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Oct. 30, 2008 - Halloween

Halloween is known today as a night when people of all ages take to the streets, dressed in all manner of costumes, to march from door to door shouting "Trick or treat!" at the appropriate moment.

But what started Halloween?

Is it wrong as Christians to celebrate it?

Or, is it just a harmless holiday?

The ancient, pre-Christian Celtics started this tradition, it was known to them as ‘The festival of the dead’ or Samhain, and they believed that on that particular day, the spirits of the dead would roam the earth, and mingle with the other, living inhabitants. The people made pagan sacrifices, and bon-fires, to the dead, to help and guide them on their way to the ‘after-life’.

Christian missionaries attempted to change the pagan holiday, and to convert many Celtics into Christianity, but instead of obliterating the holiday, they changed it. Nov. 1st, was designated as ‘All Saints day’ honoring all the saints, particularly those who did not have a day all to their own. The Christian missionaries hoped to draw people attention away from Samhain, and eventually, to wipe Samhain out. They never wiped the holiday out completely, as we see today. (Christmas was also celebrated on the 25th of December for this same purpose.) This brings me to All Hallows Eve. "Hallows" means, "Saints",(Also, "Hallowed" means "Holy One" as in, Hallowed be Thy name) "Eve", means, the evening before, like in Christmas eve. So Halloween means, ‘The evening before All Holy Ones day’

The people still celebrated the dead, only now they were thought to be evil. They also continued some of their traditions, including setting out food and drink to appease the spirits. As the centuries went on, people dressed up like these creatures, and performed antics in exchange for food. This is from what trick or treating evolved. They also believed that if they dressed up in a scary or evil looking costume, the spirits would think they were one of them, and leave them alone.

So, if the holiday, as well as many of the traditions celebrated on this day, is based on a pagan celebration, should or shouldn't we, as Christians, partake of the festivities?

The Bible does not say particularly, ‘Thou shalt not celebrate Halloween." so how do we decide what is and isn’t right?

We need to look at the Lord’s other commands, and make our decisions from them. The Bible says, "Whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely or admirable, think and dwell on these things." More and more, we see Halloween turn back toward the pagan holiday of Samhain. It is no longer a time to dress up in the most creative costume, and to celebrate autumn, and the harvest. It has become at time to see who can dress up the goriest, the scariest, it has become a time of gruesome decorations, with ghosts, and headstones. Is death and gore noble? Right? Pure? Certainly it’s not lovely. Why then, do we continue to dwell on it, and to glorify it? Death and pain are not things to be taken lightly. We continue to desensitize ourselves to pain and agony, by watching movies where people are being killed, or maimed. We glorify death, by placing cardboard headstones in our yards. We should be glad that as Christians, we have no fear of the grave, but we should not glorify it!

What then, should we do on Halloween? Should we sit at home all day? I’m not trying to tell you what to do, I’m not saying I’m more "spiritual" than you because I don’t celebrate Halloween. That is your decision, to be made by your parents, or yourself. God does not always have for one family or individual what he has for another. But there are many alternatives to celebrating Halloween.

My family and I celebrate the harvest, and autumn. We dress up, as fun things, not scary or gory. We go Trunk or Treating with our church, or go to festivals celebrating fall. We like to refer to it as, ‘Fall-oween’. Whatever your decision, I would like to wish you a happy Fall!

I’m not trying to point fingers, or condemn you for celebrating Halloween, I’m simply stating my beliefs based on my research into this subject. If you want to comment and tell me what you think about Halloween, I would love it! (As long as it is polite of course ;))\

May the Force be with you

GirlJedi

P.S. I'm gonna dress up as a spacy-lookin'-type, I got a blaster and knee high boots, and all black clothes! I'll post pictures later! What about you guys?

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Oct. 30, 2008 - Yeah

Posted by SPL9

The origins of Halloween are pretty dark...
It is biggest day of the year for witches, etc.

By the way, you said you like sci-fi fantasy stuff, do you like Star Trek? I am referring to The Next Generation and the movies, not Voyager and Enterprise.
I am a big fan of TNG and I am starting to like the originals with Kirk...
I like Star Wars too, my fav is Episode 5...
let me know what you think
God bless you and God bless America

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