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Originally Halloween was a celebration for the end of summer. It came from the festival Samhain which translates into summers end. It is only later that paganism had anything to do with it. In fact it officially does not, it was only that they had a festival at roughly the same time of year. 
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leelee - doubt we're going to convince anyone of the fact that Samhain is just a religious holiday, same as Christmas, Ramadan, Eid, Passover etc. We know it is, and some people just won't educate themselves on other religions.
When I was in 1st year in Uni, my flatmate asked me to read a couple of his Christian books. I did, and they didn't particularly affect me. But he refused to read any of my pagan books because it was 'evil'. That' just one example of where people have made conclusions about religions without educating themselves on it. People don't educate themselves about Christianity, but no-one takes their objections seriously since they can't say they've actually understood any of it.
When I was in 1st year in Uni, my flatmate asked me to read a couple of his Christian books. I did, and they didn't particularly affect me. But he refused to read any of my pagan books because it was 'evil'. That' just one example of where people have made conclusions about religions without educating themselves on it. People don't educate themselves about Christianity, but no-one takes their objections seriously since they can't say they've actually understood any of it.
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That question didn't make a lot of sense. Did you mean "does that mean that demonology is a good thing to learn too?" My answer would be to learn some basic facts rather than what the media/churches portray about the subject. I don't know what demonology is so I can't really say anything about it. But people can't say "this is evil Satanism" when they haven't even bothered to learn that pagans don't even believe in a Satan.
I may not be the best person to answer having never been pagan. but i did find this fairly brief overview.... BBC - Religions - Paganism: Pagan beliefs
I gather modern day pagan beliefs differ from the older ones depending on which type you follow (neopaganism and such)
I gather modern day pagan beliefs differ from the older ones depending on which type you follow (neopaganism and such)
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Just like other religions, they don't believe in Jesus. There are different types of paganism, usually focussing on different 'sets' of gods, such as Greek, Roman, Celtic etc.
The main belief is in many different gods, mostly each having a certain area of importance. There is a big focus on nature and the elements.
I believe 'pagans' in the Bible were different religion rather than what we mean as an actual religion now. I just find that Christians seem to think paganism is evil but take little issue with other religions.
The main belief is in many different gods, mostly each having a certain area of importance. There is a big focus on nature and the elements.
I believe 'pagans' in the Bible were different religion rather than what we mean as an actual religion now. I just find that Christians seem to think paganism is evil but take little issue with other religions.
Oh my bad.....Nevertheless Samhain is also a god of the dead. the practice is born of the same father of lies.....the celtics were the first persons to practice halloween in homage to the Samhain God of the dead...Look it up...you wouldnt have to look far,,,, that info is everywhere... But feel free to celebrate it if you want t, seems you like
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Well I tried looking it up, and I got this:
"Identifying Samhain as a Celtic Death God is one of the most tenacious errors associated with Halloween.
Almost all stories about the origin of Halloween correctly state that Halloween had its origins among the ancient Celts and is based on their "Feast of Samhain." However, a writer in the 18th century incorrectly stated that Samhain was named after the famous Celtic "God of the Dead." Many religious conservatives who are opposed to Halloween, Druidism, and/or Wicca picked up this belief without checking its accuracy, and accepted it as valid.
No such God ever existed. By the late 1990's many secular sources such as newspapers and television programs had picked up the error and propagated it widely. It is now a nearly universal belief, particularly among conservative Protestants.
Modern-day Samhain is the day when many Wiccans believe that their God dies, later to be reborn. [Wicca is a Neo-pagan, Earth-centered religion.] Thus, Samhain is not a God of death; it is actually began as a yearly observance of the death of a God."
"Identifying Samhain as a Celtic Death God is one of the most tenacious errors associated with Halloween.
Almost all stories about the origin of Halloween correctly state that Halloween had its origins among the ancient Celts and is based on their "Feast of Samhain." However, a writer in the 18th century incorrectly stated that Samhain was named after the famous Celtic "God of the Dead." Many religious conservatives who are opposed to Halloween, Druidism, and/or Wicca picked up this belief without checking its accuracy, and accepted it as valid.
No such God ever existed. By the late 1990's many secular sources such as newspapers and television programs had picked up the error and propagated it widely. It is now a nearly universal belief, particularly among conservative Protestants.
Modern-day Samhain is the day when many Wiccans believe that their God dies, later to be reborn. [Wicca is a Neo-pagan, Earth-centered religion.] Thus, Samhain is not a God of death; it is actually began as a yearly observance of the death of a God."