SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN?
If the Bible Is Your Guide, then the Simple Answer is NO.
Much of society sees Halloween as a day of harmless fun for young and old alike. But is it?
- Halloween evolved
out of a Catholic holiday called All Hallows Eve, which occurs the day
before All Saints Day. All Saints Day was generally celebrated on
November 1st after Pope Gregory changed it from its original date of May
13th. So Halloween was never a Christian holiday. It was the day before
All Saints Day. In the Orthodox Church, All Saints Day continues to be
celebrated in late spring on the first Sunday after Pentecost, which in
turn is seven weeks after Easter. (another pagan holiday)
- The Pilgrims banned the celebrating of Halloween in America because of its pagan roots. As a matter of fact, Halloween was not celebrated in America until 1845. And it is surrounded by the understanding that during this particular time, a large flood of Irish emigrants came to this country during the Potato Famine of 1845-46. They brought with them the old Druid holiday of Halloween. Gradually, celebrating Halloween spread throughout the rest of the country.
- Halloween is a day witches celebrate. The Maine State Prison allowed members of a witch coven (the Coven of Dawn) to hold a two-hour service on the feast day they call Samhain [Halloween], after the Druidic festival of year’s end. And it was stated that “this is our time to give praise to our lord and lady for the bountiful harvest,” said the founder of the ‘goddess- oriented’ coven.
- The fact is, Halloween and all its practices are associated with witchcraft. The bulk of the world has been desensitized to witchcraft evidenced by record breaking sales from movies like the Harry Potter series and the Twilight series. Almost every young person on the planet has seen Twilight. What is Twilight about? Vampires, and sorcery, and witchcraft and yet it is one of the highest grossing series in America movie history. And in the movie industry, it is second only to Harry Potter. And think, that’s amazing that this Christian society has spent so much money watching vampires, sorcerers, and witchcraft on the big screen and eating it up.
Halloween
is just another pagan celebration the Roman Church "christianized"
as they also did with Easter and Christmas. Instead of observing the
Feasts of the Lord as God instructs, Christians have been tricked into believing man-made holidays are treats when they are actually
"unfruitful works of darkness."
Halloween is only one day a year, what about the other 364 days? Millions of Christians practice witchcraft on a daily basis.
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The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
To
learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true
meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's
Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
