. You reject halloween for its pagan roots, and then when I bring up the fact that it has christian roots, you move the goalposts and say they're catholic and not based in scripture - as if that makes them non-christian.

You acknowledge the fact that Jesus was a jew, you value those roots, it would make sense to also acknowledge the catholic roots of all protestant denominations.

I'm sorry, Halloween does Not have Christian roots. You can ask any pagan believer about Samhain and how it totally predates Any Christian holiday.

I'm sorry I stepped on toes (which I already said). I did not "change the goalposts"~ Halloween is Not a Christian holiday~ it doesn't matter if a person is Catholic, Protestant, or whatever, Halloween is still not a Christian holiday. All Saint's Day is a Catholic holiday which is Not in Scripture. The Day of the Dead is a Catholic holiday and is Not in Scripture. Those are traditions of the Catholic church. You rarely see a protestant church even mentioning those days.

If you want to call them Christian, then those traditions have to come from Scripture~ not the other way around.

I know that protestant denominations originally split off from the Catholic church~ what does that have to do with Halloween?

Celebrate what you want~ I honestly don't care. I was just answering the OP with what God has shown us for Our family to do~ which is to NOT celebrate Halloween because it's not Scriptural.