Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

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Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

  • No, no Christian should ever celebrate

    Votes: 1 25.0%

  • Yes it's okay as long as you don't partake in evil ritualistic nonsense. It's all in good fun

    Votes: 3 75.0%
  • Total voters
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Socreta93

Socreta93

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I go to an Assemblies of God church, we are protestant. All my life it was hammered home "Halloween bad, Halloween bad, it's demonic, ect...". However I'm always stunned by the amount of Christians who celebrate it and say it's no big deal, even many here say they celebrate it. What are everyones thoughts on it?
 
blue_ladybug

blue_ladybug

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I KNEW someone would start a thread on this.. lol

Anyhoo, I don't celebrate it, per se, I just buy candy and watch mildly scary movies..
 
PennEd

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Socreta93 said:
I go to an Assemblies of God church, we are protestant. All my life it was hammered home "Halloween bad, Halloween bad, it's demonic, ect...". However I'm always stunned by the amount of Christians who celebrate it and say it's no big deal, even many here say they celebrate it. What are everyones thoughts on it?
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I don't think any Christian who engages in various activities surrounding halloween or fall, are "celebrating" it in the sense of agrandizing what the day stands for.

We would have to basically become Amish if we were to remove ourselves utterly from the world system. We are IN the world, but we are not a part of the world. So any "celebrating' should be done for fellowship and the glory of our Lord.

Having said that, if you, or anyone else thinks you shouldn't participate in giving out candy or carving pumpkins, then you absolutely SHOULDN'T.
 
blue_ladybug

blue_ladybug

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There's nothing wrong with buying candy and handing it out to trick or treaters.. or even eating it yourself.. lol

BUT, if you use Halloween as an excuse to go kill somebody, do satanic rituals, etc, then THAT should not be done..
 
Lanolin

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I thòught it was All Saints day christians celebrated which is the day after halloween
 
p_rehbein

p_rehbein

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I don't. That's me. Folks are split on this. Way I see it, if they choose to celebrate that particular day, it's between God and them...….. as for me and my house, we don't.
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Here is an interesting page on the origins and history of Hallowe'en :)
 
tourist

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I have many happy childhood memories of going out trick or treating on Halloween night. I see no problem whatsoever of enjoying the festivities.
 
Whispered

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America's Halloween is in no wise similar to the original Samhain rites of the past. Kids would be hard pressed to escape the marketing now days. Costumes are everywhere. Even in craft and dollar shops.

It's great fun for kids and adults. Play dress up, get gobs of candy, get scared in haunted house setups that some people create in their yard for fun. It isn't at all the stuff of the ancient pagans. Theirs then wasn't Devil worship nor is today's Halloween.

I was shopping last year on Halloween day and saw a woman dressed as a cat, presumably either in the spirit for the whole day or on her way to a party later. On her hip was a months old baby dressed as a kitten. The cutest little precious. :giggle: They even had tiny whiskers.

 
Subhumanoidal

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Same as I ways say. When these people that decry holidays as being of pagan roots eliminate ALL sources of pagan roots in their lives, then I'll at least respect them for it. But since I've yet to meet a single one that didn't make excuses for other things with pagan roots in their lives, I'll continue being unimpressed or unmoved by the notion.
 
calibob

calibob

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Socreta93 said:
I go to an Assemblies of God church, we are protestant. All my life it was hammered home "Halloween bad, Halloween bad, it's demonic, ect...". However I'm always stunned by the amount of Christians who celebrate it and say it's no big deal, even many here say they celebrate it. What are everyones thoughts on it?
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It's cultural. I mean in Mexico the day after is Del dios de Muertos Aka Days of the dead.

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere. The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and helping support their spiritual journey. In Mexican culture, death is viewed as a natural part of the human cycle. Mexicans view it not as a day of sadness but as a day of celebration because their loved ones. co Wikipedia) I guess that motivations of the heart is the key. It seems to me that Paul asked us to refrain from quarreling about such matters as holy days and what kinds of foods or drink which we can partake in.
 
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Socreta93 said:
I go to an Assemblies of God church, we are protestant. All my life it was hammered home "Halloween bad, Halloween bad, it's demonic, ect...". However I'm always stunned by the amount of Christians who celebrate it and say it's no big deal, even many here say they celebrate it. What are everyones thoughts on it?
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We have had All Saints Day for as long as i remember, but halloween seems to be a more recent event here. Not having grown up with the latter, I've said before that we have no activities related to its celebrations, just as we havent celebrated fiestas--always dedicated to some saint or for Marian worship, since we have become Christian.
 
tourist

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blue_ladybug said:
I KNEW someone would start a thread on this.. lol

Anyhoo, I don't celebrate it, per se, I just buy candy and watch mildly scary movies..
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Yeah, looks like it's time for the pagan holiday threads starting with Halloween. Now, I'm thinking about scoring a bag of Brach's candy corn. I like the little pumpkin ones too.
 
maxwel

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Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

That depends on what you mean by celebrate.

I try to remind all the kids that Halloween can be dangerous.

So when kids come in my neighborhood, I make them give me a percentage of their candy as a "protection payment."
If they want to operate on my turf... well... you know how it is.

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calibob

calibob

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No matter which holidays you celebrate, most holidays on the calendar have a history behind it. Most of these histories are steeped in debated origins; most with at least some minor link or curious similarity to pagan tradition. It’s the reason that within each faith system, there are people who choose not to participate in celebrations. Curious to see if your favorite holiday has pagan roots? Here are the top 10 of the top 25 Popular Holidays With Surprisingly Pagan Origins.



25 Christmas 24 Easter 23 Feast of Annunciation 22 Halloween 21 New Year's Day

20 Valentine's Day 19 Mardi Gras 18 Thanksgiving 17 Purim 16 Hanukkah
birthdays, may day and ash Wednesday are on the list too.​
 
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She_is_Legendary

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Candy, trick or treating, playing dress up and watching Disney scary movies...

That’s literally the extent of Halloween in my household.
 
Lynx

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If you don't hand out candy to trick-or-treaters... what ARE you doing with those four huge bags of candy you just bought? :cool:

Yup, that's the best part about October. You can buy a LOT of candy and people will not think you're a pig because they will assume you are stocking up for the big candy grab day.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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Of course if you wear the right costume you can trick-or-treat on the days AROUND October 31st too!




And if there are not enough houses in your neighborhood, just hit them every 30 years between now and 2300. Ten times the candy!
 
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